The clock is clicking down to the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Canada has been buzzing about these games for the past few years and now Vancouver is the final rush to make sure everything is ready as they prepare to welcome the world. Vancouver was awarded these games over 5 years ago and has been making preparations ever since. This will be the second time Canada has played host to this spectacular event. . . . → Read More: The 2010 Vancouver Olympics Are Just Around The Corner
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The Montreal Canadiens have gotten off to a slow start this season, and entered Thursday night’s game against the New York Islanders having gone thirteen games without a win in regulation dating back to last season. Apparently, all they needed to cure their ails was a team that was struggling more than they are. The Habs jumped on them early scoring three goals in the first two periods en route to a 5-1 victory at the Bell Centre. Montreal improved to 4-5-0 with the victory while the Islanders dropped to 1-4-3. . . . → Read More: Habs Rip Struggling Islanders The All-Star Weekend has come and gone, meaning NHL teams have ramped up their play for the important stretch drive. The final 30 or so games that so-often determine not only who will battle in the first round, but also who will make the post-season “show” at all. And as much I’ve enjoyed watching Chris Chelios’ 45th season (it’s actually his 25th. It just seems like his 45th) and his efforts to hack opponents black and blue, or Sean Avery’s self-destruction, or the usual coaching carousel, or Crosby and Ovechkin’s highlight reel plays, it’s my “recreational” (insert ‘drop-in’, or ‘shinny’, or ‘old-timers’ as applicable) hockey season that has my toes a-tingling right now. Really, is there a sweeter smell in the world than cracking open that hockey bag each week? Sure, Chanel No. 5 is nice, but we’re talking well-seasoned hockey gloves here people – no contest! . . . → Read More: The All Star Weekend Has Come and Gone Following the NHL?s exhibition season that saw the Ottawa Senators and Pittsburgh Penguins play games in Prague and Stockholm, talk again ramped up about the possibility of the NHL expanding into Europe. Let me state something clearly right now ? this is pure folly and completely irrational, and will not happen in the next 20 years, or perhaps ever. Here?s why. . . . → Read More: European Expansion of NHL Not Likely More often than most of us would like pain interferes with our highest ambitions regarding goal-scoring (or saving) glory. Old injuries from past glorious (and not so glorious) victories can come back to haunt us leaving you open to the ?washed up has been? teammate back talking. I know you?re as good as you think you are, in fact, you?re better! If only that sore knee, or back, or shoulder would get better, you would be scoring goals in no time! . . . → Read More: I Would Have Scored But? (When pain starts interfering with your game, it?s time to take action!) In both the United States and Europe, hockey fans can be found; the sport was originally founded, however, in Canada. Because of the timing of the Stanley cup playoffs and the fact that it coincides with the Stanley cup playoffs, Americans are not as enthusiastic about the international men’s ice hockey world championships as their European counterparts. Many of the best players in any given country go off to play in the NHL and play for the Stanley cup trophy; this is particularly true in nations that have an already high rate of NHL players in their country. . . . → Read More: Learn About International Hockey While NHL hockey players from the country formerly known as Czechoslovakia”as well as other Eastern European nations”are commonplace today, Chicago Blackhawks great Stan Mikita was something of a pioneer. Other players with a flashier game such as Bobby Hull became better known, but you can make a compelling case that Mikita was the best center iceman in professional hockey during the 1960s. Mikita was born in Sokolce, in what is now known as Slovakia. He was sent by his family to the Toronto, Ontario area as a young boy to avoid the political strife in the area prior to World War II. An aunt and uncle adopted him, and he changed his name from his birth name of Stanislav Guoth adopting their last name of Mikita. Like most young Canadian boys, he started playing hockey and quickly proved to have an impressive aptitude for the national sport. . . . → Read More: Chicago Blackhawks’ Great Stan Mikita If you’re a hockey nut like I am you probably try to get out there on the rink at least once a week or more. I play roller hockey in the summer and ice hockey in the winter and usually I’m playing one game and one practice each week. With that kind of heavy work out schedule my hockey jerseys and my hockey equipment can get really disgusting sometimes. If you don’t want to develop some serious problems I would recommend washing your hockey jerseys after every game or at least once a week. . . . → Read More: Risks of Not Properly Washing Hockey Jerseys Ringette is a fast-paced ice sport introduced in 1963 in North Bay, Ontario by Sam Jacks. Originally developed for girls, Ringette is played with a straight, tapered stick used to pass, carry, and shoot a rubber ring with the object being to score goals. Ringette is played throughout Canada at many different levels, from house league to all-stars and in national and international competition. In Canada, 50,000 athletes, coaches, and officials call Ringette their sport. BC has approximately 2,200 registered players most of which participate in the Lower Mainland Ringette League. Ringette is also played internationally in Finland, Sweden, United States, and has been introduced in many other countries. . . . → Read More: Ringette – The Fastest Game on Ice Hockey is one of those sports that likes to remember the past. The sport of hockey is one of the oldest sports in North America and the National Hockey League has been around for a very long time. The league began with only six teams but expanded quickly to become a huge organization spanning all of the United States and Canada. The sport is all well and good but we are here to discuss some of the classic hockey jersey designs. . . . → Read More: The Older the Hockey Team the Older the Hockey Jersey Design |
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