How Can You Be Pro Ice Hockey Player

Have you ever dreamed of being the best ice hockey player in Singapore? or even Asia? There is a chance of making your dream come through.

Disciplined Savagery on Ice, in the Name of the Nation

History has sufficient evidence of good evolving out of evil. In more moderate terms, great things are achieved out of strife and struggle. The resultant is usually way beyond expectations. The National Hockey League (NHL) is one such example. It is defined as a professional sports organization composed of ice hockey teams in North America.

Gretzky's Impact Reaches Beyond The Ice

Wayne Gretzky has been expected to be a savior his entire life. At the age of 14, Gretzky was expected to revolutionize the game of hockey, saving it from the brutes and thugs that were overrunning it. He did.

The New, High Scoring NHL?

This article discusses the change of rules on NHL and their impact on the game. As a result of the change the game has opened up and so too has the net. The life has got tougher for the defense and sweeter for the shooters. The result is fans are enjoying more action, which makes them the ultimate winners.

What You Need to Know About Hockey

Hockey is a popular game played all over the world. The exact date of its origin is not known. One belief is that it originated from the English game of field hockey. When the English came to North America, they realized that ice is faster than grass and started playing on ice covered ponds. Today, the term hockey in the US is synonymous with ice hockey. The term hockey is derived from the French word hoquet meaning shepherds crook, which is similar in shape to a hockey stick.

Beantown Face Off

BC and BU face off in one of the oldest rivalries in college hockey. Watch your face off when the two teams hit the ice on Friday, Dec 1st on CSTV.

Foggy Conditions Cancel Hockey Game

The BC vs. BU hockey showdown was cancel The BC vs. BU hockey showdown was cancelled because the rink conditions were too foggy.

Hockey Rules The Hearts of a Nation

Hockey north of the US Canadian border seems to carry more sway than any political, national or international moment.

Appreciating Ice Hockey

If you know nothing about hockey (beyond, of course, the bit about the Canadians punching each other), here are some basic rules and things to watch for: Each team is allowed 6 players, including the goaltender. The game is played in three twenty-minute periods, and the object is to put the puck in your opponent's net as many times as possible. That pretty much sums up the gist of the game.

Overreaction or Overdue?

The bombshell resignation of Bob Clarke and the firing of Ken Hitchcock made headlines Sunday. Were these moves overdue or merely an overreaction to a poor start?

The Fastest Game On Earth

As a sport, hockey is exciting to watch. I have been watching it for 20 years. My son started at 5 years old and played right through high school. From what he and others tell me, it is more exciting to play.

College Hockey

Watch Your Face Off. CSTV brings you college hockey's best plays. Watch Friday Night Hockey on CSTV and online at www.cstv.com

Local Business Man Hopes To Give The NHL Back To Quebec

It was the year 1995 that shattered the hearts of Quebec hockey lovers. This was the year that their beloved team the Quebec Nordiques, due to rising player salaries and other costs, left for Denver Colorado and became the Colorado Avalanche.

What Does Everyone Have Against Hockey?

We're in the middle of the first NHL Playoffs since 2004 and there seems to be a common theme. No it's not Ilja Bryzgalov shut-outs (although those seem to be happening quite often), it's NHL bashing.

NHL's New Face Brings Smiles To Commissioner Bettman

When the NHL took away the 2004-2005 season, commissioner Gary Bettman stated that it was for the good of the game, and the best for the fans that love the sport. He felt that there needed to be a radical change to the way things where done in the league.

What the NHL Playoffs Can Teach You About Business

While watching last night's game, it struck me how similar the playoff mentality is to how we should be conducting our businesses, and what we can learn as business owners from our hockey addiction!

The NHL

The NHL is suffering from low ratings.   While they pay untalented underachieving players millions of dollars, no one is watching.

Rick Tocchet And Janet Jones Sue NJ State Police

With all that has been going on with the alleged gambling ring, that sees a former NHL great and the wife of the Great One Wayne Gretzky caught in the middle one would have to ask, just how long was it going to take for there to be a lawsuit?

2006 Stanley Cup Final Preview

Though the weather outside doesn't make you think about hockey, the Stanley Cup finals start tonight. The match-up must be a complete nightmare for Gary Bettman, the NHL's commissioner. Edmonton hasn't been a marquee team since Wayne Gretzky got traded to Los Angeles, and people don't exactly think of hockey when they hear North Carolina. The TV ratings will be dismal, though that's nothing new for the league. It will, however, be a good series. Both teams have absolutely insane fans that will be out of their minds, and they both play an exciting brand of hockey.

For want of a Goalie

It was thrilling, it was action packed and it was on pace to be a great upset win for the Oilers and give me another win. Then Disaster.. Carolina's Andrew Ladd brought the puck into the Edmonton zone, cut in the front of the net and was hit by Bergeron and that drove Ladd into Roloson and knocked the net off its moorings. Dwayne Roloson went down with a series-ending knee injury. We won't even talk about the play by Ty Conklin.

OLN's Playoff Hockey Coverage Doesn't Make the Cut

Like many hockey fans, I was just happy that hockey was back this year.   I didn't care that ESPN didn't renew their TV contract with the NHL - I figured OLN might have a few hiccups, but overall they would do fine.   I was wrong.   OLN has been a disaster all season long and it's not getting better.

Giving Gretzky the Benefit of the Doubt

We need to know more facts before we draw any conclusions about the Great One.

A Day in the Life of a Minor League Ice Hockey Player

In the Canadian junior ice hockey system almost every young player dreams about one day making it to the National Hockey League.

Enjoy Our Interview with Coach Bill Moores

Coach Bill Moores is the Assistant Coach of the Edmonton Oilers, and former coach of the U of A Golden Bears. Coach Moores is respected and renowned as one of the top tactical and technical hockey coaches in the world.

Who's Tops in Hockey and Who's Not

The National Hockey League needs to do more to encourage better coverage of the hockey games. With so many other sports realizing national coverage, the NHL is sometimes forgotten. However, this year, there's a race for the Stanley Cup, and only one is set to win it. But which team will that be?

Zamboni Creates Magic at Hockey Games to the Disappointment of Parents

Frank Zamboni created the world's first ice resurfacing machine in the 1940's and today Zamboni is the official ice resurfacing machine of the NHL as well as a magic saga.

Why There are Slow and Fast Ices in Hockey

Depending on how into ice hockey you are you might or might not have heard the terms slow ice and fast ice. The main reason why the problem with slow and fast ices arises is that hockey is played both up in Canada as well in southern USA and it is because of the difference in climate.

Faster With More Scoring or Never The Same Again?

What's going on? It has been a crazy last 12 months in the National Hockey League. Is it all over?

The Great White North Dream Team

Team Canada is looking to repeat thier Gold Medal performance in Turin in the upcoming Olympics. The 2002 Victory in Salt Lake City over USA was the first on 50 yrs for the country that brought this great game to life. Canada along with the Czech Republic and Russia are the early favorites, but in the Olympics one-game situation a lot of teams have a chance to surprise anybody. (Belarus' stunning win over Sweden in the 2002 Olympic quarterfinals).

Changing Hockey Before It's Too Late

The latest buzz in the sports world is the agreement in the National Hockey League that will bring hockey back to the ice next season after a one-year absence of the sport.   Since the moment I first heard the news, I have been trying hard to care about this return, as have the millions of people worldwide who failed to realize that hockey ever left.   I don't mean to imply that I don't enjoy watching hockey.   Rather, I mean to state it directly: I don't enjoy watching hockey.

Must See Hockey

If ever there was a time to attract new television viewer to hockey in America, it is now. NBC Sports has done a brilliant job of making the NHL Must See TV on Saturday afternoons. The reason why is simple: they're making the game easier to experience.

The Best Time in a Young Ice Hockey Player's Life

To be young and to play ice hockey have to be the best combination anybody can possible imagine.

Why Everybody Loves Famous Ice Hockey Quotes

I think that the reason ice hockey fans love famous quotes is because all sayings somehow have a lot of truth in them. They also help us understand the game and often include some small kind of wisdom as well.

Gordie Taught Them All Howe

Gordie Howe entered the National Hockey League in 1946 at the age of eighteen. Entering the NHL at 18 has been common among many young professional hockey players throughout the decades, but what Howe did in his career was anything but common. Howe played in over 2,400 games, scored over 1,000 goals and over 1,500 assists during his career. He was on four Stanley Cup Champion teams with the Detroit Red Wings.

Why Having a Favorite Ice Hockey Team is Important for Your Self Confidence

Having a favorite ice hockey team that you can identify yourself with can in many cases be good for your self confidence though. For example you and those around you will always know where you stand. This is something that can be important in many cases.

Ice Hockey History and the NHL

Even though the history of ice hockey began earlier than 1917, many people say that this was the year when the modern hockey history began.

Ice hockey is played on a large flat area of ice, using a three inch (76.2 mm) diameter vulcanized rubber disc called a puck. This puck is often frozen before high-level games to decrease the amount of bouncing and friction on the ice. The game is contested between two teams of skaters. The game is played all over North America, Europe and in many other countries around the world to varying extent. It is the most popular sport in Canada, Finland, Latvia, the Czech Republic, and in Slovakia.

The governing body of international play is the 66-member International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Men's ice hockey has been played at the Winter Olympics since 1924, and was in the 1920 Summer Olympics. Women's ice hockey was added to the Winter Olympics in 1998. North America's National Hockey League (NHL) is the strongest professional ice hockey league, drawing top ice hockey players from around the globe. The NHL rules are slightly different from those used in Olympic ice hockey: the periods are 20 minutes long, counting downwards. There are three periods.

Ice hockey sticks are long L-shaped sticks made of wood, graphite, or composites with a blade at the bottom that can lie flat on the playing surface when the stick is held upright and can curve either way, legally, as to help a left- or right-handed player gain an advantage.

There are early representations and reports of ice hockey-type games being played on ice in the Netherlands, and reports from Canada from the beginning of the nineteenth century, but the modern game was initially organized by students at McGill University, Montreal in 1875 who, by two years later, codified the first set of ice hockey rules and organized the first teams.

Ice hockey is played at a number of levels, by all ages.