Mario Lemieux: The Pittsburgh Penguins

In clichéd observation some would say it is a case of the great and dedicated superstar who is first on the ice, last off. But he is not. When practice ends, Lafleur leaves, and ten or twelve others remain behind, skating and shooting with Ruel. But every day we're in Montreal, at 11 a.m., an hour before Bowman steps from the dressing room as signal for practice to begin, Lafleur goes onto the ice with a bucket of pucks to be alone.

While being a talented and dominant hockey player, James Marsh indicates that while “[h]e came from humble beginnings, [he] fought for the culture he believed in, by way of sport. ” That is, throughout his career, he recognized that the English establishment of the NHL treated French Canadian players unfairly and intolerantly in comparison to English players. This is especially distinct in the events leading up to the Richard Riot of 1955, a sign of the growing French-Canadian nationalism in Quebec and the eventual onset of the Quiet Revolution in the 1960s.

Mark Cuban is probably the most recognizable owner in the NBA and maybe all of professional sports. With his cheery, enthusiastic attitude, he is just one of the fans.

1983, 89, and 99 NHL All Star games, giving him a grand total of 35

“Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is a story literally exaggerated to its limit by showing, in the near future, what it means to be equal in every way by having people not being able to show any form of intelligence or creativity whatsoever. When Harrison Bergeron breaks the chains of government oppression, he dies for his failed cause. He dies because he chooses not to conform to the rest of his oppressive society. His parents, George and Hazel, who are nothing more than two bodies under the government’s mind control, can do nothing to save their son or seek justice for his death. The story is not only a reflection of the author’s concern with controlling the masses through

first off, Bobby Orr showed that he is one of the most influential hockey players in the NHL from his career statistics and records. "He came into his own two years later, in 1969-70, becoming the only player to ever win all four major awards --

Maurice Richard historical significance in Canada had to do considerable deal with Hockey. Hockey is “closer to a religion than a simple sporting pastime” in Canada. It is “a unifying force” in a nation where one state wanted to separate from the rest of Canada. Nevertheless hockey has a major impact on the social, economic, cultural and political realms of Canada. In the 2014 Olympics, an alcohol law in bars was ignored when Canada was in the finals for the gold medal. In addition to People drinking at 5 o’clock in the morning, which would have been frowned upon in many social circles in any other circumstances. Maurice is “credited with raising the National Hockey League to major sport status”, he simply “sold the game” to French Canadians post great depression. You could say he stopped the National Hockey league from fading as teams were dropping every year out of the League due to being unable to be successful financially.

In 1976 Rene Levesque won the provincial election and became premier of Quebec with his party, Parti Quebecois. The separatists wanted to strengthen the French language and didn’t care about official bilingualism. So not long after taking office, the Parti Quebecois passed Bill 101, which is also known as the Charter of the French Language. It decreed that French was the single official language of the province of Quebec and that employees of the government had to work in French. Outdoor commercial signs had to be in French only and the children of immigrants would have to go to French schools. The Quebecois likes this new law because they thought their language and culture was becoming endangered. Birth rates in Quebec had gone down and the

Gordie Howe and Wayne Gretzky were influential through the charitable impacts. Wayne Gretzky has influenced the world through his Wayne Gretzky foundation. The Wayne Gretzky foundation is beneficial to many groups. The Wayne Gretzky foundation donates money to places like the make a wish foundation, the bone marrow foundation, and large amounts of money in support of youth hockey( Gretzky ). The make-a-wish foundation with the support of the Wayne Gretzky foundation is able to provide children who are very sick or terminally ill with the chance to do something they have always wanted to do, like meeting their favorite athlete or spending a day with

Ryan Seiders is 41 years old, Co-Founder and President of YETI. Making fishing rods was his previous work, which is a fly rod company for eight years. Roy Seiders, Co-Founder and Chairman of YETI, now 37 years old. He was selling aluminum shallow-water bay boats and high-end imported coolers to customers.

In Charles Foran’s book Maurice Richard, he says a short line in the introduction that stands out from the rest; “The great player becomes the great symbol – one which he can neither control nor shape to his satisfaction.” Maurice Richard was much more than just a sports star. Maurice Richard is a significant part of Canadian History because he was a French Canadian icon, an exceptional hockey player, and a political symbol for French Canadians.

Another hockey great, who was purely Canadian, and proved his worth in the game of hockey, is the amazing Rocket Richard. He was known for his excellence, but was also just as well known for his great spirit and love for the game. He, as well as Gretzky, was given the honour of being among the best in the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 1955, Richard was, without thought, suspended from the league, Canada, especially Montrealers, went into complete uproar, inducing numerous death threats upon the president Clarence Campbell, as well as what has been called the worst riot in Canadian sports history. This example really shows how dedicated Canadians are when backing up their own players, the ones they know are the best.

Claude Lemiuex who played for many teams throughout his 21 year career in the NHL was known as one of the biggest pests that has been in the league. Pests in the NHL are players that attempt to antagonize opposing players with physical play and by chirping. He is best known for the infamous hit on Kris Draper where he hit him from behind, forcing Drapers face into the boards. Draper suffered a broken jaw, shattered cheek, and orbital bone which needed surgery that involved his jaw being wired shut and a lot of stitches. This hit lead to the rivalry of the Detroit Red Wings and the Colorado Avalanche. Throughout the next 5 years there were 2 or 3 line brawls between the two teams that even included the goalies fighting. Darren McCarty got his revenge on Lemieux in the first brawl since the Draper incident and blindsided him after a whistle in the game. That game had 18 major fighting penalties that totaled up to 144 penalty minutes combined for both teams. If the NHL didn’t have fighting who knows what else he would have done in games to opposing players but by having fighting in the game he knew that he would have pay for his actions so he did not play how he usually did against the Red Wings. Lemieux only received a 2 game suspension and $1000 dollar fine for the hit so having someone knock him around a little bit was a more suitable punishment. If fighting wasn’t allowed he never would have faced any consequences for that hit because in todays game he would have been suspended for maybe 20 games or

In the territorial expansion of the United States during the mid to late 1880’s, settlers went on trek west of the Mississippi River, across the Great Plains, as far as the Pacific Ocean in a quest to seek profits and resources. One animal that owned this expansive territory and once stood for a symbol of abundance during this time period was the Buffalo, or as naturalists com-monly refer to as the Bison. Settlers across the Great Plains along with Native American’s of the region slaughtered this bovine species to near extinction by 1876. In the book “Down To Earth” by Ted Steinberg, he chronicles the expansion of American territory during the mid-1880s and references the dramatic annihilation of the Buffalo population caused by the expansion. Cross referencing Steinberg’s work with the primary source of Richard Irving Dodge’s “The Hunting Grounds of the Great West,” would give compelling analysis of the

The main point Lemieux wants to convey to his audience is that “There are still good people out in world but you need to find them” He talks about having to go out to find his angels, not to mention he was a sporadic churchgoer. Lemieux was down on his luck when his business crashed and no one would even look his way. A man who seen him in that store just the other day spending a lot of money said “a man complained about you begging in front of the store. You’re going to have to move on” Just when he was up at the top with the rest of the big shots and spending tons of money, having huge get together and such was all taken away from him in a blink of an eye. The personal evidence that elaborates on the message he is trying to say is; when he