Hockey is just about the worst sport I have ever speculated. The Leafs may have bagged the game yesterday night, but don't expect me to honk my horn or plan a playoff party. The NHL is holding its Stanley Cup tournament, but I'm holding my nose. Slowly but surely over the years, I have found myself developing a hate for the national sport. There's no greater thrill than watching players play for make-or-break bundles of cash. I speak for guys here who are really obsessed with sports with good sportsmanship. Hockey is no longer the graceful sport of lightening-fast moves and spectacular saves. What really makes up a hockey game these days are the players who are nothing but selfish role models; the stench of violence gliding into the souls of young players and society encouraging its innocent victims to turn a blind eye towards hockey's downfalls. .
Have worshippers at hockey's holy grail been blessing out on a crisp pass, a stunning wraparound, and the elegance of a clean breakaway? Oh no. Current excitement centers on Toronto's Shayne Corson kicking New York's Eric Cairns in the stomach. Boston's Kyle McLaren nailing Montreal's Richard Zednik with a forearm. Leafs, Gary Roberts boarding Islander, Kenny Jonsson. They're all out for blood, and it's all replayed in luscious slow motion. Even the Europeans play dirty now. Why did Mats Sundin have a career year during the regular season? Because he became as vicious as the players who've been hooking and spearing him ever since he came into the league. Hockey is the only game that hires players to act as goons -- and none of the above offenders even qualifies for goon status. And then we're shocked that the violence encouraged on-ice seeps to points outside the rink.
Violence is not unheard of in the game of hockey. The stereotype of a hockey player is usually that of a vigorous player revealing a toothless grimace as he drops his gloves at the slightest provocation.
No longer is hockey Canada's sport. ... This does not sit very well for many hockey lovers in Canada. ... This is not the kind of change traditional hockey fans in Canada like. ... Why should this bother Canadians? Why not share their national pride in hockey? ...
Hockey is a very popular and fun game to play (it is now considered Canada's national sport, along with lacrosse) but it can also be very dangerous. ... Hockey manufactures are constantly trying to improve shoulder pads so this injury will not happen. ... A special analysis has been undertaken by the Hockey Development Centre of Canada to better understand this problem. ... The shin pads should not roll off your knee at any time in a game. ... GLOVES- Must be snug but not to tight and should over-lap your elbow pad to protect your forearm. ...
Weather it is watching hockey or talking about hockey or even playing hockey, most Canadians are involved with some aspect of hockey. ... Drivers should be on the lookout for the many young people playing hockey in the street. ... Many people could not believe the audacity of this claim. How could hockey be created somewhere else but Canada? ... This early initiation is one of the reasons why Canada produces some of the best talent in the world year in and year out. ...
For this reason, hockey heroes and Canadian heroes should be almost synonymous in most cases. ... Despite this push for cricket to be the new hot sport in Canada, a man with a very romantic view on nationalism by the name of George Beers, believed that we should reject something that was created in a land foreign to Canada and that we should instead adopt the game of Baggataway (Robidoux, 215). ... Now that it has been established why hockey is a major part of Canada's national identity not only from within our borders but from the outside we move on to the man, the myth, the legend: Mr. ...
That is not the case in hockey. ... However hockey is most popular in the United States, Europe, and Canada (Where hockey began). ... Hockey's greatest, Wayne Gretzsky, was a Canadian native. ... That is what a perfect sport should fulfill, a good workout. ... Hockey is not easy. ...
We feel they stole hockey, rugged nature, beer - these staple goods of the Canadian identity, from us rather than vice versa,"" says Allan Smith in An American Nation?. ... Globalization is pulsing quietly forward - but not in a tangible form of danger, like terrorism, AIDS, or violent deaths are. ... Canadians were outraged, meanwhile, on the night of the accident, American's booed Canada's national anthem at a hockey game. ... Canada plays "follow the leader- much too often than their trail blazing, beer guzzling, plaid shirt-toting hockey cult fanatic image should a...
A Role Model of Passion The game of hockey was invented in the year well the truth is that hockey does not have a specific invention date. ... Whether it was Finland, Canada, or Russia, I know that hockey in my personal life was invented in 1992. ... For all of these years, I have heard my brother yelling at the television set, or coming home from a game with all of these rants and raves about how the team should have done this and that. ... I wondered why people would do that when it is so cold outside, the reason is simply because they care, and want their team to win so badly, and the...
Hockey, like most sports, is a traditional game that has evolved but not changed. Fighting is a part of hockey that has always been accepted and should continue to be accepted for the existence of the sport. ... Hockey is a sport that has always been played the tough Canadian way. ... Hockey was meant to be exciting, so why take the excitement out of it? Fighting should carry on in the hockey world for as long as we live to see the game the way it was meant to be played. ...
By noting the extensive amount of capital needed the existing manufacturers should consider the threat of new entry as a minimum. As for the retailers, threat of new entry should be considered low to medium mainly due to the purchasing power already held by the larger already established stores. ... Children from 12 to 14 according to stats Canada are more physically active than not by a ratio of 2 to 1 meaning that the sporting goods industry needs to consider the threat of substitute products for this age at a minimum. ... They strive to provide a lighter shoe, a stronger hockey stick ...