Fighting in ice hockey

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…

LOVE hockey Hockey is Canada’s National Winter Sport and is a symbol of Canada. Us Canadian are very competitive about the game. A lot of us start hockey as early as we can slip into skate and hold a stick. When we start in our early years we build skill and teamwork. In this way hockey is a teamwork sport. It is a great way to bring everyone together. For example, you could be playing at your pond with friends or at a pub with fans around you. You meet people by the greatness of hockey.…

During my sophomore year I got cut from the lacrosse team. At the time, I had been playing for 3 years. All of my friends played with me. When I go cut, I felt shocked that was followed by tears. Donya, a player who also got cut, was extremely upset and thought her life was over, but I knew mine was not. I wanted to continue playing a sport and being active and I would not let being cut from a team stop me. 10 minutes late I passed the track team whose coach was my biology teacher. It dawned on…

As the cool air began to fall, I felt a whiz of a lacrosse ball past my ear as it flew forward and rocketed off the goal post. After another failed attempt I dejectedly went hunting for the ball. Feelings of failure clouded my mind, today had been the third and final day of tryouts. During practice, I had made one successful shot in addition to several missed ones. By the end of practice, it was no surprise that I was not on the announced varsity roster. I was angry with the results and my…

ties to the Bruno-Scarfo crime family, who has their operation in Philadelphia and New Jersey. The ring did not violate the NHL's policy against gambling inside the sport of pro hockey (it is okay for hockey players to bet on sports, as long as they do so in a legal manner), as all bets were made outside the sport of hockey. The NHL has similar policies as the National Football League, Major League Baseball, and the National Basketball…

The Chicago Blackhawks are one of the most famed organizations in not only the National Hockey League, but in sports across the board. The team has a long-standing history of success, but recently the team has remained one of the most dominant groups in sports. The club has won three of the last six Stanley Cup Championships; the most recent being the 2015 championship. Unfortunately for the team, leadership and the fans that follow, the Blackhawks were unable to make it to the Stanley Cup…

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…

Miracle On Ice Miracle—defined by Miriam-Webster as, “an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs.” That’s what the dictionary would say, but the accompanying picture would show the 1980 USA Men’s Olympic hockey team with their gloves in the air celebrating their impossible victory over the powerhouse USSR. Widely considered as the greatest moment in sports history, the “Miracle On Ice” saw a group of college kids defeat arguably the greatest international hockey…

marketing and promotions for intercollegiate athletics at the University of Wisconsin Madison. I jobbed shadow an event, the October 7th men’s hockey game between the Wisconsin Badgers and Ohio State Buckeyes at the Kohl Center. I got the insight on many things from touring the kohl center, to listening in on the meetings. Being able to shadow the hockey game, I observed many things, learned valuable lessons, and got an outlook on a possible career. Job Shadowing Adam was such an eye-opening…

In the world of sports there’s been some great action displayed among high caliber athletes. Hockey is a sport that dates back from 4000 years ago in Egypt. Another sport that is widely known across the world for its action, is soccer, or in other countries outside the United States would refer to it, as football. Both of these sports have similar characteristics in the rules and regulations according to the NCAA. of what a player needs in order to win in the playoffs in the sport at the highest…