The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup is a trophy that is awarded annually to the NHL ( National Hockey League ) playoff champions. Unlike other major sports trophies like such as in football and soccer‚ the Stanley Cup is not remade each year and winners of the cup keep it until a new champion is crowned. Something also unique to the cup is that it has the names of all winning players‚ coaches and management engraved on it. The current cup is made of silver and nickel alloy and is roughly 90 centimetres
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ending their season‚ Minnesota was left without a professional ice hockey team until the year of 2000 when The Minnesota Wild was created. Throughout the year‚ no matter the season‚ a common pastime is watching and enjoying all teams compete in various sports as they represent their states. In the month of October‚ the national hockey season begins‚ opening a long season for many people all around to enjoy. Minnesota‚ the state of hockey‚ has one of the most popular teams throughout the NHL. While
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Violence has been a part of ice hockey since at least the early 1900s. According to the book Hockey: A People’s History‚ in 1904 alone‚ four players were killed during hockey games from the frequent brawls and violent stick work. Fighting in ice hockey is an established tradition of the sport in North America‚ with a long history involving many levels of amateur and professional play and including some notable individual fights. While officials tolerate fighting during hockey games‚ they impose a variety
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Macbeth and a Song of Ice and Fire By: Janahan Selvanayagam June 14‚ 2013 “That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings‚ that you ’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.” This quotation by F. Scott Fitzgerald explains that the best literature will always reflect on human nature and so will be immortal and universal. Literature has many aspects that are reused and refined to create modern stories. Some themes like forbidden
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Hockey In Canada: A Nations Passion Culminating Activity: Canadian History Essay In 1994‚ the Canadian Federal Government compromised and voted to make hockey Canada’s national winter sport‚ and lacrosse Canada’s national summer sport. Which sport should be named Canada’s true national sport? In 1994‚ the Canadian Federal Government compromised and voted to make hockey Canada’s national winter sport‚ and lacrosse Canada’s national summer sport. Which sport should be named Canada’s true
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their sports. I will be talking about lacrosse‚ hockey‚ curling‚ and speed skating. Field lacrosse is a full contact‚ outdoor men’s sport played with ten players on each team. The sport came from the Native Americans. The equipment you will need to play this sport are ball‚ stick‚ helmet‚ gloves‚ shoulder pads‚ cleats‚ and lacrosse stick. The team you need ten per team and a goaltender for each team. Another popular sport is hockey. Their hockey team has won two Stanley cups. The equipment you
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players. In sports like football or basketball‚ players are constantly running‚ which is much easier than skating. With hockey‚ skaters are constantly skating on an icy surface on a blade that is 3/16 inches thick. Skating in hockey is like balancing on a balance beam (simile)‚ one wrong move and the player is out of the play. This requires a great deal of skill. Also‚ a hockey player must be very agile to evade opponents attacking the puck carrier. On top of that this is all happening at a very
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Ice-Fili “A storied market leader facing competitive pressures” To: Senior Management‚ Ice-Fili February 12‚ 2012 Current Situation Ice-Fili was able to maintain its leading position in the Russian ice cream industry during volatile times. However‚ it now faces even tougher challenges that threaten its future prospects: reduction in ice-cream consumption‚ emergence of cost-efficient regional players‚ and the lack of a quality distribution system. After analyzing the situation‚ we recommend
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didn’t like it when people would get bullied. His dream was to play professional hockey for the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was always practicing hockey to be as good as he possibly could. He played on a little league team that had won their league five seasons in a row. Sidney’s enemy was a fella named Shady McCoy. They play each other every season and it is always a rough game. One day when Crosby had got home from hockey practice‚ his mom announced‚ “I have some great news.” Crosby asked excitedly
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Zach Parise was born here in U.S’ own Minneapolis‚ Minnesota. Zach was born July 28th‚ 1984. This would make Zach Mr. Just Fitzgerald’s age as well. Zach has a history of hockey in his blood. His father J.P left the NHL’s North Star’s to become a hockey director in Minnesota in 1989. Zach’s last two seasons of his high school career beautifully with 146 goals and 194 assists. This was good For Zach so that he followed his brother Jordan to the University of North Dakota. In Zach’s first college
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