Informative Essay: The Modern Sport Of Ice Hockey

The first time which goalies were allowed to drop to the ice to make a save was in 1917 with the NHL was first established. Goalies around this time wore extremely minimal protection on the upper body compared to what goalies wear today. Depending on the player, they may have worn elbow pads on the outside of their sweaters and some goalies wore thick felt sleeves. A few of these models included metal, which was later banned. All goalies wore a chest protector similar to a baseball back-catcher’s chest protector beneath their sweaters.

Therefore the Bank operates in the interest of Canada as a whole and not as an extension of the will of the government. The Canadian Dairy Commission, established in 1966; unlike other Crown corporations was established to regulate the Canadian dairy industry by setting reference prices and monitoring the supply (‘Meeting’, 2005, p.58). During the 1970s the federal government struggled to find a solution to the operational, financial and labour challenged of the postal service. Thus in 1981 saw the conversion of the Post Office Department into a Crown corporation, now knows as the Canada Post (‘Meeting’, 2005, p.36). More recently, in 2002, the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority became a Crown corporation to manage key aviation security services in Canada.

Who are the Doukhobor 's Doukhobor 's are a set of Russian descenders, who are known for their belief pacifism which brought them notoriety around the 20th century. Today there are around 20,000 Doukhobor 's in Canada with one third of them still active in their culture of radical pacifism. Why did the Doukhobor 's come to Canada The Doukhobor decided to come to Canada because at the time the Prime Minister Sir Wilfred Laurier and the Minister Interior Sir Clifford Stifton were advertising free land to encourage people to settle in Canada. A few people, including a Russian writer whose name was Leo Tolstoy made decision to help the Doukhobor 's move to Canada. The Doukhobor 's were promised free land, the right for there own religion and a guarantee that they would not have to serve in the Canadian Military.

Tenskwatawa became a prominent Native American religious leader. On June 1,1812 the US congress declared war on Great Britain. At the Northwest Territory,the different Native Americans tribes allegiances split. Tecumseh’s part moved his small band of warriors to Michigan to assist British Major-General Sir Isaac Brock in the Siege of Detroit. Tecumseh victory at the Detroit would be short lived.

All of these happen during English , French, Spain people settle in the New World (Alchin Linda). The Native tribes joined together was to have the whole map of North America, so they can strategize if they were attacked by the White man (Loretta Hall). During the French and Indian War there were many different Indian tribes that joined sides, Mohawk at that time joined the British because, the British told them that they can still have their land if they fought with them. After the war, they signed a Treaty of Canandaigua so they can move to Canada. Some of the Mohawk people moved to Canada and some of them stay in North America (Alchin Linda).

O Canada, My Canada Two-hundred and forty one years ago, The United States shared a brutal bloodshed with the United Kingdom. After eight years and 217,000 deaths, America won their independence. While many thought it was a good decision for Canada to rebel, her country decided to stay out of the conflict. Some wonder why such a decision came about in Canada. Canada is operated as a constitutional monarchy, where the monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, shares power with a constitutionally organized government, led by the Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau.

I would recommend it to anyone wondering about the 1980’s hockey team. The author, Wayne Coffey, made this book in an interesting way. He told the story of the USA-Soviet Union game and also gave background information on some of the players. It was fascinating to learn about the players’ lives before and after the Olympics and how their lives changed. The most important character in this book is the coach, Herb Brooks.

In 1779 Sir Alexander Mackenzie (Fur trader and explorer) reaches Canada. Mackenzie was one of the first European explorer to cross North America. He had a lot of part in the North West Company with trading. Later in his life Mackenzie would go on to do many things one being his trips to the oceans in 1789 he made it to the Arctic Ocean and in 1793 he made to the Pacific Ocean. Mackenzie also wrote a book called “Voyages from Montreal to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans”.

Before the invasion a dummy army was created and placed in Southeast England to convinvce the germans the attack was coming at pas de calais (Foot). The invasion took place because the allies knew the a large invasion was the only way to win the battle in europe and to open up two battle fronts, relieving pressure off the soviet front (Foot). Canada was a key player in delivering the astronomical victory at D-day. Canada sent 450 paratroopers (Operation Overlord: D-Day Remembered), 14,000 troops, 110 ships, 10,000 sailers

With more than 280 arrangements with foreign agencies or international organizations located within 150 countries and territories. On the CSIS website, it states the service does not publicly divulge details of the information exchanges or identify the foreign agencies in question, for national security purposes (CSIS.GC.CA, 2014). Of those 280 total arrangements, 60 foreign entities have had no exchanges for a period of one year or more with CSIS. CSIS has also restricted contact with eleven foreign entities due to ongoing concerns over the reliability or human rights reputations of the agencies in question (CSIS.GC.CA, 2014). The Canadian Government has set strict standards and guidelines with foreign Countries regarding the sharing of intelligence.

3’400 soldiers led by Haviland came by the Richelieu River. And lastly Amherst and his 11’000 men came from the St Lawrence River from Lake Ontario. To make sure there wasn’t another bloodbath, the French regiments of around 2’100 men, went to Place d’Armes and Montreal avoided this torture of a long capture. So then New France was then in the hands of the British.

The Stanley Cup originated in Canada after Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley of Preston decided that since the sport was so popular there should be a form of championship between the teams. Lord Stanley donated a silver bowl to the Ametuer Hockey Association of Canada for the prize of the championship. The cup was originally called the Dominion Challenge Trophy, but was soon renamed the Stanley Hockey Championship Cup in 1893 after its founder. That same year it was decided that the Stanley Cup could not be owned by any of the winning hockey teams. Originally the championship was held between the ametuer teams, but in 1910 it became a prize for the professional hockey

The First Nations would barter to find the best deals since they didn 't know each other 's languages. Most trading posts were lead by European traders, because there was not much of tree land left in Europe, so there was less fur in the area and that lead to trading in Canada. Beaver fur was the most valuable, because it was the best fur for making felt. To trade, groups such as the First Nations and the Inuits, would bring there furs to the trading posts, and trade for there goods. Later a group of men at the trading posts, decided to go look for there own furs, and they were called the coureur de bois.

Underwater Hockey is a sport well known for its fitness and skills. Underwater hockey is a sport, not well known, that has been played for decades in more than 20 different countries around the world. The sport is similar to normal field hockey, where the game’s name originated from, as it has the same objective: to score a goal against the opposing team. The game is yet different in means of where it is played, the length of the match and equipment needed to play the game. This game depends a lot more on flair, skill and teamwork together than on brute

On defence there was Brennan Evans and Danny DeKeyser. In between the pipes was Petr Mrazek. This was Bob Kaser the Grand Rapids Griffins’ broadcaster up in the press box: “Glendening for the draw against Namestnikov with two seconds on the clock.Glendening wins the draw back to Evans, who launches it down the ice. Yes I don’t believe it. October 6th, 1996 the DeVos’ and the Van Andel’s brought hockey back to Grand Rapids in the form of the Griffins.