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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National Hockey League Olympic Athletes In the 2014 Winter Olympics‚ National Hockey League (NHL) should allow players to participate in the games due to the belief that it provides the players‚ current‚ and potential fans the opportunity to participate on the world stage of hockey. The Olympics only occur once every four years and it would be unpatriotic to deny NHL players the opportunity to represent their home countries at the Olympics. The Olympic Games give the fans a chance to
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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 period will be the best hockey most of these people have ever and will ever see in their lifetime. Many people do not get to experience something like this with their family. I was lucky to be with my dad‚ uncle and
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Hockey and basketball have many similarities‚ but are unique in their own ways. Both sports have been around for over 125 years. They both can be played in backyards‚ parks‚ or in professional arenas. Each sport is entertaining and has a big fanbase‚ and the goal is to put an object in a net using five players on each team. While the two sports have a lot in common there are lots of differences. In hockey you can push people off of the rubber disc that is called a puck to score. Pushing a player
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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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Hockey .vs. Football (Comparative Essay) Football and hockey are two sports‚ which are similar in objective‚ but very different in their rules and guidelines. In each of these major sports there are rules and guidelines that the players must follow. The topics that will be covered are the weight differences between the players in football and hockey‚ the use of Creatine Monohydrate‚ and last the equipment restrictions. This first paragraph will discuss the weight difference between the players
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taking hitting and fighting out of hockey in the last few years because of the rise in career ending injuries‚ but the cause is from the fact that hockey players having been getting faster stronger and more skilled. Although people do get severe injuries and some take it too far it’s the risk that they face every time they step on the ice. Hitting starts at the age of 11 which I think is an appropriate age to start hitting. Taking Hitting and fighting out of hockey would change the game forever.
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6 Things About Hockey It is not a gentle sport. “You can’t go in this sport with a ballerina attitude. Hockey is a sport that requires toughness and focus. If you go in a hockey game with no focus‚ you are going to get thrown around the rink like a bouncy ball riding in a car. Hockey needs lots of focus‚ strength‚ and power.” It’s not as easy as it looks. “Watching a hockey game‚ you see people gliding around on ice skates with sticks trying to make a goal. Though in reality skating with all
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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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Winning requires lots of hard work and tactics. The U.S hockey team used many tactics and strategies on their road to win the olympics in 1980 Some of these strategies coincide with the ideas in the How to become a master student textbook. The U.S hockey team uses the strategies of goal setting‚ “Be Here Now”‚ and Avoiding multitasking. Goal setting is one strategy used by the U. S hockey team. Goal setting is the process of identifying something that
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