Argumentative Essay Rough Draft

On May 9th 1965 a leader was born, and that leader was Steve Yzerman. Yzerman was born in Cranbrook, British Columbia. He began skating when he was a mere 3 years old, but was still a little too young to play organized hockey with his older brother Mike, who was two years older. At age 5 Yzerman started playing organized ice hockey, but really couldn’t skate all that well. In fact, his first gino (goal) was scored because he had slipped up in front of the adversaries net and an opposing defenseman bounced the puck off a teammate. Since Yzerman was the closest to the puck, he was given credit for the goal. This was certainly not a foundation suitable for a legendary career.

During the summer of 1979, Doug Sulliman was part of a bumper crop of future NHLers chosen in the opening round of the league’s annual entry draft. Included were the likes of Mike Gartner, Rick Vaive, Ray Bourque, Paul Reinhart and Michel Goulet.

The Belleville Senators has already had big news week without even hitting the ice yet this week. Dating back to Sunday when Ben Harpur was resigned to the American Hockey League followed by Jack Rodewald signing an entry-level contract Tuesday, Jordan Murray was reassigned to Brampton of the ECHL Tuesday. Then Wednesday Rodewald and Chlapik would be recalled to Ottawa. With Rodewald, Chlapik, DiDomenico, and McCormick with Ottawa and Mike Blunden injured, The Belleville signed forward Justin Vaive to a PTO. DiDomenico and Chlapik both recorded their first NHL point Thursday night assisting on a Dion Phaneuf power play marker. DiDomenico made his presence felt for Ottawa again recording an assist and

es amongst the NHL. He wears number 8 for the Columbus Blue Jackets and has proven himself and showed his potential to play at such a high level of hockey. But how did he get there? What was the process like? Zach Werenski got himself to the NHL by proving his ability to play the game at such a young age, and by continuing his hockey career throughout college and working to do whatever it would take to get where he wanted to be.

When he was traded for multiple Los Angeles players in 1988, Canada was set into somewhat of an emotional earthquake. This shows how dedicated we are to supporting our home-grown players.

It's June 25th, 2010, an 11 year old just finished elementary school and is excited to watch his first ever draft and he doesn't even have to stay up past his bedtime as Edmonton picks first. He's been hearing a lot of buzz from sports media about the draft, especially "Taylor vs Tyler" and he knows who he wants the Edmonton Oilers to pick. Taylor Hall plays in Windsor with the Spitfire, whom won the memorial cup just a month prior and just like the kid, he is an Alberta boy. The kid dreams about centering a line with Hall and Jordan Eberle, shattering all of Wayne Gretzky's records. Daydreaming, the kid notices that the Edmonton's GM, Steve Tambellini, is already on the podium ready to make the pick.

The nine-teen year old Konecny who was selected 24th overall by the Flyers a summer ago is knocking on the door of the NHL. Konecny is a highly skilled forward who isn’t a afraid to play physical. Konecny scored 30 goals last season in the Ontario Hockey League. Konecny totaled 101 points in 60 games. Flyers General Manger Ron Hextall had this to say about Konecny “Travis is a High-Character kid. Works hard. He’s got speed and a lot of attraibutes we value. Konecny has played with both Claude Giroux and Jackub Voracek in the preseason so far and hasn’t disappointed the flyers. Konecny has 2 goals and 2 assists in 4 games for the Flyers this preseason.

Known for his physical fitness during his career and even after his career, but, it did not start well. He thought his summer lacrosse schedule would keep him in proper shape heading towards his first NHL training camp. Yet, Coach Bob Johnson disagreed and labeled him as someone not committed to being a hockey player.

Vladimir Andreyevich Tarasenko a St.Louis right winger came to the United States from Yaroslavl, Russia in 2012. Tarasenko was ultimately drafted by the Blues in the first round, so he signed an eight year, 60 million dollar contract. Even though, he has gone through a big change in his life he still strives to help the blues win games against other teams.

Out of this list, I am intrigued by defenseman Mark Barberio, a Montreal-native. He is a quick skater for his big frame and has excellent vision offensively. He has been able to put up a lot of points in his junior career with the Moncton Wildcats (168 points in 261 games) and in the AHL with the Syracuse Crunch (134 points in 215 games). He hasn't been able to bring that production to the NHL level, but at 25 years old, he remains an interesting depth

a good person to start with. In the article “Where are They Now: Eric Lindros” by Michael

In Quebec City, Patrick Roy was born on October 5, 1965. His parents were doing very well in life. His father was a great tennis player as well as an amateur baseball player. His mother was a nationally ranked swimmer for her country. Patrick began his journey playing hockey at the age of six years old. He never started out playing in the net but when the goalie on his local team got hurt, Patrick said he would give it a try and never left that position ever since. An interesting fact was that he loved it so much, at home, he would strap pillows to his legs using them as pads. He loved playing goalie so much, he started playing that position for his local junior and midget hockey leagues. Patrick Roy dropped out of school in the eleventh grade and with the help of his parents he played in the Quebec junior league. He played for the team the Granby Bison’s which didn’t go so well for the team but great for Patrick Roy. What I mean by that is the team finished the season with a record of sixteen to

In this week’s Prospect Faceoff, we take a look at Quebec Remparts goaltender Callum Booth, who has been the team’s saving grace during a rough stretch. He will be opposed by a former first-overall pick, Daniel Audette, who has a chip on his shoulder and something to prove. Also in this week’s edition, one underrated forward on North Dakota is garnering attention, as are a pair of draft-eligible skaters who are in weekend competition.

After Dmytro Timashov dropped to the fifth round in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, a number of scouting outlets were puzzled by the fall. Playing with

Sidney Crosby is considered one of the greatest hockey players to ever live, his skill is another level from other players but he had to work his way there. Sidney was born in Nova Scotia and learned to skate when he was just three years old. When crosby was ten he had scored 158 goals in 55 games, this gave him recognition across Canada. He then moved to Minnesota to play for St. Mary’s prep school, while he was there he set many school records, and lead his team to win the national title. After his year ar St. Mary’s prep Crosby returned to Canada and was the first under-18 player to play for the Canadian Junior Hockey League. Sidney Crosby was now the number one prospect for all NHL teams and they even called the 2005 draft the “Sidney Crosby