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Willie O’Ree is a hockey legend who broke the barriers of race as he became the first black player in the NHL. Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, 1935, O’Ree faced numerous challenges due to racial discrimination throughout his career. O’Ree grew up as the youngest of his 13 siblings (Freeborn, Jeremy). O’Rees passion for hockey grew at the age of 3. Despite these obstacles, O’Ree persevered with remarkable determination and became the first black player to compete in the NHL, debuting for the…

restaurants were loosing between $850,000 and $1 million for every canceled game. The St. Louis Blues for example lot more than $1.3 million in revenue due to the shortened season because each home game bought in an estimated $65,000. The Pittsburgh Penguins generate a revenue of $2.1 million from each home game and half of that revenue goes to the local business’ while the Philadelphia Flyers were loosing about 1 million in revenue for every canceled home game. The New York Islanders…

Nick Pettit Mrs. Sexton English 10 8 April 2017 Where was the Spin? The knuckleball has arrived with a bang to the game of baseball, but most people do not know the knuckleball has been thrown for a long time in Major League Baseball. The evolution of the game of baseball has recently brought more pitchers who can consistently throw a knuckleball for a strike. I. Introduction A. What is a knuckleball? B. Why does it work? II. Science of a knuckleball A. The spin B. The laces III. Knuckleballers…

Self-confidence is not a tool that people are born with. It takes years of practice or even a life time of practice to obtain self-confidence, but when you can achieve having self-confidence you tend not to lose it as it will benefit many aspects of your life. According to dictionary.com self-confidence is “realistic confidence in one’s own judgement, ability and power.” As a hockey player here at USU self-confidence can make or break your game, if you don’t feel like a winner you will not play…

continue right where he left off last year following a 14 goal, 25 assist sophomore season. As a junior, Guentzel’s speed and tenacious forechecking ability should help him continue his upward development trend as a third-round draft pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2013. Liam Coughlin is the only NHL-drafted player for Vermont, and is entering his freshman season after a highly successful career with the Vernon Vipers in the BCHL. The Edmonton Oilers made Coughlin their fifth round pick in…

will certainly have an effect 21 of the NHL’s 30 clubs. Those already carrying over $60 million in cap payroll for 2016-17 (Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks and Washington Capitals) will find it very difficult to re-sign key players, let alone bolster their rosters via free agency or trades” (Richardson 2016). With the cap dropping this would make high quality players that…

When I woke up at 8:58 on Tuesday morning, obviously late for my first period of the day, with none other than Michael Clifford's arms wrapped around my waist I panicked. But then the memories of the night before rushed through my head. The rocks on my window, the climbing through said window, the confession, the drunken kiss. Everything. I didn't know what to do, so I stayed completely still until he finally stirred. His eyes opened slightly, squinting at the bright light of the sun that was…

Neither Dale Carnegie nor the publishers, Simon and Schuster, anticipated more than this modest sale. To their amazement, the book became an overnight sensation, and edition after edition rolled off the presses to keep up with the increasing public demand. Now to Win Friends and InfEuence People took its place in publishing history as one of the all-time international best-sellers. It touched a nerve and filled a human need that was more than a faddish phenomenon of post-Depression days, as…