Hockey is a very tough sport and it can be highly challenging. It requires several skills: dedication‚ good balance‚ inner strength‚ competitiveness‚ eye-hand coordination‚ and a love of skating. My journey with skates and ice began when I was 7 years old and continued until the State High School tournament in 12th grade‚ which was the climax of my journey. Though hockey is a sport‚ I didn’t see it that way‚ nor did I just play it‚ I lived for it. Each day I pushed myself physically‚ mentally and
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When was the last time you went to a Hockey game? Last Year? Last Week? Yesterday? Hockey is a game that brings people together. It creates a family of people that will stand with each other through anything; fans and players‚ parents and coaches. The Bond that is built is incredibly strong. One athlete‚ Denna Laing‚ was recently injured in the first ever Women’s Winter Classic after she accidentally stepped on a stick‚ crashing head first into the boards. She was removed from the ice on a stretcher
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author‚ unimaginable. The incredible strength and perseverance to go on with life and then for some‚ to further demonstrate their zeal for life in their high level of participation in sports‚ is mind blowing. The fans and players following sled hockey athletes have drawn a lot of awareness to those who have served their country‚ our veterans. It is not unusual‚ living in the US‚ when shopping at the mall or out walking at the park to see someone wearing an artificial limb. I came home the other
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Despite the fact that ice hockey and roller hockey both have the word hockey in common‚ there are extreme differences between the two sports. There are the obvious differences like one being played on ice and the other on a plastic surface‚ but many of the differences are only noticed by people that have played both sports. As everyone knows‚ ice hockey is played on ice‚ which makes it an extremely high paced game. Unlike ice hockey‚ Roller hockey is played on a plastic floor that consists of
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National Hockey League (NHL). In generalization‚ most people see that physically fighting someone‚ fist-to-fist‚ is a negative conflict. However‚ in certain sports fighting is the main objective of the sport. For instance boxing‚ kickboxing‚ or the rising sport of UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship). Then people look at NHL‚ and point out that fighting is not the main purpose or goal of the sport. People who disapprove of the fighting also believe that getting rid of the fights in hockey may draw
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The topic that I have found the most intriguing in the sport of hockey is the increased speed of the game through the decades. The movement speed‚ puck speed and decision making has all increased since the game first began‚ this is resulting in a much higher risk of head injuries. The players in the game today are very susceptible to concussions‚ as many superstars of hockey world have been affected by head injuries which have resulted in many early retirements or a lot of time spent off the ice
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If you’ve watched an NHL preseason game this month‚ you’ve surely seen it play out already. Everyone lines up in their usual places for the faceoff‚ and it seems like all is going quite normally‚ then the referee blows his whistle. Faceoff violation. It’s part of a league-wide crackdown on faceoff and slashing rules that the NHL doesn’t believe were enforced properly over the years. Now in the preseason‚ officials are trying to lay down the law in games loaded with penalties as players struggle to
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Nicole lee 11/5/14 P.6 History behind Hockey Unlike baseball or basketball‚ the origins of ice hockey are murky‚ at best. While some say a version of the game was played by the French and Irish as far back as the 1700s‚ others claim it was invented in the mid-1800s when Canadians with homemade sticks would skate on frozen ponds in Ontario. The first organized indoor hockey game was played March 3‚ 1875 at Montreal’s Victoria Skating Rink‚ between two teams of nine players each‚ many of whom were
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Each sport has grown to develop its own unique “lingo” and language that can be attributed to famous players‚ cultural influences‚ and to the fans themselves. The name “hockey” does not come from a clear origin‚ but it could be derived from the Middle French word “hoquet‚” meaning “shepherd’s stave.” It was once a belief that the word was primarily mentioned by King Henry III of England in the 1368 proclamation‚ but the modern English translation proved otherwise‚ since it did not translate from
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about the history of the national hockey team of the Soviet Union during 1964-1982 under Brezjnev’s control of the country. The Soviet national ice hockey team was formed in 1960s . The coaching tandem of Tarasov and Chernyshev was very successful in creating this new team. Alongside the famous trio of Loktev-Almetov-Alexandrov they installed players like Alexander Yakushev‚ Vyacheslav Starshinov‚ big bear Alexander Ragulin and also one of the most talented hockey players ever‚ Anatoly Firsov. In
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