History of Hockey
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Top 20 Goals in NHL History
Here is a video of the top 20 goals in NHL history. The NHL is America's most competitive hockey league and these goals show how great hockey is. Some of these goals date back as far as the 1970s, so it is also interesting to see how hockey has changed since then but also stayed the same. Enjoy!
NHL ___ TOP 20 GOALS IN THE HISTORY by saidsup
NHL ___ TOP 20 GOALS IN THE HISTORY by saidsup
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Early Creators of Hockey
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This is a painting from the 17th century showing people playing colf, an ancestor of hockey thought to have originiated in Dutch lands. |
The earliest ancestors of games resembling hockey
date back to the Middle Ages and even the Vikings. The Vikings and people in
the Low Countries during the Middle Ages played games that involved hitting
objects with sticks on an ice covered surface but weren’t playing the game we
know today. There are two dominating
theories about how hockey started to evolve into the fast paced game of today.
There are two groups of people that are in competition for taking the credit
for developing this amazing game.
First off your typical Canadian hockey story. Yes,
it is true; a lot of people believe that hockey’s origins lie in Canada. It is
thought that when British soldiers came to Canada during the winter, they would
compete against Canadian immigrants in a game played on ice where people had
sticks to hit a ball. It is also accepted that because of the cold and icy
conditions of Canada, people decided that the game should be played on states
because there was a long time of the year in which there was ice to play on. Canadians
are also thought to have decided to play with a puck rather than a ball.
The other group that people credit with the creation
of hockey is the Icelandic people. When a volcano erupted in Iceland in 1875, a
lot of Icelandic people migrated from Iceland to the United States and Canada.
With them, they brought their game, Knattleikr. One of the reasons this story
is so believable is because in the first Olympic hockey tournament, Icelandic
immigrants played on behalf of the Canadian people and won the first medal.
So the question remains: What story seems more
accurate? Do you think that there is possibly another group of people everyone is
forgetting? Tell me what you think in your comments!
Monday, November 19, 2012
College and NHL Hockey

Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Why I Chose Hockey
I created this blog to tell my viewers why I love hockey and why I think they should do the same. I think hockey is commonly overlooked sport in America, ESPN for example, has probably never aired anything that could resemble a hockey game, but they air college basketball and football games on ESPN, ESPN2, and all other forms of ESPN that may exist. This bothers me because hockey is the fastest game in the world and it is action packed with big hits and shots every second. Football has ads every 5 minutes and there is a 5 second play every 45 seconds, I don't see how football can be more interesting to watch. The end of any close basketball game is about as painful as it gets, with timeouts and fouls every 5 seconds it is almost impossible to watch. Personally I think college hockey is the most fun to watch because the players are more competitive and they are always trying their hardest because they want to get drafted into the NHL, whereas the NHL players can slack off at times.
What do you think about hockey? Is it overlooked? What are your favoirte teams to watch? What are your thoughts about the current NHL lockout?
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