Goaltender

It was the most important game of my life, I arrived at the Poco Rec centre Arena with all my family and friends, With my heart pounding against my chest I knew that this was going to be the most nervous night of hockey I’ve ever played. I slowly creep into my dressing room and I notice that the distinct colour of the room was blue my, Face lit up with excitement because the blue rink is so much better and gives me so much more ice to skate around I was for sure confident going into this game with

Miracle review During the Lake Placid Olympics in 1980. USA, a team that consisted of college kids defeated the heavily favorite Soviet Union in hockey. Eventually, team USA won the gold medal against Finland. USA’s first gold medal since 1960 in hockey. The 1980 USA hockey gold medal victory is arguably the greatest moment in U.S. sports history. The 2003 film Miracle is about the events that led USA to victory. Also, the film exemplifies that an underdog can truly win. In my opinion, the film Miracle

The objective of ice hockey is to score more goals than your opponent on their goaltender. As simple as that seems, the game can be much more complicated.”Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful.”(Gretzky, Wayne 1961) Ice hockey is especially popular in western culture. It originates in Montreal, Quebec in Canada. On March 3, 1875, the first organized indoor game was played at Montreal's Victoria

During the 1970s, the Cold War had quieted down for a bit and there were even negotiations of peace talks. That all changed when the Soviet Union occupied Afghanistan in favor of the communist side while the USA were aiding the anti-communist side. Eventually America pulled out of Afghanistan and went home, but the tension that was there continued through the 1980 Olympic Games. The Soviet Union dominated in the sport of hockey for several years and won gold medals multiple times, but what satisfied

The coach screams, “There’s three seconds left of the game Val, SCORE!” running so fast trying not to trip over myself; I swing the stick and hit the ball past the goaltender and shoot to assemble the score 8-7. “RING!” the scoreboard goes as the time ran out. I felicitate the other team and celebrate the victory with my teammates. Active is a great adjective to describe me: I’ve played sports my entire life. Can you imagine me being born with a field hockey stick in one hand and a basketball in

Yesterday in Syosset at Ice Works, the New York Islanders met with general manager Garth Snow, head coach Jack Capuano and said their good-byes to their teammates before heading off to their summer destination of choice, where they will rest, reconnect with their families and children and erase the sting that their five game loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning should have produced. What the roster looks like when they reconvene in September for training camp, nobody knows. Not even Snow, the man responsible

to move and perform to the best of their ability because their opponents are afraid of the consequence of taking a cheap shot. “The simple reason fighting takes place in the NHL is to create space for the offence” says Darren Pang, a former NHL goaltender, when interviewed for the book: The Code. (Pang) While some may consider fighting in the NHL barbaric, one could argue it has a place on the simple statistical fact that players had less concussions and major

Recently a trade between the Arizona Coyotes and the New York Rangers has taken place, exchanging center Derek Stepan and goaltender Antti Raanta of the Rangers for defenseman Anthony Deangelo and a first round pick, number seven in the 2017 Draft. I felt the overwhelming dread I felt every year, after a trade, and felt especially upset after Stepan, one of my favorite players, was no longer part of the team I held close to my heart. Still, I understood the exchange and felt excitement, leading up

Hockey is a very fast pace sport. It is an exciting sport that is played by two teams on an ice rink. Each team has a goalie, two defensemen, two wingers and a center player on the ice at all times, excluding penalties and a few other rare circumstances (USA Hockey). The game is played, by each player moving a heavy rubber disk called a puck along the court. The puck is shot into the net to score points and the most points at the end of the game wins. This game is played at a fast pace because hockey

This incident took place during a playoff game between the Montreal Canadiens and the Philadelphia Flyers. The incident occurred when goaltender of the Flyers, Ron Hextall, left his crease to fight Chris Chelios of the Canadiens. Soon after a brawl erupted. This incident showed that no matter who is involved, the whole team stands up for each other. As mentioned in “Sociology: