United States Hockey League

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…

He drew the league's highest salary, $16,500, not solely because of his playing ability, but also due to his front office duties as the team's publicity director and business manager. Philadelphia's star scorer, Joe Fulks, pulled in $8,000 for his league-leading 23.2 points a game (King's rookie season was a bit less successful. He averaged 5.1 points in his only year and the Falcons went out of business following the season). From 1946 to 1949 the top players…

I am going to discuss the Nashville Predators organization, who play in the Central Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League. The Predators goals and objectives involve winning both on and off the ice. On Monday, ESPN named the Nashville Predators as the best franchise in all of professional sports. According to Brooks Bratten, “ESPN's Ultimate Standings compiled fan surveys and financial analysis to determine which franchises give back the most to fans. Customer service,…

When talking about the New York Knicks and the upcoming season, a person is left wondering why even bother as the team had a very bad season last year. There have been some serious off season moves that may be the saving grace for the team. One of these moves was hiring a new coach, along with picking up three new starters and nine players in total, the Knicks have a fighting chance to win at least 50 games this season and be a dominate force in the Eastern conference. Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah…

On November 23, I went to see Washington Capitals play against Edmonton Oilers. I chose the event because never had the chance to watch a Hockey game. I have seen other sports like Football, Soccer, Tennis, and etc. These past events have some similarities between the emotions and fans they have. Also, I had a great time attending these games and learn the difference between the sports. I got no permission from nobody, and I decided for myself. The only person I ask is my friend Michael and some…

namely, sport (Bairner, 2008). According to Oxford Dictionaries, national identity is ‘A sense of a nation as a cohesive whole, as represented by distinctive traditions, culture and language’. Particularly, it is a sense of belonging to a nation or state (Bairner, 2003) although there are controversial arguments on the concept. As Edensor (2007) point out, national performance produced in modern sport may be the most influential one. There is an increasing number of literature on the…

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…

the governor general, donates the Stanley Cup as a hockey trophy. 1893- Lord Stanley, the governor general, donates the Stanley Cup as a hockey trophy. Lord Stanley, bought a 7” high and 11” wide silver cup (the Stanley Cup) what had cost 10 guineas. (What is $50) In 1926 the Stanley cup became the national trophy for the national hockey league. He donated the Stanley cup because of that he thought that there should be a challenge cup for the league. The first Stanley cup was play on March 22…

game-winning goal of game four in the Stanley Cup Final of 1970. This photograph was taken by Ray Lussier at the old Boston Garden on May 10th, 1970. It represents one of the most famous goals in hockey history giving Boston its first Stanley Cup win in a long time. The photograph symbolizes the spirit hockey has and the Boston Bruins. It is a very interesting picture, because it shows that when a photographer is in the right place at the right time, great pictures can occur. The facial…

The low budget film Net Worth, is about a true story of the hockey players in the NHL, but more specifically the professional hockey team The Detroit Red Wings; and their struggle to protect their rights as workers against management and greedy, power-hungry owners of the NHL. The main character Lindsay tries to express to his teammates how important it is to form an organization to protect the rights of the athletes as workers. With a lot of motivation and struggle this action ultimately lead…