New Articles for May 29, 2007
The Vancouver Canucks is widely known as the professional National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey team Located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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.
Hockey jargons are very popular today. This game is so popular that these jargons have become a part and parcel of day-to-day life in our society. Here we present some of the very common jargons used by the hockey players as well as by the hockey fans.
NHL Hockey: 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.
Watch all the best goals, hits and saves from the first 3 rounds of the Stanley Cup playoffs!
Watch all the best goals, hits and saves from the first 3 rounds of the Stanley Cup playoffs!
Best Saves of the NHL Conference Finals
Catch all the best saves made during the Conference Finals of the Stanley Cup playoffs!
Ottawa Senators Quest for the Cup Promo
The Ottawa Senators are one step away from raising the Stanley Cup.
Anaheim Ducks Quest for the Cup Promo
The Anaheim Ducks are one step away from capturing the Stanley Cup.
Plays of The Week for April 18, 2007
Watch the Best goals, saves, and hits from the week of April 18, 2007.
NHL Plays of The Week for March 5, 2007
Watch the Best goals, saves, and hits from the week of March 5, 2007.
NHL Plays of The Week for February 21, 2007
Watch the Best goals, saves, and hits from the week of February 21, 2007.
NHL Plays of The Week for January 8, 2007
Watch the Best goals, saves, and hits from the week of January 8, 2007.
NHL Saves of the Week for March 23, 2007
Watch the best saves for the week of March 23, 2007
NHL Saves of the Week for February 23, 2007
Watch the best saves for the week of February 23, 2007
NHL Saves of the Week for February 16, 2007
Watch the best saves for the week of February 16, 2007
NHL Saves of the Week for January 5, 2007
Watch the best saves for the week of January 5, 2007
Watch all the bone-jarring hits from the month of January!
Relive February's best bone-jarring hits!
NHL Saves of the Week for December 29, 2006
Watch the best saves from the week of December 29, 2006.
NHL Plays of The Week for January 2, 2007
Watch the Best goals, saves, and hits from the week of for January 2, 2007.
Watch all the bone crushing hits that December had to offer!
The Edmonton Oilers is a professional ice hockey team located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They enjoy playing in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Oilers efficiently supervised the 2006-07 NHL season as the defending Western Conference Champions.
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.
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.
NHL Plays of The Week for December 27, 2006
Watch the Best goals, saves, and hits from the week of December 27, 2006.
Watch all the bone crushing hits that November had to offer!
NHL Plays of The Week for December 19, 2006
Watch the Best goals, saves, and hits from the week of December 19, 2006.
Sidney Crosby: 10 Years From Now
How good will NHL superstar Sidney Crosby get? Where will he be ten years from now?
Sidney Crosby: From Just a Kid to a Superstar
Growing up in Canada made hockey the obvious choice when Sidney was a kid and tried different sports. Seeing how big Canadian hockey idols like Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Steve Yzerman dominate the NHL in the early 90's really inspired Sidney to one day do the same. But how did he do it? How does his progress look, from just being another kid dreaming of being an NHL star?
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.
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.
I'm sure Crosby went to his Prom and such, but oh well.
Have The Flyers Turned The Corner?
The Flyers have put together back-to-back wins for the first time this season. Has the team finally turned the corner? I say yes and it happened way before they traveled out west.
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: An Alternative to South Florida Football and Basketball Teams
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.
All the best from russia to detroit including classics and some you never saw.
Darcy Tucker vs. Paul Mara November 25, 2006
Watch the fight between Darcy Tucker (Toronto) and Paul Mara (Boston).
Highlights from the NHL Season 2006-07, Part 1
Buffalo's Fast Start is No Fluke
The Buffalo Sabres have won their first nine games out of the box and can tie the NHL record for fastest start with a road win over the Islanders tonight. The Toronto Maple Leafs started '93-94 off by winning ten straight, nine in regulation and one in overtimes. The Sabres to this point have won six in regulation and three shootouts.
Black Sunday: 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?
Hockey: 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
Watch Your Face Off. CSTV brings you college hockey's best plays. Watch Friday Night Hockey on CSTV and online at www.cstv.com
Hockey fights from the 2005/06 NHL season.
NHL Hockey: Hits, Saves, and Goals
NHL - Hockey - Hits Saves Goals
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.
The Olympic Hockey Rules vs. the NHL Rules
If you are a new hockey fan, you may not be aware of the differences between Olympic hockey and NHL hockey. Even though these two organizations were founded at around the same time in the early 1900's and the essential principles of the game are the same, the rules for the two are not exactly the same.
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.
Hockey Fight: Fedoruk Vs. McGrattan
Watch the video of Todd Fedoruk of the Mighty Ducks vs. Brian McGrattan of the Ottawa Senators with many connecting and lots of bombs thrown and a long tilt and it has the feeling of two guys fighting each other because they had to and it's their job.
Watch the video clips of Hockey Fight Knocksouts.
Collection of hockey fights. There's a part where a goalie gets cut in the throat with a skate by accident. It's pretty gore-y.
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 is suffering from low ratings. While they pay untalented underachieving players millions of dollars, no one is watching.
Chris Chelios & Samuel Jackson Short Movie
Chris Chelios looks back on his first hockey coach, Jules (Samuel Jackson) from Pulp Fiction.
It's about to be a...goalie fight! New York Islanders Vs New York Rangers is the game. Two players are going at it fighting full tilt, and good old Dan Cloutier decides he wants a piece of the action. Dan Cloutier (the goalie) then skates all the way down the ice and pounds the crap out of Tommy Salo before he taunts the entire bench.
Stojanov vs Chase considered one of the best Ice hockey fights of all time!
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.
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.
I did it my way.
Watch a video of the five greatest hockey fights of all time.
Two hockey players kick each other's asses in a coffee shop.
Just highlights from the beginning of the season.. Funny an Ovechkin fan made this.. Bah ha ha! (That's right, hah!)
Scott Nichol vs. Bryan Marchment Fight
Nichol and Marchment have an amusing fight in the middle of a giant shove-fest. It's not a bad fight, but it's funny because Nichol has to punch up so much to barely reach Marchment.
Watch this video of a hockey fight from Digestopia.
Hockey is one of the most popular contact games played in the US, probably next only to soccer and rugby. There are several versions of hockey played such as field, inline, rink and ice hockey. All use specialized gear and equipment.
Hockey equipment—even the stuff that's been battered around for a couple of seasons—still has resale value and may be sold through sporting goods stores or online.
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.
We Learn from the Very Best: 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.
It is said that hockey goalies have one of the most demanding positions in all of sport, yet many young goalies find that they don't receive proper training.
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.
The Four Fundamentals of Top Ice Hockey Skating
In ice hockey, skating can make or break you. Here are the 4 fundamentals to becoming a top performing ice hockey skater, plus 4 extra techniques to push you right over the edge!
Hockey: 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).
Do You Believe In Miracles? Olympic Gold for Teamwork and Motivation
One of the best inspirational sports stories ever concerns the U.S. Olympic Hockey teams triumph at the 1980 Winter Olympics. The tale has it all. There are young kids with dreams of glory, hard work, team spirit, a goal that far exceeds their grasp, and a Rocky-like finish.
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.
The goalie in ice hockey has the most dangerous job--to stop the puck (sometimes zooming in at 160 km/h) from entering the goal-net. This task is fraught with injuries and so a goalie's equipment is crafted to provide more protection than that of the other players.
Ice hockey requires special equipment. The basics being the stick and the puck.
5 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Ice Hockey Game
Are you an ice hockey playing teenager that dreams about one day making it all the way to the National Hockey League? Do you want to become the next superstar in ice hockey?
The Dish: Olympic (Hockey) Fever!
We interview the best 'cappers and books here at the Dish, so we'd be remiss if we didn't weigh in on this whole Wayne Gretzky thing. So here goes: For an older gal, that Janet Jones is hot. There.
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.
Hockey Sticks, Easton Synergy, Sherwood Hockey Sticks
Hockey sticks are very important to your game. Because stick handling, passing, puck control, shooting, backhands, wrist shots, snap shots and quick release shots are key to any player you will need great ice hockey sticks.
Before You Buy Hockey Skates or Bauer Hockey Skates
If you are gathering information regarding ice hockey skates then read on. Some of the most popular choices are Bauer, CCM, and Nide hockey skates. This has been a brand of choice for many years by some of the NHL’s fastest skaters.
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.
Hockey Jerseys: One Jersey Many Uses
Hockey Jerseys are sports equipment worn by hockey players. However, the enormous popularity of NHL among the Americans has led to multiple uses of this sports apparel. Fans and sports lovers wear the jersey of their favorite team for displaying solidarity with their teams. Remember stadium pictures with thousands of people wearing authentic team jersey and cheering their team in a tango. Sports jersey of the same team is the easiest way of identifying and communicating with fans of your favorite hockey team.
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.
7 Hot Tips GUARANTEED to Make You Skate FASTER!!
Quantum Speed...'the smallest amount of change needed to realize maximum speed and potential' Don't Skate harder to go faster... Skate smarter to go faster! "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." --Aristotle BC 384-322 Greek Philosopher.
7 Things You Need To Know Before Registering in any Power Skating Camp/School
Time and time again we are approached by parents that have been disappointed and frustrated in the experience that they have had with ‘another power skating camp’. However, like buying any product or services it’s important to be an educated consumer. Get the information up front before you make the decision to register.