Ice hockey at the Olympic Games

Many people think that hockey is the same throughout the entire world; however, there are lots of differences total between certain country’s hockey. How the game of hockey is played depends entirely on the region and organization. The North American Hockey League (NHL) has very many differences when compared to something like the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) who runs the hockey in the Olympics. Although the main game of hockey is the same, there are a variety of rule differences mixed

Hockey has been in Canada for about 140 years and Canada has been taking part in the hockey winter Olympics since the 1920’s. In 1948 Canada’s Olympic hockey team ran into a problem. The Montreal Royals were supposed to represent Canada but declined the offer and couldn’t find a new team due to Olympic rules around amateurs being paid to play hockey. Canada and the Olympic hockey manager Dr. Alexander “Sandy” Watson thought fast to put together a team. Watson recruited Royal Canadian Air Force men

The 2010 Winter Olympic Games are rapidly approaching with athletes from all around the world getting ready to compete for the gold medal. The winter Olympics are considerably smaller than the summer Olympics as there are less options for winter sports played as during the summer ones. There are also fewer countries and athletes competing as some countries don't have these sports or the winter climate or terrain to sustain a winter sport. This does not always prevent athletes from competing, however

Hockey is an astonishing sport with competitive, rigorous athletes that play on, not a field, but a slippery sheet of ice making it one of the fastest paced sports in the world. Sidney Crosby is one of those athletes that has competed and won gold at the 2010 and 2014 olympics for hockey. This year in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the Men’s Ice Hockey Olympic games will be lacking the NHL players. Now many of the men rosters will have to be made of mostly NCAA and top Junior players. For the women,

doubters. That is exactly what the 1980 United States Olympic Hockey team did to the world. It went against all odds and turned a country that was getting ridiculed during the cold war into a champion after beating their cold war rivals, The Soviets. A lot of people might say that the victory was just on an ice rink and that there is no way it could translate into a victory off it and into the political spectrum. However, I believe that the hockey game between the US and the Soviets was a complete microcosm

The first thought that comes to mind when hearing “the fastest game on ice” is of course, hockey. Wrong! For anyone familiar with the game of “Ringette”, we know it's not hockey! It’s a well- known fact that on average the average person has never heard of the game. Many would ask, what’s that? or do you play it in the gymnasium? No. But the main point is that I believe ringette should be known and played more on the global scale. One, it has been a positive health benefactor for me when I was younger

“Miracle” depicts the story of the U.S. men’s ice hockey team during their preparation and participation in the 1980 Winter Olympics. During these Olympics, the United States team was regarded as an underdog compared to the powerful Soviet Union. There were many obstacles the team had to overcome in order to defeat the Soviets. There was also a lot of political turmoil that made the stakes at these Olympics even higher. During these Olympic Games the U.S. and the Soviet Union were engaged in

Miracles?” asked ABC-TV announcer Al Michaels as the final round game between the Soviet Union and the United States Men’s Ice Hockey team came to an end in the 1980 Olympic games in Lake Placid, New York (infoplease.com). For some individuals, this may have been considered just an ice hockey game that was between a young United States team and a much older and more experienced Soviet Union. At any other time in history, this game would not have meant as much as it did in 1980 because of the fact

always wanted to show that they were the most dominant. One of the ways that the USSR showed dominance was through the Olympics and ice hockey. The hockey game between the US and the USSR during the 1980 Winter Olympics was a turning point in the Cold War. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) was said to be the best of all the teams in Olympic hockey. The 1980 Olympic hockey game between the US and the USSR was a significant turning point in the Cold War and also reflected the tension of it.

The 1980 Olympic hockey game between the Soviet Union and the United States known as the miracle on ice is the most incredible moments in recent American history due to the significance. The United States was truly an underdog kind of like David and goliath, because no one expected the United States to win against the soviets. The time in history is also important as the game took place during the height of the cold war and these two nations that could break into nuclear war at anytime had to face