McGrath v. Shenendehowa Central School District (2010) The case of McGrath v. Shenendehowa Central School District began on May 3rd‚ 2005 when Theresa McGrath‚ a senior at Bethlehem High School‚ suffered a horrific knee injury playing a regular season‚ varsity lacrosse game at their opponent’s field in the Town of Clifton Park. From Theresa’s perspective‚ the injury occurred when she tried to perform a “roll dodge” move to avoid a defender. When she planted her left leg to perform the move‚ she
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The way that a defendant has acted in defamation‚ brings up the question of how reasonable the defendant was when breaching the Defamation Act. The Issues in Hockey v Fairfax‚ in terms of reasonableness‚ stemmed from the way that Fairfax acted in the creation of the newspaper article titled “Treasurer for Sale” and the decision of the chosen title as well as the poster and three tweets‚ posted about the newspaper article. Reasonableness in the way that Fairfax acted is a necessary consideration
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Prospect Faceoff: Leafs Bracco‚ Dzierkals‚ Joshua in action‚ Gardiner approaches milestone‚ Stadium Series continues This week on Prospect Faceoff‚ three Toronto Maple Leafs prospects are in action‚ with each facing stiff competition. Two of the WHL’s most consistent and well-liked players go head-to-head with the division crown still hanging the balance‚ and the NHL’s Stadium Series writes a new chapter with two of the NHL’s brightest young stars facing off. Dakota Joshua (Ohio State) vs. David
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founded in May 15‚ 1908 in Paris‚ France‚ is governing body of the international ice hockey and inline hockey. The IIHF features 72 member associations‚ each of which is the national governing body of the sport in its nation. Besides controlling the international rulebook‚ processing international player transfers‚ and dictating officiating guidelines‚ the IIHF runs numerous development programs designed to bring hockey to a broader population. Besides the world championships‚ the IIHF also runs a set
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Athletes dealing with pressure: Sidney Crosby Vincent Paul Mr. Greenley PSE 4U May 29th‚ 2013 It was on a Saturday‚ the date was January 1st‚ 2008‚ and millions of hockey fans young and old tuned in front of TV screens and the Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park‚ New York in preparation for the most exciting hockey game of the century. The locker doors opened‚ and each player one by one followed until there was just me left‚ I took a last look behind me at the empty room and went out as
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In the history of hockey Gordie Howe was not only one of the greatest players to ever hit the ice he was literally a game changer. On and off the ice it was easy to tell from his early playing days in the USHL that Gordie was special. Gordie Howe possessed skills never seen by any hockey player before and rarely seen since. Howe would very quickly evolve‚ later being signed by the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings in 1946. Over the next 33 years Gordie Howe was in the game of pro hockey (NHL or WHA). He set
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born and raised in Kingston Ontario‚ is known for his openness‚ often debatable and always amusing commentary. Mr. Cherry can be seen weekly during the National Hockey League season. He has a segment during the first intermission‚ every Saturday on CBC’s Hockey Night In Canada called the Coach’s Corner. Don grew up playing hockey‚ for he was playing in the OHL by the time he was 17. Unfortunately‚ Don never made it big‚ but he managed to make his way around the minor league system for a good
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Blake‚ Jack‚ and I went to go play roller hockey. We got there and some other kids were at the rink. We started to do some drills and passing. A couple times we accidently hit the puck on their side. Finally they started purposely shooting their pucks on our side. They keep saying get off our side for no reason. Even my mom was getting mad and told them we were doing nothing. The one kid started to give my mom attitude. That’s when I started to get mad. I told him to shut up. He didn’t listen that’s
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Riding The Pine: Tim Bowling’s personal reflection of professional hockey in “Na Na Na Na‚ Hey Hey Hey Goodbye” In “Na Na Na Na‚ Hey Hey Hey Goodbye‚” Tim Bowling‚ an author‚ poet‚ and a fishing boat deckhand (Stewart et al 237)‚ articulates how professional hockey has evolved over his lifetime. He laments how a game he was enamoured with no longer captures his complete attention and is not as relevant in his life as it once was. However‚ Bowling admits he still has a sheepish curiosity for the latest
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Willie is one of thirteen children. His brother Richard played and this is what lead Willie to his hockey career and legacy. Willie started playing hockey at age 3 and joined his first league at age 5. He currently married with two children and lives in California. On January 18‚ 1958 he made his hockey debut for the Boston Bruins and became the first African American player in the National Hockey League. He played left wing for the Boston Bruins. He played 2 games that season. He was called up
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