Sydney Crosby's Speech: Why Hockey Is A Fast Exciting Sport

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

Crosby finished sixth in League scoring with 102 points (39 goals, 63 assists) and was a runnerup

The speech I am about to analyze is a motivational speech given by the United States hockey team coach Herb Brooks in 1980 to a locker room full of young hockey players. The speech lasted about two minutes and hit every main point necessary for the team to be mentally ready when facing the Soviets. The speech itself is very special to those who lived it but for others to understand I must first give a complete background on that era in the US and how the team made the miracle possible.

Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese is undoubtedly captivating and entertaining. Even so, a close scrutiny of the novel reveals the novelist’s careful development of Saul’s character not only with the aim of capturing the journey he embarks on, but also linking his journey to the theme of suffering. Thus, rather than presenting a static character, Wagamese chooses to present a dynamic character whose emotional state evolves over time as he goes through various crises in his life. Saul goes through an emotional journey that is marked by pain, isolation, loneliness and fear, numbness and resignation, excitement, a relapse to isolation, and freedom, and this journey builds on the theme of suffering.

“My thing is, if you want to go, you want to go. There’s no point in making fun of each other’s moms out here.” (Brandon Prust) As we all know, there are fights in professional hockey, like the NHL and AHL. Some sports have completely banned fighting, but the NHL has not outright banned it yet. As debates around fighting in the NHL circumnavigate, one thing is for sure, hockey has had a major history of fighting, and that draws fans. To showing that fights are safer, building momentum, and a sort of self officiating, there is only one correct answer in this debate for this special and idiosyncratic sport, and it is to keep the fights.

In the short story "Rite of Passage" by Doug Beardsley, the narrator is an inexperienced but determined hockey player. At the beginning of the story the narrator is unable to succeed as well as the other players "…I'd missed yet another check…" More importantly he is incapable of playing hockey at the same level as his brother. The narrator does not have great agility in his skating technique, yet he is still determined to do all he can to succeed “I don’t know what I did but it worked.” He was able to get around his brother and score a goal on his own. After scoring a goal, the narrator no longer feels below his brother "I received a new, quiet respect from my brother." He felt his brother respected him and his new found skills as a hockey

Wayne Gretzky is the greatest NHL player because he did so much as a kid, won many awards because of his stats, and played on so many teams which he helped succeed. Consider working hard and putting effort into something and become successful. An example would be Wayne Gretzky practiced every day and look at what he did. He influenced so many people. Also, when people like what they do, they tend to succeed even more. Lastly never give up and remember to keep trying again until

I have been playing Ice Hockey for 12 years now, and I have loved every second of it. Well, almost every second, I’m kind of a sore loser. However, I still love the game. I love how in a game, one play can change the entire atmosphere of the game, whether its a goal that lights up the crowd, a hit that keeps the glass shaking, or a bad call by the ref that has the entire arena booing at the guy in stripes. But most of all, I love how the game has a way of comforting those who play it, like me.

Hockey is ranked 9th in most popular and challenging sports but football is not seen in the ranking. Hockey is more challenging and more physical than football, which is why its ranked 9th. Though football has many head injuries hockey has many other injuries involved with it as well. Playing hockey takes lots of skill, intensity, and its more physical.

The National Hockey League has a problem, but it’s not the one you think it is. For decades, a group of contemptible, no-guts, cowardly momma’s boys have been trying to eradicate one of the more integral and important parts of the sport: Fighting. Since 1922, the NHL has wisely allowed bare-knuckle fighting. This has had many benefits over the years. For starters, it’s given employment to hundreds of players who couldn’t otherwise make an NHL roster, except for the fact that they can beat a guy senseless. How else do you think Colton Orr and Derek Boogaard made it past the AHL? It also serves as a way to police the game amongst players. It prevents many dirty, dangerous, and cheap plays from happening. Opposing players know that if they try to do anything funny, there will be consequences. This policing has done a great job at reducing the number of on-ice casualties over the years. There’s also the fact that it’s one of the most effective, consistent, and reliable ways of changing the momentum of a game. It’d be like the NFL removing the onside kick. As a nine-year old Pittsburgh Penguins, I remember watching Maxime Talbot bait Philadelphia’s Daniel Carcillo into a pointless

Hockey is a game that has made a huge impacted in my life and many other people's lives, it is a special game that can be played in many places. Ice Hockey is the most popular, but there are also many different types of hockey. Roller hockey and floor hockey are also really popular in the summer and spring. There are many leagues for hockey, in the winter there are numerous leagues with various levels based on your skill. Coaches are good at advancing players to the next level, coaches have usually played the game themselves so they can provide players with a lot of hockey knowledge to make them better players. Being on a team of any type is special but being on a hockey team is even better. Being on a hockey team is very special

Failure is not easy to cope with. Failure gives people a sense of apprehension, a lack of confidence that they are not capable of achieving their goals. Although it does not feel the best at the time, this is where success is made. Starting off my ice hockey career at the age of 5 I met many new faces and did not realize at the time that one sport would have such an impact on my life. Through the ups, and the downs, ice hockey has taught me how to be a hard worker, contribute to society, and most of all, how to handle situations when the tide is against you. Here is where my journey, and also the most dreaded part of the year comes, tryout season.

Ever since the early 1630’s the sport of lacrosse has been building and evolving into a global and an college powerhouse sport that is becoming more popular by the day. As popular as the sport has become, people still ask, what is lacrosse? Lacrosse is a game that involves a goal, a long-handled stick and a ball. Lacrosse is very similar to hockey or even basketball in some ways when it comes to things like how the offense is ran and the way you try to score. It can be a very aggressive contact sport. Typically, there are 10 players on the field at one time. There are 3 attackmen, 3 midfielders, 3 defensemen and a goalie.

The fourth era of the NHL is the Modern Era. This era began in 1993 and is still continuing today. This era has been marked with trials including labor disputes and salary issues. These problems caused numerous games and series to be postponed, namely the cancellation of the entire National Hockey League 2004-05 season. Good things have also come out in the Modern era. The Canada Cup was transformed into World Cup Hockey in 1996, NHL players first started playing in the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan in 1998. The NHL has grown from twenty two teams to the thirty teams playing

Professional athletes earn millions of dollars a year for playing the sport they love. Many individuals try to make it in the NHL but never come close to what it takes. In order to be successful in anything, I would have to put in countless hours towards my goal. To be a Professional Hockey player, one would need to work harder than anyone else. I would have to go the extra mile everyday. Dedication is the secret to success for many athletes.