Ice hockey

Introduction For a variety of reasons, ice hockey has reached a point where its growth has stagnated in its most popular countries. In these countries, participation rates are in decline and the popularity of ice hockey compared to other sports is also in decline. Fortunately for the International Ice Hockey Federation, also known as the IIHF, the sport of ice hockey has many countries that are waiting to be tapped into. These countries currently have low interest in hockey but, at the same…

I’ve been playing the incredible sport of Ice Hockey for over 10 years now. Although it has become steadily easier, and more about sharpening skills than developing them, in the beginning it was extremely difficult. The progress I have made since when I first began playing is immeasurable. I have come as far as I have in hockey through all the years of support from my father, because he’s always been happy to watch me play competitively. When I first began he helped me by buying me a brand…

percent of the shots you don’t take!”- Wayne Gretzky. This was one of Wayne Gretzky’s amazing quotes, and will be passed on forever, and . He is a big inspiration to me. Wayne Gretzky, also known as “The Great One,” was and still is “the greatest ice hockey player ever.” When he was 13 he had more than 1,000 goals scored. As he got older and older he won more and more trophies, scored tons of goals, and broke a lot of records. After he retired he held 61 NHL records, and 6 All-Star records,…

The National Hockey Leauge President Gary Bettman and the NHL Players to boycott the 2018 Winter Olympics to protest South Korea’s dog meat trade slaughters that butcher approximately 3 million dogs each year. Worse yet, the dogs are tortured in the belief that their horrific suffering makes the meat taste better — they may be hung, electrocuted and cooked alive. Pyeongchang Olympic organizers consider securing the participation of NHL players to be of critical importance, as ice hockey is one…

Physical and skill related fitness for ice hockey Different people have different fitness requirements, just as different sports have different fitness components. Ice hockey is a sport that also requires fitness components in order to be successful. Components of physical fitness Physical fitness involves exercise activities that you do in order to improve your physical health and help you stay healthy overall. There are six components of physical fitness: • Aerobic endurance • Muscular…

000 games were reported by team physicians and trainers (Klein, 2010). The pressure to win a game blinds hockey players from acknowledging concussion symptoms that would result in being pulled out of the game. While there are doctors and trainers on the rink side, the fast-paced nature of hockey makes it difficult to identify all dangerous collisions. According to a study on classifying ice hockey injuries, about 25% of all injuries were to the face or mouth (Deits, Yard, Collins, Fields, &…

scent of ice filled my nose and traveled down to my lungs. I breathed deeper to try and pull the smell all the way to my toes. My eyes slid shut and I listened. I listened to the roar of the crowd, the sound of music blasting around the arena, and even to the low hum of the chillers under the ice. A smile spread across my face. I had dreamt of this moment so long that it was surreal to experience it. When I was a baby, fresh from the hospital, my father would rock me to sleep while watching…

Hockey in the desert Ice hockey is a sport almost unheard of in the city of Tucson, Arizona. There is the local college team, the Wildcats, but aside from that you have to drive through the middle of a scorching desert to get to the nearest city with an ice rink. And then of course there is me. Hockey is a big hobby of mine, and sadly I was unfortunate enough to grow up in the middle of a desert where hockey is not a big part of the culture. But that wasn’t going to stop me. My goal was to get…

The Washington Ice Dogs is an organization that gives young people with developmental disabilities the opportunity to play ice hockey. Not only does it give them the opportunity to play ice hockey, but the opportunity to learn skills that can help carry them through their lives. Run by volunteers, the Washington Ice Dogs need the support of others to help anchor the organization and allow them to make a difference in lives of these young players. With sacrifice, compassion, and dedication, lives…

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. Thinking about all those times I was practicing shooting a puck in the driveway. Also practicing on the ice, watching hockey games on tv and going to them. Out…