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Wayne Gretzky: The Great One Wayne Gretzky was the best player in NHL to ever live and there's no doubting it. He has broke so many records and has set most records. He has won the cup 4 times and played with 4 different teams. He also has coached for a couple years. He has done a lot in the NHL, hence the name ‘The Great One’. Gretzky played from 1979 - 1999 and in between those 20 years he played in 1,487 games. Throughout those 1,487 games he racked up 2,857. 894 were goals and 1,963 were…

professional player for the NHL team the Boston Bruins, can be seen flying across the ice after scoring the game-winning goal of game four in the Stanley Cup Final of 1970. This photograph was taken by Ray Lussier at the old Boston Garden on May 10th, 1970. It represents one of the most famous goals in hockey history giving Boston its first Stanley Cup win in a long time. The photograph symbolizes the spirit hockey has and the Boston Bruins. It is a very interesting picture, because it shows…

An Eerie Gray “Blood is thicker than water” is a very commonly used proverb. It portrays water as ties between friends. Blood being the bond within a family. I prefer the interpretations of authors Albert Jack and R. Richard Pustelniak. These men believe that it is the blood of the “covenant” and the water of the “womb” being described in the proverb. This allows for a different meaning; that the blood within a fellowship is stronger than that of birth (water of the womb), of which I agree…

“Opportunity doesn’t make appointments, you have to be ready when it arrives.” When it comes to the sport of hockey, opportunity means everything. Whether it 's a forward, defenseman, or goaltender, one must be prepared when given a chance. When a player gets a chance, more often than not, the player wants to score a goal or make a big save to preserve the win. There are other players looking to do something different though, players that want to provide a spark using fists, these players are…

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin is a novel about Mortenson's humanitarian acts to build schools for girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan so they can get an education while fighting the Taliban. Women all around the world need to feel empowered and having the right to an education is one way to start. Today, many women feel degraded for who they are because they are put out to seem like they incapable of doing anything superior to a man. However, in reality, women can do…

People underestimate the awesomeness of the octopus. Octopuses are magnificent sea creatures living all around the world. Containing over 300 species! The word Octopus is from the Greek language meaning eight-legged. They are boneless creatures, also known as invertebrates. Octopuses are interesting in several ways. For example, the way they lose their shape out of the water. In the water, they are able to disappear, flee, prey on other creatures, and glide across the water! The amount of…

Gilbert and his team made it to the Allen Cup. The man Yvon Prud'homme had been hired by the NY Rangers to start a competitive Junior B league in Montreal. When Gilbert was signed, Gilbert told Yvon Prud’homme to sign Jean Ratelle. Yvon Prud’homme signed Ratelle without even seeing him play.…

The Calgary Flames have been in the National Hockey League since 1980. They won the Stanley Cup in 1989, the trophy for being champions of the league. Hockey is considered to be “Canada’s Game” as it is the most popular sport among Canadians. The Flames are one of the seven Canadian franchises in the NHL. They are part of one of the biggest rivalries in the NHL, which is the battle of Alberta. The Flames have nine players currently in the hockey hall of fame. The Calgary Flames generated 430…

April 15, 1989 that’s when this rival game took place the Hillsborough stadium.The game was between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. They had to install a metal security fence because they didn't want nobody on the field. It was also a FA Cup semi-final which is a very big game . Sometimes humans can act like animals. That’s what happened at the Hillsborough soccer stadium. It all started at the front gates when there was to many people flooded in. There wasn’t enough space in the stadium…

This is the great sport of hockey there are a few things that I will be talking about hockey. One is the history of hockey so being like all of the players all of the teams all of the stanley cup finals (the championships of hockey). Also great hockey players so players that were really good and made a difference in hockey. The last one being great hockey records so like different records from back then that havent been broken yet even until this day. When you get to know a lot about hockey…