International Hockey League

day, my Northern Cyclones team beat the infamous Chicago Mission at the Bauer Invite. The Bauer Invite is the preeminent hockey tournament in the United States and the Chicago Mission is a top ranked national hockey team. Ever since I was pee wee I have admired the Chicago Mission. Their players were always the best of the best and inevitably moved on to playing college hockey. At the time of the game, the Mission was ranked 5th in the country while my team was ranked 32nd. Their players have always

Austin, and Alexa. Lemieux, although being a Canadian, is a registered American citizen and Republican and has made many notable donations to political campaigns in the last ten years. Notably, Lemieux has made his millions playing professional ice hockey only for the Pittsburgh Penguins for 19 years, until finally retiring for the

Allowed in Ice Hockey? The frequent fighting tradition in the armature and professional Ice Hockey has been a part of the sport for many centuries and the fans love it when individuals or teams fight. Contrary to popular belief, fighting is punishable in the game although tolerated. The fines are minor, commonly five minutes out of the game. This situation is different in other sports where fighting attracts suspension, ejection, and huge fines. The fighting culture in Ice Hockey goes by the name

I hope you and everyone at Spartan Eastern Canada are doing awesome, Some of these questions are from Canadian friends that have done a lot of Spartan Canada races. Please also note, some of these questions are based on rumors, speculations, and recent events, so please have them do there best to answer those ones. 1) A lot of racers (non elite) feel that Spartan plateaued in Eastern Canada this year and have no intentions of racing Spartan Eastern Canada next year as they see feel they have other

The Pittsburgh Penguins clinched second place and home ice with their win at Washington. How hot are the Penguins? Eight straight wins. Playoff bound. Nobody wants to play this team right now. This is all without star Evengi Malkin, who’s been sidelined since early March. In that span Phil Kessel has waken from his long winter slumber. The duo of Kessel and Carl Hagelin has become a dynamic one-two punch. Oh yeah, and Sidney Crosby is showing why he is the best in the world. Since the

John Maher is an accomplished professional in the world of sports. He is currently the Vice President of Brand, Content, and Communication for the Minnesota Wild. His job focuses on creating and distributing content related to the Minnesota Wild brand. Additionally, John Maher has worked for numerous professional sports teams and has served a variety of positions over many years. I was excited to listen to what he had to say about a variety of topics. In particular, I was interested in finding

On September 15, 2004, the existing collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) expired. Because the two sides had failed to negotiate a new CBA by that date, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman locked out the players--no hockey would be played, no revenues would be collected, and no salaries would be paid. (Malhotra & Hout 2006). The primary issue was the labor dispute and how to get both players and owners

Salary caps are a very important tool used in professional sports. All 4 major professional sports leagues in the United States have a salary cap installed into their collective bargaining agreement between the league and its players. Those four major sports are, the NFL, the NBA, the MLB and the NHL. A salary cap is defined as s an agreement or rule that places a limit on the amount of money that a team can spend on players' salaries. It can be as a per-player limit or a total limit for the team's

The physically imposing defender is one of the most intimidating defenseman in the league, and at 6’7”, 245 pounds, Kanzig has the reach, strength, and defensive prowess to shut most forwards down. Kanzig led the WHL with 166 penalty minutes, rarely turning down an opportunity to fight or protect a teammate. He’s the kind of guy teams

I would like to go paintballing before i get old because, once i get old, I won’t be able to shoot a Paintball gun accurately or or hold it. also if I get hit by a paintball it's going to even hurt more than the kid's perspective. I want to do this because I want to feel how painful it's going to be getting hit by 1 and just for the fun of it. I would really like to go with my cousin and my friend because if I play with myself it would be no fun.We all need something to shoot at right? Heheh.