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Canada wins Hockey Gold

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Vancouver Police Officer pulls a hockey fan down from a traffic light as Canadians celebrate the Mens Hockey team gold medal win. Corner of Granville and Robson St. For more photos, please check out my blog

The first indoor ice hockey match was played on March 3, 1875 in Montreal. The first ice hockey world championship was held in 1920 summer Olympic Games but in 1930 it first was held as an individual event. Since Then Ice Hockey World Championship is held every year. It’s the biggest hockey event of the year.

With every year the world championship is getting better and better. Every year comes with new chances, new players and of course new interesting games between the best hockey teams in the world. The last two championships where won by Russia. Last year Russia won by using Canada’s mistakes against them and defeated Canada 2:1. Who will win this year? We will find out in the next few weeks.

Ice Hockey World Championship 2010 has started! This year’s championship is held in Germany.  Everyone wants to win and go home as the world champions but the winner can be only one. Every team will do everything they can to win.

This year’s championship most likely will be one of the most interesting. Russia will try to win the 3rd championship in a row but Canada, USA and other countries will try to defeat Russia and don’t let them get the 3rd victory in a row. Everyone will fight for them selves and no one will let someone else win easily. Everyone will fight to the end and won’t give up. Let’s hope for our team’s and see who will be the best this year.

by alexindigo

Air Hockey is one of those games that will always have mass appeal.  While there are no sticks and no ice, somehow the game seems just as action packed and intense.  It is a game that has gained fans all over the globe, and for good reason.

Below are 3 reasons why air hockey is such a great game:
1. You don’t need to be in shape to play it – it doesn’t matter whether a high class athlete and a couch potato play a game of air hockey, it is still anybody’s game.  The only things you have to do is bend over the table and move the “goalie” around to block the puck from entering the hole and giving the other person a chance to score.

2. You lose track of time – any good game allows you to forget time and space and live in the moment, air hockey does just that.  It seems that while you play the only thing you see are that white table and the puck that is moving back and forth.

3. It’s a great date game – this is a game that both men and women can meet on an equal playing field.  Unlike other games where men and women are separated for fairness, this isn’t necessary with air hockey.  This makes it a fun thing to go and do on a date – it can be even more fun if the girl wins!

Because it is such a fun game that is both easy to learn and exciting to play, air hockey is likely to remain popular.  If you have never played, you might want to go to your nearest game room and play.  Before long you may be purchasing your very own air hockey game to play at home whenever you want.

Video: Sharks Net OT Winner
Check out this video of the Wheatley Sharks scoring the game winning overtime goal against the Belle River Canadiens in weekend Junior C hockey action.
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Jr. Falcons Earning Their Way Through The Playoffs
Call them the mighty falcons, or even the little hockey team that could. Either way, Fresno’s junior Falcons are proving that hard work and dedication will get you a long way indeed. They’ve got their sights set on the state championships. Joe Ybarra reports.
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2010-11 American Hockey League All-Rookie Team Named
The American Hockey League announced today the 2010-11 AHL All-Rookie Team, as voted by AHL coaches, players and media in each of the league’s 30 member cities.
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Niagra IceDogs Take On Oshawa Generals
The Niagara IceDogs will be taking on the Oshawa Generals in the Eastern Conference semifinal round of the 2011 Ontario Hockey League Playoffs.
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Medford U14A girls hockey team wins back-to-back state titles
Adrianna Rossini scored a pair of goals including the game-winner in overtime, as the Medford U14A girls hockey team defeated Charlestown, 2-1, March 27 in Haverhill. The victory marked the team’s second straight state championship.
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More violent than the pros: High school ice hockey brawl leaves student with broken jaw
A cowardly and violent attack as part of a mass brawl during a high school ice hockey match left one student with a broken jaw and concussion.
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Yale Hockey Player Mandi Schwartz Dies of Leukemia
Mandi Schwartz, who battle against cancer received support from hockey fans from Connecticut to western Canada, died Sunday in Regina, Saskatchewan, at age 23.
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HILLSBOROUGH: Seniors leave mark on HHS hockey program
By all accounts, the Hillsborough High School ice hockey team outplayed Montgomery in the state public A Division quarterfinals, yet it was the Raiders who saw their season end with a 3-1 loss on Saturday.
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by nofutureface

Gregor Robertson – Hockey Day In Canada


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On the one year anniversary of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games, the city of Vancouver had Hockey Day in Canada celebration. This included series of pick-up hockey games on the streets of downtown Vancouver with local players, city officials and media.

Hockey drills aren’t something that you have to leave behind when you step off the ice. There are plenty of ways that players serious about improving their game can work themselves off of the ice to simulate on ice situations, and to make gains in the areas that really matter during games. Here are some great drills you can do off-ice to make your a more dominant player when you hit the rink.

Interval Running

Interval running (or stationary biking) is a great dryland exercise because it’ll improve your speed and quickness, and also help condition you for games. You can do ladder drills where you change the duration of work and rest as you go, or you can do set period intervals. A great one to do is 45 seconds of hard work followed by about a minute and a half of lower intensity work. This simulates the real life intervals you experience in a game with shifts and bench rest.

Shooting Races

This one is great to do if you’re training with a teammate that you can race against, but if you’re by yourself you can just try and beat your own time. All you need is somewhere you have room to run and set up a net. Set up a net with four targets and a set of pucks (or balls). Then set a marker at least 100m away. The goal of the drill is to do four sprints to the 100m mark and back, hitting one of the targets each time. Keep track of times and always try and beat your last best time.

Inline Drills

One great way of conditioning yourself during the off-season is to strap on a good pair of inline skates and simulate your on-ice drills that way. The stride you’ll use on inline skates is slightly different to that of ice skates, and you’ll need a couple sessions to adjust, but the muscles you use for both is exactly the same. That means for fitness and conditioning purposes, inline skates are a perfect substitute for ice skate and will work all the same muscles you need for game time.

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South Coastal Hockey League roundup
The Toros and the Saints are on a collision course to meet in the up coming Legends Div. playoffs in the South Coastal Hockey League.  The two teams gave an indication of what might to expect as Mike Ryan scored a first period goal assisted by Hanover’s Tom Shaughnessy and goaltender  Justin Stratton of Marshfield stopped 20 shots as the Saints held off the Toros, 1-0.
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Sioux Falls’ second period too much for Lancers
The jockeying for position in the United States Hockey League’s Western Conference playoffs got a lot tighter with the results of three Saturday night games. A 3-2 Sioux Falls victory over the Omaha Lancers moved the Stampede…
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Harper denies Tory campaign has fallen flat
Stephen Harper says he’s “very happy” with the Conservative campaign, despite criticism that the Tories have come out of the gate with an underwhelming strategy that’s too negative.
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Potential sale saddens first Bruins GM
The man who helped usher the baby Bruins into the Western Hockey League five seasons ago is disappointed with how things seem to be turning out. Darrell May was the team’s first general manager, his first months on the job spent working from his home with a folding chair and card table.
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by ckeester

Speed training drills are often times not incorporated into hockey practices. There will always be skating drills, but speed is often something simply attributed to nature. The thinking goes that any player who isn’t naturally fast, probably won’t ever be. This is completely wrong. Like anything in sport and fitness, speed can be improved through proper training and practice. Here are some tips to help in that improvement.

Firstly, form is of great importance to speed, and a lot of players don’t skate at their maximum speed purely because of bad form. If form has been identified as a problem, it’s time to hit the power skating classes. No one is too old for power skating if their stride is in need of some tweaking. The simple corrections to minor imperfections in a player’s stride can have huge impacts.

Secondly, watch how the pros do it. In the NHL skills competition, the fastest skater competition tends to feature some of the same faces each year. One thing you’ll notice if you watch them is they all have a similar strategy. They’ll start off with very short, powerful strides to get them up to speed as fast as possible, but once they’ve reached speed, they stop taking the short, bursting strides, and transfer into longer, smoother ones. This is something many players ignore, instead opting to keep their feet moving as fast as possible, as if they were running on the ice. This is a mistake. Start your strides short, get up to speed, and then maintain the speed by smoothing and lengthening your stride.

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Transit Alert after Canada’s Hockey Victory


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Transit Alert issued due to crowds in downtown Vancouver after the Men’s Hockey Final between Canada and the United States during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

Coyotes sign Miele to entry-level deal
The Phoenix Coyotes signed undrafted forward Andy Miele to an entry-level contract on Saturday. Miele completed his senior season with the highest point total in all of college hockey (71) on 24 goals and 47 assists in 39 games for the Miami-Ohio RedHawks. “We are very pleased to sign Andy,” said Coyotes general manager Don Maloney. “He is a highly skilled and competitive player who had a great …
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Ramsay rockets promote hockey team
Man of the match Rob Ramsay scored both goals as Barnsley secured their third successive promotion with a 2-1 win at title rivals Lincoln Roses.
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