Ice hockey at the Olympic Games

sports world. The biggest moment in sports history in 1980 was the “Miracle on Ice” This is when the USA hockey team beat the gold medalist Soviet Union. The Soviet Union had won the gold medal in six of seven previous winter olympics, and were the favorite to win once more in Lake Placid. The final of the nerve racking game was 3 to 4. It was a very close game but the USA hockey team managed to hold the Soviets off. The game in the medal round, the United States and the Soviet Union finished the first

Wheelchairs Did you know that there is a Paralympic Games! Just like the real Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games are for people who can not walk due to a disability. The only reason the Paralympic Games are possible, is due to the fact that wheelchair technology has advanced. The new technology has enabled physically challenged athletes to participate in sports. The new technology not only allows people to be athletic, but it also has inspired many people around the world. The most important

A miracle on ice happened during the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics. These Olympic games were being held in the midst of the Cold War and ironically the finalists in men’s hockey were hosting a war of their own. A battle for the gold medal was taking place and the two teams battling for glory were the underdog USA team and the best team in the world, the Soviets/Team Russia. This specific game is one of legend because it really was a “miracle on ice” watching the underdog USA team defeat the untouchable

It was a tied game during the championship match of the 2002 Paralympic games. If St. Germaine made this goal then Team USA would win the game! He swung his stick back hitting the puck and GOAL! Team USA won the ice sled hockey game against Norway! Unlike most Olympic medalists, none of these were standing. St. Germaine and his teammates were paraplegics, a person who has lost the use of his/ her legs because of nerve or muscle damage. Wheelchair technology has greatly advanced through the

A Feather Dipped In Gold On February 22, 1980, the United States men's national hockey team beat the Soviet Union National team at the Winter Olympics taking place at Lake Placid, New York. To this day, that upset is considered by many to be the greatest moment in sports history. It was such an awe inspiring moment, that it earned the nickname, "The Miracle On Ice". As such, it should be no surprise that a movie portraying that miracle was made. The movie, aptly called Miracle, chronicles the

Canadian Hockey Neil McGregor - 500 459 843 SOC 507- Race and Ethnicity in Canadian Society Professor Christopher Powell April 13th, 2016 ------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction......................................................................................................3 Evidence of Racism in Hockey Minor Hockey.......................................................................................3 Professional Hockey..........

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

about four years, and I wasn’t the best. Since we could walk, my dad would take my sisters and I out on the ice before or after his games. He would take us around the rink for a skate. Where I live there isn’t much hockey; no one knew about it. But now our community has a brand new rink,

1961 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. He began skating at just two years old and was playing with older boys by six years old. Spending extreme amounts of hours on the ice, he was skilled enough to score 378 goals in his final year of peewee hockey. When he was a teenager, he was chosen third in the 1977 Ontario Major Junior Hockey League Midget draft, and played for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds where he was able to show his skills. He played for his home country in 1978, and led the entire tournament

Existing Knowledge) 5 Some quick facts about Sochi 5 Vision 5 Research Question or Hypothesis 8 Approach/Methodology 9 Observations/Discussion/Validation/Results 10 Explanation of the Expectations of Sochi 10 Innovative Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 10 Celebrating the spirit of Russia 10 Delivering sustainable positive change, which inspires the World 10 An impressive marketing based on party and glamour 11 In Vancouver 11 Sponsoring 13 Everything must be contrasted