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People have been ice skating since the 1500s. Over the years, skating has changed a lot. First came the Dutch roll, next the duck walk and then swizzles. Ice skate blades have also changed from bone to steel. Do you know what the first ice skates were made out of? Sometimes, when people wear skates, they think they have weak ankles, but do they? Others are afraid of falling and hitting their head or tail bone on the ice, but is there a solution? Can you learn to skate? Ice Skates started out as

of playing in hockey at the elite level is simply just too expensive for a typical middle class Canadian family to be able to afford. Hockey Academies are private schools, which are a luxury where you go to school and practice and perfect your skills as a hockey player at the same time. Personal Training and Hockey Schools are tools that could be used to become a better hockey player by getting stronger, faster and more practice time during the off-season. The raise in prices for ice time, leagues

Every hockey player has heard the soundbite of Al Michaels shouting “Do you believe in Miracles? Yes!” after the 1980 American team took down the international powerhouse of the Soviet Union. During a time of uneasiness and frustration towards the current political climate, the young American hockey team gave the public something to be proud about. A true “miracle on ice” gave the country a strong presence within the hockey world. Going into the game against the Soviets in the semifinals of the 1980

I tightly gripped the blue, plastic, slippery, twig (hockey stick) in my sweaty, sticky hands when I swung the tiny, orange, plastic puck into the goal. The opposing team’s goalie, with sweat dripping down his face and fear in his eyes, gave me the dirtiest look anyone could have ever imagined. I soon realized, I had just won the hockey game during gym class. All the confused stares and silent but noticeable whispers lead me to question what was all the hot gossip. I achingly trudged down the toxic

seem to open this marvelous thing fast enough! The cold, crisp, December air blew from the front door passing by, leaving a frigid feel to the house. It was my eleventh birthday in the year 1972, and there I held in my very own hands, my first pair of ice skates. White as the snow outside my door they were, and a glorious delight filled the air with the excitement over this special gift. I looked over and saw my Mom glaring at my Grandma. Why on earth would she be mad about such a thrilling present?

The hockey world is, and, remains an integral field of sports journalism. This essay will focus on the complexity of the National Hockey League, or the NHL, for short, is both a league and a corporate enterprise. This piece will examine the enduring practice of traditional journalistic representations of hockey and demonstrate the obstacles many journalists face when writing a comprehensive article. The task becomes difficult especially when candidates wholly adhere to a type of hockey lingo-rhetoric

In Praise of Bill Peters Now firmly into his third season as a head coach in the NHL, Bill Peters, coach of the Carolina Hurricanes, has a lot of work in front of him to get this team into post-season contention. Through his first two years with the organization, Peters is still yet to participate in the playoffs. In fact, it has been seven years since Carolina last saw the playoffs. Peters ' current lack of post-season success shouldn 't be an immediate point for concern, as he came into the team

Why One Hockey Player Can Make A World Of Difference By: Jami Ness As a Canadian, hockey is something very important to me and my family. Especially the Calgary Flames. When I was younger, the Calgary Flames never made the Stanley Cup Playoffs, that was something very frustrating for all Flames fans. This all changed when Sean Monahan was drafted in 2013 and turned the franchise around. Sean was a resilient child that showed throughout his hockey career. Sean made the Calgary Flames a true playoff

practices and games. Every night we were either just down the street on our home ice at Tartan or all the way in Shoreview or Blaine practicing in Mounds View's rink. Not only did we have to travel to and from for practice but we would travel the state for our games. We skated many late nights and still managed to be successful with both our family life and

charging on his bed stand he noticed the time. He basically sprinted for the elevator in his five story house with his gear and rode it down three floors to the main floor. He jumped out of the elevator and sprinted to his car still sore from being at the ice rink the last four nights practicing and training. He wasn't happy that he couldn’t get anything to eat, but new there would be snacks on his plane. They sped out of the long driveway of the five story house in East Grand Rapids. They raced down the