Fighting in ice hockey

The Impact of Hockey on Canadian Society. Vincenzo Presutti Mrs.D’Angelo Dec 16 2014 CHC 2D7 Sports has the power to greatly affect a large number of people. People are affected by economic, physical, and political properties. In Canada, hockey has the power to change peoples lives. Changing peoples lives in Canada is not an easy task to do. To change peoples lives in Canada, hockey has impacted society in many different ways. Hockey has made an important impact on Canadian…

taxing day of school in the frigid month of January, I got into a car with my teammate and headed off to a varsity hockey game against Bridgewater Raynham. As soon as I open up the transparent glass doors, I can feel the brisk air brush upon my face. Instantly, the fond memory of my first rink experience poped up in my head when my cousin got an assist for his Norwood Mustangs varsity hockey team. I was young, only around six or seven years old. I remember him having a clear shot, but passing…

We stumbled one by one onto the ice. the cold air immediately stung my cheeks and numbed my toes. The other players were warming up; effortlessly weaving through cones and performing crossovers with such ease that it looked as if they were dancing the waltz in a ballroom, swiftly gliding back and forth, making sharp and precise turns, before lining up to practice shooting. A wrist shot, a snapshot, a slapshot a -the nets not over there -shot. In the locker room, everyone boasted to each other;…

The past six years, the Rochester girls golf team has made it to State and has finished in either 2nd or 3rd place. There has not been a team in the school history to ever win the team title for girls golf. Coach Hill, Coach Mayer, Morgan Savage, Gabby Isaacks, myself and Lindsay Alewelt would tackle Red Tail Run on a cold, windy course to destroy the odds given to us on October 16th and 17th. Through trust, hard work, motivation, and a little luck, the 2015 Rochester girls golf team vanquished…

It is hard to say that a game in the NHL has no effect on you in the playoffs. However, if there was it would have to be game one of the regular season. The game was the New York Rangers vs the Chicago Blackhawks, the pregame would be the banner raising ceremony for the 2015 Stanley Cup Champions. Then, after what seemed like a ceremony that took 2 hours long it was game time. The puck dropped and the season started, and it would be the Rangers on the board first with and goal by Oscar Lindberg,…

Running down the lacrosse field with the wind blowing against you, dodging left and right passed your opponents, is the best feeling in the world. Lacrosse has been a major part of my life for as long as I can remember. Fortunately, I have the talent, heart, and drive to play at high levels. It is not always easy and requires a huge commitment. It is stressful trying to balance school and lacrosse, but I have learned the importance of doing so. The bond I share with my parents has been the…

game. That was hard for not only me, but for the whole team. It was stressful, considering we were a great team the season before. It hurt me in a big way, but it made me stronger in an even bigger way. In the 2015-2016 hockey season, I played for the New Ulm Sleepy Eye 15uA hockey team. This was a major step from the last season, when I was in 12uB. My team and I won almost every game when I was a 12u. I was so used to winning. The competition was so weak that we didn’t have to try to win…

Lacrosse began as a men’s game, but years later adopted by all people of all ages. Over hundreds of years and adaptations of various countries, lacrosse is the sport hundreds of thousands know and love. Lacrosse initially started as a game of manhood, becoming a warrior, and religion (Vennum). The indigenous sport can be recorded as far as the 1630’s. “Jean de Brébeuf, wrote about the game being played by the Huron Indians in 1636 and it was he who the named the game “lacrosse”” (Claydon para…

As I read the article, “A Gay Referee Tries to Find His Place in Hockey” by Jason Buckland, it became obvious that the sport that I love so much needs to change. I had no idea that there wasn’t a single gay person in or even associated with the NHL. The NBA and the NFL have already welcomed their first gay players so why can’t the NHL? I’ve been playing hockey for the past 12 years and have often ignored the homophobic language because trash talk is so ingrained in hockey’s culture. Go on…

Once there was a lonely racetrack, and no one had raced on it for twenty five years. The track was very curvy with a lot of loops. It had jumps over lakes, and it was the hardest training facility in the world. This was why it had to close down. The track was in a city in Québec. There were tons of people getting ready for this race for a long time. Callum, the mayor, called for this race because he wanted to see who was the best driver in Québec. The three main drivers were Ollie, Jack, and…