Fighting in ice hockey

a city of ten million people, one sport was able to create an identity for its inhabitants, and represent what it meant to be a proud fan of their local team. The sport is Ice Hockey, and the city is Chicago. In the city of Chicago, people always enjoyed going to sports events, but it wasn’t until the Blackhawks became a hockey powerhouse that the city realized what it meant to be a true fan. Because of this sport, the people of Chicago were able to form their identity and be proud of a team…

“A Guy Like Me: Fighting to Make the Cut” co-written by John Scott and Brian Cazenueve is a sport memoir that takes us through NHL enforcer John Scott’s journey in life from a kid growing up in St. Catharines, Ontario to playing in the NHL. John Scott is a professional hockey player and graduated from Michigan Tech with a degree in mechanical engineering. Scott has played for the Minnesota Wild, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, San Jose Sharks, Buffalo Sabres, Arizona Coyotes, and Montreal…

Should fighting be allowed in hockey? If you ask many sports writers, they will give you many opinions. However, when the players drop their gloves and square-off, the crowd becomes electrified. There is no doubt fighting adds to the game. In this essay the author will try to persuade the reader to be for fighting in hockey. According to a passage from “TheStar.com” states “according to a Toronto Star-Angus Reid online poll released today, 63 per cent of Canadians who described themselves as…

Sports have always had an aspect of violence in them and everyone loves a good fight in hockey or a big crunching hit in football; plus, it’s sometimes the only reason people watch. Therefore, it would take too much away from big sports, such as hockey, if there was no violence. On top of that, the athletes would become less competitive in their sport and possibly have less of a competitive drive to play. Why is hockey such a well known sport? It is a well known sport because people not only…

The Game of Hockey Hockey is a physical game and many guidelines are needed to keep the game safe. The game has rules, special equipment, and penalties to keep it safe. In hockey there are a lot of rules that players are required to follow. Some rules of the game are that the player must hit the puck with the stick to score, the puck can be kicked, but not into the net to score. On the ice there are three forwards, one goalie, and two defensemen. The only time a team has less than six…

hurled him onto the ice. Moore’s head collided with the ice and he was knocked unconscious. Bertuzzi, his teammate Sean Pronger, and Colorado’s Andrei Nikolishin landed on Moore and the pile up added to Moore’s injuries: a concussion, two fractured neck vertebrae, and facial cuts. Moore was taken off the ice on…

Do I Really Know The Game of Street Hockey? 1) WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT STREET HOCKEY? Street hockey is also known as ball hockey, road hockey, and dek hockey. Street hockey is a variation of the game of ice hockey, in which the game is played outdoors with people wearing inline skates, roller skates, or just shoes. The game is played with a hockey stick and a ball or puck. Although it is preferable to play on an outdoor surface, such as tennis court, parking lot, a street, or any other asphalt…

Throughout the history of the National Hockey League, there have been a plethora of great hockey players. Maurice “Rocket” Richard, Bobby Orr, Gordie Howe, Wayne Gretzky - the list goes on and on. So many amazing talents have blessed the ice surface. Back in the 1970’s and 80’s, the game was strikingly different. There was more open ice, bigger hits, more frequent fighting, etc. Now, it has all changed, but it is still a great sport to watch and follow. Yet the one burning question always…

power to take and the power to take away. With the efficient handling of both, your team can be the Lord of the Rinks. Sections of this discussion may not apply to the house league coach. Often, a coach has no control of what combinations are on the ice and must play A, B and C lines as units. Each may be subject to a buzzer system for player changes. If a coach understands the principles of power play and penalty killing, however, there will be a greater appreciation of the game and the coach…

There, up on the shelf, sits my shiny red hockey stick. The white tape is worn from my last time on the ice. Black puck marks on the white tape stand out and haunt me back to my last competitive hockey game that resulted in a devastating loss. No, it is not just any hockey stick. The stick that now sits and collects dust followed me on a long journey to places including New York City, Minneapolis, and Pittsburg. At times, it would feel me tremendously shaking with nerves and other times holding…