Stanley Cup! Yes‚ I am talking about hockey! Did you know that there are over 1.6 million people playing organized hockey around the world? Hockey is a team sport played on ice‚ where skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into the other team’s net. Each team usually has 5 players and 1 goalie on the ice at a time. The first organized game was played on March 3rd‚ 1875 in Montreal‚ Quebec. In 1902‚ the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League was the first to pay their
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OUTLINE Thesis: Although most hockey athlete believes that by wearing required equipment keeps them safe from injury‚ however I believe that these regulations should be stricter because of the severity of recent and past injuries. Introduction: Are equipment regulations enough to keep our hockey athletes safe? I. Injuries a. Richard Zednik b. Clint Malarchuk c. Bill Masterton II. History of Equipment a. Pre 1950 b. 1960-1970 c. 1970-1980 d. 1980-1990 Meredith e. 1990-2000 III
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are both at high risk of injury. They are both high contact sports they call for heavy padding and a lot of protection. The game of ice hockey is especially strenuous on someone’s head. The most recent and accurate study on concussions in the NHL was done in seven seasons over 1997-2004. This study showed that 559 players had gotten a concussion during regular season games over seven seasons(Concussions Statistics Tallied in Study of NHL). In football there are more full body injuries than there
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into Nationwide Arena during a playoff game is absolutely indescribable. The noise and excitement on everyone’s face‚ makes the feeling so much better. Arriving an hour and a half early seeing all the people waiting for the doors to open‚ knowing these people are just as excited as you are. Constant chants of “CBJ” throughout the whole entire crowd‚ sends chills down my spine. Soon many people’s lives will be affected with just sixty minutes of hockey. The hockey played in the first‚ second and third
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The main topic of interest in “Our National Eating Disorder” by Michael Pollan’s‚ is that the question “What are we having for dinner?”‚ has evolved with the world. The quality of food and the intake of food has changed immensely from many years ago. Back in the day‚ you could not go to get a pre-cooked chicken at your local supermarket‚ you would have to do the hunting on your own. Now we have evolved so drastically to have organic meat‚ now the new fad in right now is everything organic or gluten
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his ideals and hope for the Philippines. Dr. Rizal is a great gift of God to us‚ if we are to see it in a Christian perspective. But Dr. Rizal may be like a precious gift left unopened in the closet of our lackadaisical minds. Participating in the events being held this year is a good way to open our hearts and minds to the dreams of Rizal for a progressive and enlightened Filipino nation. Reading and understanding his works will be another way for us to reach the goal of a truly free and independent
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Effects of Video Games in our Society The effects video games have on young people. Good or bad? Effects of computerized gaming have a wide range on young people today and like anything else the effects you get out is in the way they are used. If we look at how computer games are made and what they are intended for we can get a better understand for the effects that come out of them. Video games today are created on a bases of entertainment but what are computer games? They are most commonly
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Why Hockey Fights Are Needed The National Hockey League is lucky‚ in a way. What was once a major issue – fighting – has all but taken care of itself. Fighting is down significantly‚ to the point where the only time people really talk about it these days is to mention that fighting is‚ well‚ down.In 2012-13 there were an average of 0.96 fighting majors called per game. It slipped to 0.76 in 2013-14 and 0.63 in ’14-15. This season through games played Nov. 12‚ 0.46 fighting majors have been called
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aisle in Wal-mart‚ or a collection in a student’s friend’s room‚ the ongoing increase of the use of video games among today’s teenagers is stealthily accumulating. Even though there may be some ratings on games for teenagers today‚ I believe that the ratings should become more emphasized‚ and parents should have stricter guidance on the buying of games. Increasing the rating system for video games and having stricter parental guidance would be influential towards putting a stop to increasing obesity
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Levi Wortley Logan Denney Discussion Group 9-22-12 Our Society VS. The Hunger Games Now in the film The Hunger Games there are a lot of themes that mirrored in our society today. First and foremost there is the politics of Panem. The government‚ or “The Capitol‚” is corrupted. Their control over the country “Panem” is very iron like in the fact that they control everything from resources to where you can go and what you can do. After awhile of this the districts get fed up and rebel
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