What would the National Hockey League be without fighting? Over the years, hockey players have settled their differences through confrontations that have resulted in blood-stained jerseys and cheering crowds. Each team always has specific players that will fight during games to protect star players such as Claude Giroux of the Philadelphia Flyers, Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins, and Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks. Without the enforcers, these star players do not have the opportunity
first a leader at a young age, then he was a leader in the National Hockey League, and finally he was a great leader as a coach in the National Hockey League. Wayne Gretzky was born in Brantford, Ontario on January 26,1961 to Walter Gretzky and Phyllis Leone Hockin. He was raised in a family of seven. He had one younger sister named Kim, and three younger brothers named Keith, Glen, and Brent. Wayne started to become affilliated with hockey at
major sports: hockey, lacrosse and basketball. From the humble beginnings of playing with a ball and stick on ice, to playing a spiritually based game to honour one's creator, to wanting, to keep young phys ed students conditioned using a peach basket and a soccer-style ball, these three athletic pursuits were all established by Canadians. This is how these three sports came to be. The first sport created in Canada was hockey. Firstly, there is lots of controversy about where hockey was actually
Hockey Lockouts: Slap Shot or Cheap Shot Lockouts have been an effective tool for sports team owners in their bargaining agreements since 1994. A lockout in sports means that owners have suspended players from playing, without pay, until the owners and players can come to terms on a bargaining agreement. Previously, before lockouts players would strike during the playing season which put pressure on owners because their revenue was at risk, while the players had already received their paychecks.
The National Hockey League or NHL is a professional ice hockey league consisting of 30 teams with 23 teams located in the U.S and 7 teams currently operating in Canada. It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world with its current headquarters in New York City (Marsh). The purpose of the NHL can be seen through its mission statements and core values. The Constitution of the National Hockey League states that the purpose of the NHL is to “perpetuate hockey as one
that would soon choose to live, eat, and breathe hockey. A child, unknown at the time, who would soon take the National Hockey League by storm. A child who would become the greatest, talented player of all the hockey world, and who would remarkably achieve this goal by the age of nineteen. This is Sidney Patrick Crosby and this is his story. It all started when Sidney’s father, Troy, who played major junior hockey as a goalie, gave him a little hockey stick at the age of two! Sidney played around with
Ice hockey, a sport that has been in existence for over two hundred years, has become a fan favorite across the globe. From Canada to Sweden, you will be able to find some of the best ice hockey players in the world; both male and female. This pastime has instilled a unique tradition throughout the years of its practice by a combination of both physical skill and mental strength. Although it did not provide aid to globalization, it has created a worldwide culture that many people are proud to
As long as there have been sports, there has been violence in them. Ice hockey, particularly due to its increasing popularity as a professional sport, has brought up several ethical issues regarding the act of fighting in hockey. There are strong arguments for both sides of this present problem in the world of hockey. Numerous male athletes, including children as young as nine years of age, have suffered injuries as an outcome of fighting and it should be considered if it should be part of a sport
History of Hockey Hockey is a very interesting sport but it wasn’t always called hockey it was once called Ball and stick it is almost as old as civilization itself. Its earliest origins may be from Persia, as civilization spread, so did the games. As the world went north, ball and stick moved onto ice. There were paintings in the Netherlands in the 1600s showed that the Dutch played a version of golf on the ice. The amazing team that was born in Scotland’s Edinburgh Skating Club formed in 1642
Fighting in Hockey: Necessary or Harmful? For decades, fighting in hockey has been instrumental to the identity, history and high energy that brings professional hockey fans to their feet. Supported by the players, coaches, and average fan, fighting has brought a unique dynamic to hockey that is unseen in any other sport in the world. However, fighting in hockey is one of the most debated themes in all sports. Although entertaining, some argue that the dangerous elements of fighting outweigh the
Blackhawks were founded in 1926 as one of the original six of the National Hockey League Teams (NHL). Over the decades the NHL has forced to compete with the growing popularity of basketball and football in the United States, but luckily for hockey fans everywhere the Chicago Blackhawks would save and bring the sport to the national spotlight. My proposed topic, is how the Chicago Blackhawks saved the enterprise of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Chicago Blackhawks a NHL team, have had many successes
thrown, blood spattering across the ice. In hockey today, there are two main leagues in the United states: the NHL, and USA Hockey. Just like in any game, there are basic rules that must be followed. In these two leagues there are similarities and differences in basic “golden” rules, benefits from playing, and the official’s code of conduct. First, in the USA Hockey league, which is the non-professional, non-collegiate, levels, the “golden” rules of hockey have been passed down from the very beginning
The NHL History The National Hockey League was founded in 1917. It started in Montreal and Quebec in Canada. There are thirty teams from the USA and Canada. Although the teams are based in Canada and the United States the players come from about twenty different countries from across the world. In the first decade of the NHL was competing with different leagues for the Stanley cup. The NHL had almost no competition winning the Stanley Cup. Only once did a non-NHL team win the Stanley Cup in 1925
Did you know that Wayne Gretzky holds more records than any other hockey player that is currently playing or has played?? According to Gretzky, Wayne started playing hockey at just six years of age. Biography.com states that Gretzky was ready to play in the NHL but his age created a problem in the beginning. Gretzky confirms that Gretzky holds the most records compared to any other player and had many capabilities on the ice. Gretzky states that Wayne has won many awards throughout his career, some
In a competitive sports market, the National Hockey League is trying to catch up and compete with the other major sporting leagues through innovative marketing tactics and embracing the emergence of new forms of media and technology. At its current state, the marketing of the NHL is adapting to new marketing strategies in order to expand its revenue and reach new audiences. The current COO of the NHL has been using the techniques of other leagues and implementing them into the league’s scheduling
In the beginning of safety within the sport of hockey, it is adequate to understand the issues with the backbone of safety, the rules. This general understanding of the rules can be misleading, with each rule being directed to a certain infraction or move, but still, some of these actions can go unnoticed. With the rules such as Rule 41, 43, and 46 (Boarding, checking from behind, and Fighting respectively) they have their own subsections within each set of rules that can be damaging to a player
Then everyone goes wild. “AND HE SCORES”. Wayne Gretzky has just beat the all-time record for goals scored in a single season (77), previously held by Phil Esposito (76) (The Great One 1). Gretzky has done it again, he has amazed everyone in the hockey world with his amazing abilities. If you were to ask any one person “Who is Wayne Gretzky?” they would give you one of the two following statements: “who is
“I knew that hockey was my first love and my favorite sport by far (Mickey Lang)” Even so, at his father’s urging Mickey grew up being a multi sport athlete. In order to play hockey every fall, his dad required him to play other sports in the off season. Mickey played baseball every year through his senior year in high school and football as a freshman and sophomore in high school. More often than not, serious ice hockey players that are not in ‘hot bed’ areas like Michigan and Minnesota, find
Arthur Stanley, Lord Stanley of Preston bought the cup and planned to present it to the "champion hockey team in the Dominion of Canada." It was a a reminder of his time as Canada's
and voted to make hockey Canada’s National Winter Sport and lacrosse Canada’s National Summer Sport. Which Sport should be named Canada’s true national sport? Hockey is in the blood of all Canadians. Millions can vividly remember the first time they put on a pair of skates and stepped onto the ice. Providing nation-wide entertainment, Canadians are overcome by emotional realization that “Canada is hockey.”- Mike Weir. Generations of Canadians were brought up listening to Hockey Night in Canada every