The Benefits Of Ice Hockey Into The NHL

Every sport has its own unique signature that separates it from the rest of the sports world. Baseball has the homerun, basketball has the slam-dunk, golf has the hole in one, and football has the touchdown. But, perhaps the sport with the most distinguished and unique signature is hockey and its fights. However, hockey officials and executives are trying to eliminate the games most distinctive aspect. Yet, because of the recent decline in the amount of fighting in the National Hockey League (NHL) and since a ban on fighting in the NHL could jeopardize the popularity of the sport, eliminating fighting from games may not be necessary. Over recent years, the amount of fighting in NHL games has been on the decline and the role of the one time

The Lord Stanley Cup. The oldest trophy competed for by professional athletes in North America and the greatest thing NHL hockey players dream of to hoist and kiss after a season. Training, practicing, motivation and pushing themselves to get better is what all these players put the hours into for that moment. After battling 82 games for a playoff spot, then continuing to win 4 playoff rounds, of best of seven series, they finally get to have the moment they’ve all been working and dreaming for as a kid. To raise the Cup, kiss it, scream, and then pass it to your fellow teammate. But that’s not why they do it. They do it because they had a dream as a kid and know the history behind what the Cup represents to

In the article ‘Does Hockey deserve such a plum posting?’ by Janet Albrechtsen (The Australian, October 21, 2-15, pg. 12) it is argued that former treasurer Joe Hockey does not deserve the ambassador posting in Washington D.C. Albrechtsen utilises argument devices such as appeals to ethos, logos and pathos, language devices such rhetorical questioning, word choice, hyperboles and graphics, and structure to persuade the reader of her argument.

Wayne Gretzky made such an impact on hockey, the NHL created the Wayne Gretzky Award. This award is given to players who make significant impacts on the sport of hockey (Mason 2002). He won Most Valuable Player (MVP) 10 times (Mason 2002)! He inspired so many people by his amazing skill at hockey. He just was never finished with the sport. For a short period of time, he was the owner and General Manager for the Arizona Coyotes (Wigge 2018).

The Washington Capitals is a hockey team established in 1974. They are currently the best team in the NHL with a record of ____ and____ and ____. This great team has been through 17 coaches ranging from Jim Anderson to Barry Trotz. One of their most notable coaches was Bruce

On-ice performance: achieved playoff contention every year since 2003; Ranked third of thirty teams in NHL

Hockey sensation and legend Wayne Gretzky made it big the year he was sold to the Edmonton Oilers during the year of 1979. Born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada on January 26, 1961 Gretzky started playing hockey at the age of 6 for a local team. Up until the age of 19 he was playing for higher levels of hockey teams with older boys. As a dominant and competitive player at 15 years old he was playing with Peterborough Petes of the Hockey Association then moved on to playing for World Junior Championships in Quebec. Later in the year of 1978 Wayne joined the Indianapolis Racers with team owner Skalbania which months later the hockey team was no longer in the league and then sold Gretzky to an NHL team.

The Minnesota Wild have made a major contribution to the NHL. The Minnesota Wild franchise was founded in 1997 and took place in the 2000 NHL entry draft. The wild played their first season in the 2000-2001 season. They had a rough start, which is regular throughout teams in their first year in the league. They had a record of 25-39-13 and didn’t qualify for the playoffs. They barely made progress in their second year and didn’t have any major progress until their third year. In the 2002-2003 season, they made it to the conference finals after beating the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 and the Vancouver Canucks in game seven (4-3). They eventually lost to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 4-0 who are now known as the Anaheim Ducks. The next season they

The NHL has had to change many rules in their league in order to have their players continue being safe. In 1959, Jacques Plante was the first goalie to wear a face mask. He received a blow to the face by a puck, it caused his lip to split, and he bled everywhere. He came back with a cream-colored mask and told the coach that if he couldn’t wear the mask, he refused to play. Although he was made fun of by reporters, fans, teammates etc. he continued to wear his mask and stated that he already had broken his nose, jaw, cheekbones and had countless of stitches in his head due to injuries. It wasn’t until 1979 that the NHL made their helmets mandatory, and unfortunately many had experienced severe injuries from playing this sport. This wasn’t the first change that happened in order to ensure safety of the public and players. In 2002, a spectator named Brittany Cecil, died at an NHL game due to a puck flying over the glass and hitting her. This caused the NHL to have to change their arena layouts and have netting above the glass. In addition to this change, in 2011, the NHL passed new rules governing hits to the head and his behind due to the increase of concussions in the game.

The rookie salary cap was gutted when teams took advantage of a loophole, adding lucrative "bonus" payments on top of the "maximum" base salary. It began in 1997, when the Boston Bruins gave two rookies, Joe Thornton and Sergei Samsonov, the maximum salary allowed under the rookie cap. But those contracts also had bonus clauses that would roughly triple the base salary if certain criteria - such as statistical benchmarks - were met. From then on, all high draft picks began demanding and receiving similar contracts. The multimillion dollar offers made to a few free agents served to "raise the bar," leading to comparable salary increases for comparable players. This movement was led by a few wealthy teams, like the

900 million dollars. College athletics today are a large part of American society in entertainment. This directly results in enormous revenues for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the participating colleges which currently fuels the debate of whether college athletes should be compensated beyond their athletic scholarships. College athletes do not deserve any extra payment by any means because they are already receiving large amounts of payment through large scholarships, and extra payment would demoralize the integrity of collegiate sports.

Ice hockey has been around since the late eighteen hundreds, and it has developed tremendously from then to the present. Hockey is played by almost everyone; young, old, big, small, boys, girls. The age group that has been under major controversy is the young players, aging between twelve and fourteen years old. Prior to 2008 kids ranging in this age were able to engage in full body contact and body checking, however; the rule was changed so that kids cannot begin body checking until the age of fifteen. This rule change was ignited by both doctors and parents that were watching their young players get sidelined by both major and minor, head and back injuries. The rule change has caused much controversy on whether it was effective or just another rule in place to please the crowd. A strenuous research study was conducted by Carolyn Emery of the University of Calgary, Alberta, says that it does in fact lessen the possibility for injury when hitting is introduced at a slightly later age (qtd. in Marcus). Body checking is a large part of hockey and one of the reasons why an immense number of people participate in the sport, but USA Hockey made the correct decision when looking to protect its players by waiting to introduce body checking. Safety should be the number one concern in any sport; protecting today 's players for tomorrow.

The copiers for the Center Director’s staff were difficult to replace as they can’t go days without being able to print/copy/scan. The second challenge of replacing these copiers was that the new copiers were being removed from area where executives’ offices are located. I asked the vendor to send me their best team to deliver the machines. The vendor’s team was able to get the copiers out quickly and quietly. I put in the tickets for the copiers to be setup a week before each copier arrived, so that the tier II team could work with the systems and network teams to get the copier working within a week. The IT staff at my request made these tickets the highest priority. The Center Director’s staff had copiers that were outdated and had

Two learners have been selected in St. Mary’s East Primary School to be the central focus of analysis within the study. The participants, *Dylan and *Cain, are two Caucasian males within an 17 student mixed gender inclusion kindergarten classroom. To gather data that will benefit all learning styles within the classroom, *Dylan was chosen as he is classified as gifted, and *Cain because he is currently on an individualized education program (IEP). The results from a pre-test and an end of unit number formation test as well as informal observations, visual representations on whiteboards, and discussions from both focus learners, will be analyzed to determine the effectiveness of assessments for improved knowledge of number formation between

Mining industry has been the anchor of South Australia’s economy and, benefits it has provided outweigh whichever associated costs. As developed by the South Australian State Government (2013), “realising the benefits of the mining boom for all” is one of the seven strategic priorities to secure the state’s future. Mining is an important industry in South Australia because it has been a major source of minerals for the high demand in Australia and many countries (Flinders Ranges Research n.d.). This industry plays a vital part in advantaging the state in terms of economic – profits and job opportunities; social – more skilled workers and population growth in the outback; political – good state and country reputations; cultural – workforce