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Every fiber of my being was screaming left. Of course he would be going left. I thought to myself, We take penalties in practice all the time and my intuition is rarely wrong. I looked at him, and he made eye contact with me. Big mistake. You should never make eye contact with the keeper on a penalty kick. We have a way of getting in your head. I’ve got him now. I grinned, and looked him in the eyes. I’m in control now. You’re going to do what I want. His eyes darted around the goal and shook my head at each twitch. ‘Not there,’ My knowing smile said. ‘I’ve got it covered. Look here. Right at me.’ He settled again on the right corner and began his run up. First to the right, then shuffle across to the left. Stretch to the crossbar, then stretch to be wide. Sign of the cross across the chest, and then three claps. The little ritual hadn’t been a conscious effort at first, but now I felt physically ill if I went a game without it. Every time I stepped into the goal I did it. Before the start of on field warm ups, again before the starting whistle, after half time, and before every PK. While it did not directly make me play better, I knew it would distract me if I forgot it. Even if I sat the entire game, if I forgot or messed up my ritual, and then game didn’t go our way I would blame myself. My in goal shuffle was only a small part of a process that would precede every game. Little superstitions that had evolved over a career of sports. I developed almost a Pavlovian…

This wasn’t just any ordinary game. My team, The Minnesota Junior Whitecaps, had been invited to play in the biggest hockey tournament of the summer. NAHA, or the North American Hockey Association, holds the NAHA Invitational in Burlington, Vermont over Labor Day every year. Every team hopes to take home the trophy, but individual players hope to leave their best impressions on the ice. What makes the NAHA Tournament so special is the amount of college coaches watching at every game. Every…

trip to Havana, Cuba with the Global Entrepreneurship Program. I am extremely grateful for your generosity. Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I grew up in a Wheaton, IL, a suburb outside of Chicago, where I attended Wheaton Warrenville South High School. During the summer of my junior year, I took a tour of University of Minnesota and instantly fell in love with the campus and the Carlson School; which is where I ultimately decided to go to school. I’m currently a junior at the Carlson…

The Goal It was the start of the 1st period. Me, Potter and Rock were on the bench. We still had to wait 2 shifts, but it felt like 10 seconds. So the black puck is deep in the other team’s zone so me and Potter chase it down. “I got left you got right!” I yell. I said this so we can trap the guy so he can’t go anywhere but what I didn’t realize that there was trouble getting Rocco on because Seth tripped so he wasn’t there to get his guy. So with Rocco’s guy wide open me a Potter worry so…

The car came to a sudden stop. I looked up and we were at the rink in East Boston where I could see the airport. Overhead the airplanes roared like lions. I dashed out the car and grabbed my hockey bag. I ran into the rink thinking about the game. I was determined that I was going to score a goal because it was my first game I would be playing in. I was so nervous I was drenched in sweat scared like watching a horror movie at night. I was think about the game, and did not know what to expect.…

No one seemed to notice my whole body shaking like an earthquake. It was 4:30pm, the group before me had just gone, and there were butterflies in my stomach. They were fluttering all around and I couldn't seem to get them out. With all of the girls nervously in one room waiting to tryout, I could feel the tension in the air. Knowing only 12 of the girls can make the team it made the experience more nerve wracking. My hands were shaky and sweaty. I needed to fast forward time and see what was…

As a founding partner of the personal injury attorney firm Foley & Small in Rochester, IN, Attorney Edmond W. Foley continues his mission of fighting for the legal rights of people who suffer harm when individuals or companies commit wrongful acts. For more than 30 years, Attorney Foley has provided his clients impassioned and effective legal representation. His experiences cover single-injury cases to mass tort litigation against major corporations. Born in Missouri, Attorney Foley earned his…

The focus of my report is on the effect of age on NHL goalies, whether goalie increase their ability & competitive level with more experience compared to those who are younger. Recognizing different focuses (Games played, Games started, Wins & Loses, Save percentage, Goals against Averages) for two seperate groups of goalies (Goalies 25 & younger, as well as 26 & older). Although my main focus is on the effect of age on goalies, i’m as well comparing the effect of age on goalies versus players,…

Hockey players, those famous man’s wearing the colorful sweater of our favorite’s teams! People think that they know all about them, their charts, their public life, the great ones, the worse etc. But, do their story are known as well as they pretend? The answer is that for most of them people don’t, that’s why Theoren Fleury wrote is book about his life and his struggles. Fleury release his book ‘’Playing with fire” in 2009 and his co-author Kirstie Mclellan Day adapted his book into a play…

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 will be in a position to work with teams in the future, which do not have those restrictions. In minor…