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  All About Hockey
Hockey is a sport in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a puck or ball into the opponents' goal.
Hockey is also played by colleges in the United States as a part of the NCAA culminated in the Frozen Four.
The Canadian Hockey League or CHL is a major Canadian junior (under 21) league, and is the parent group of the Ontario Hockey League, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League.
creativehockey.com /all-about-hockey.htm   (3218 words)

  
 Ice hockey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In 1893 the Stanley Cup was established as the trophy emblematic the Canadian senior championship; it became the of the winner of the playoffs of National Hockey League (NHL) in 1926.
The Canadian Hockey League or CHL is a major Canadian (under 21) league and is the parent of the Ontario Hockey League the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League.
Women's hockey is one of the fastest growing sports in the world with an increase 400 percent in just the last 10 years.
www.freeglossary.com /Ice_hockey   (3680 words)

  
 Ice hockey - Gurupedia
National Hockey League, the teams play a single five-minute sudden-death overtime period, with the added stipulation that each side can play with a maximum of five players (four skaters and a goaltender) on the ice during the overtime.
In eastern Canada there is a different belief, which is that ice hockey originated around 1800 in Windsor, Nova Scotia, where students at King's College School, adapted the exciting field game of Hurley to the ice of their favorite skating ponds and created a new winter game, Ice Hurley.
International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships are formally open to the best players in the world, but many cannot attend because they are playing in the Stanley Cup tournament, which is held at the same time.
www.gurupedia.com /i/ic/ice_hockey.htm   (3265 words)

  
 Penalty (ice hockey) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior, or the inappropriate behavior itself (whether called or not).
A penalty shot is also awarded in the Southern Professional Hockey League in lieu of a power play during the final two minutes of an overtime for a minor penalty.
Hockey players that opt to inflict a penalty despite the punishment do so in order to degrade the opposing team's morale or momentum, or boost their own.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Penalty_(ice_hockey)   (2374 words)

  
 Clipping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clipping (phonetics), shortening the articulation of a speech sound, usually a vowel
Clipping (lexicography), the formation of a new word by shortening it, e.g.
Clipping (photography), the clipping of overexposed area by digital cameras and film.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clipping   (194 words)

  
 Hockey Rules - Official Signals - Triping
If, when the opposing goalkeeper has been removed from the ice, a player in control of the puck is tripped or otherwise fouled with no opposition between him and the opposing goal thus preventing a reasonable scoring opportunity, the Referee shall immediately stop the play and award a goal to the attacking team.
Clipping is the act of throwing the body across or below the knee (front or back) of an opponent; charging or falling into the knees of an opponent after approaching him from the behind, front, or side.
An illegal low hit is a check that is delivered by a player who may or may not have both skates on the ice, with his sole intent to check the opponent in the area of the knees.
www.icehockeyrules.8m.com /offsigs/trip.html   (592 words)

  
 Ice hockey
In regular-season play in the National Hockey League, the teams play a single five-minute sudden-death overtime period, with the added stipulation that each side can play with a maximum of five players (four skaters and a goaltender) on the ice during the overtime.
According to The Internet Hockey Database, there are over 100 leagues ever to be formed and play games (and a few more, because the site does not show European minor leagues or smaller NCAA leagues).
Women's hockey is one of the fastest growing women's sports in the world, with an increase of 400 percent, in just the last 10 years.
www.knowledgefun.com /book/i/ic/ice_hockey.html   (3673 words)

  
 HockeyNation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
And the way the stars align in the hockey universe, the time left for the Penguins to get a new arena in their home city is ticking away.
The Winnipeg Jets left 10 years ago in the hopes hockey would catch on in the desert and, as cold as it can get there at night, people are still basically ignoring the Coyotes and their famous coach.
He was known as the "Hockey Professor" for his unique strategies and training regimens, and was behind the bench for some of Sweden's most impressive performances on the world stage.
hockeynation.blogspot.com   (6651 words)

  
 Wing clipping - Tailfeathers Bird Community
I only clipped the first few, now they can glide, but can't get any lift...though freyja is such a strong flyer she can get lift at times so i may clip one more feather on each side.
If you don't understand how clipping can help the safety of a bird...in my case I have some very high windows that I cannot reach to cover, so I don't want a bird to smack into one, so their wings are partially clipped...it's prevention.
After I clipped our birds wings a couple of times myself, I realized the biggest advantage of doing it myself was that I could adjust the amount of clipping which meant I could adjust the level of flight my birds have.
www.tailfeathersnetwork.com /community/showthread.php?t=35768   (3363 words)

  
 When is a hit a late hit?
As Stevens said afterward, physical play is as much a part of hockey as goaltending and scoring goals.
In many cases, hockey is essentially football on skates, with players pushing, shoving, maneuvering, fighting and using their strength to gain time and space to do their jobs.
Hockey's rules, some players say, often seem to vary widely depending on which rule book interpretation is being followed which week.
enquirer.com /editions/2003/06/09/spt_wwwsptsnhl1b9.html   (1004 words)

  
 Clipping Information - clipping
Clipping (gardening), or pruning, the practice of removing diseases, overmature or otherwise unwanted portions from a plant
Clipping (telephony), the loss of the initial or final parts of a word, usually caused by the nonideal operation of voice-actuated devices
Clipping (display devices), the removal of those parts of display elements that lie outside of a given boundary
www.inanot.com /Ina-Electronics_Topics_C_-_Cm-/Clipping.html   (314 words)

  
 Playing Rules Ice Hockey Hockey Sports
Penalties suggested here may differ slightly from the National Hockey League, and the International Ice Hockey Federation.
(d) In Women's ice hockey, a direct body-check shall be penalized by a Minor or Major Penalty at the discretion of the Referee.
If injury results from this type of clipping action, the player is to be assessed a Major Penalty for "clipping".
infotut.com /reference/Sports/Hockey/Ice_Hockey/Rules/Playing   (6205 words)

  
 CBC Sports Online: HDIC 2004: Spotlight Saskatchewan: Alex McFadyen’s hockey odyssey
Focusing on the original teams, it follows the evolution of the game from the introduction of the first hockey masks to the helmet to the arrival of electronic goal judging.
In an expanding hockey universe that now includes teams from Anaheim to Vancouver and Montreal to Tampa, browsing through MacFadyen’s book reminds you of the simple roots of the game, before multi-million-dollar contracts were the norm.
There is a clipping of the time Rocket Richard smashed the glass at Maple Leaf Gardens.
www.cbc.ca /sports/hockey/hdic2004/stories/scrapbook.html   (659 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Ice hockey
In the National Hockey League nets are suspended at each end of the rink to keep pucks from entering the crowd.
In international hockey they are 3.5 m (10 ft) from each end of the rink.
Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Ice_Hockey   (2856 words)

  
 Resources on Minnesota Issues: NHL Hockey
The Minnesota North Stars were a part of the National Hockey League's (NHL) first expansion franchise.
Their efforts fell short due in part to the fact that the St. Paul Civic Center was considered inadequate for a NHL team.
State financial assistance for the St. Paul hockey arena was discussed by the 1997-1998 Minnesota Legislature.
www.leg.state.mn.us /lrl/issues/hockey.asp   (791 words)

  
 CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - NHL - New NHL to be fan friendly
But as far as many people in hockey are concerned, fans and their representatives -- the media -- are nothing more than a bother; attempts to expose the nuances of the game should be thwarted at all costs.
In hockey, the "upper-body injury" explanation has evolved into a humorous catch-phrase, an indication that the reporting of hockey injuries is a joke.
But on the morning of a hockey game, most coaches won't even tell you who their goalie is going to be that night.
slam.canoe.ca /Slam/Hockey/NHL/2005/07/29/1152371-sun.html   (737 words)

  
 Metro Pulse/Gamut/Knoxville Hockey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
He may be right, but the periodic hurtling of entangled opposing players into the side glass, the frequent crashing together of bodies and subsequent thrust of a hockey stick around a torso to check a combatant's escape, and the occasional flurry of arm- and leg-pads tumbling to the ice—they all appear to happen with impunity.
Says Donnie Brown, hockey director of the newly opened Icearium and former Fulton High School and UT player, "There are two groups, and they're both passionate about the physical aspect of the game.
Here is a clipping from the Dayton Daily News about Moe Benoit, a former player who gave the young Gary one of his hockey sticks; here, shots of Loe in the broadcast booth; here, a Knoxville Cherokees sweatshirt and souvenir hockey pucks.
www.metropulse.com /dir_zine/dir_2003/1310/t_gamut.html   (1507 words)

  
 HOCKEY / U.S. loss: How Swede it is / Americans still should make medal round in crazy tournament
The Scandinavians are looking pretty confident in Turin, their men's hockey team clipping the United States 2-1 Sunday night.
Despite playing without their best player, Peter Fors-berg, who was out with a sore groin, the Swedes started the scoring with Daniel Alfredsson's goal at 7:05 and got two assists from Mats Sundin.
Happy as that made the Swedish men, their fans were already fired up by the stunning show by their women's hockey team, who vanquished the U.S. Friday.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/20/SPGC0HBLFB1.DTL   (619 words)

  
 Wellsway School -
A YOUNG ice hockey player is hoping to become one of the top players in the world after returning from an international training event.
Jenny Ball of Saltford was one of five women chosen to represent the UK at the International Women's Development Camp in Vierunaki, Finland.
Jenny's love of ice hockey started at Bristol Ice Rink, where she played for the Bristol Juniors.
www.wellsway.bathnes.sch.uk /archive/display.asp?582   (446 words)

  
 clipping - OneLook Dictionary Search
Clipping : Glossary of video terms [home, info]
Phrases that include clipping: newspaper clipping, clipping path, coin clipping, back clipping, clipping agency, more...
Words similar to clipping: snip, clip, cutting, trim, trimming, newspaper clipping, press clipping, press cutting, more...
www.onelook.com /?w=clipping   (286 words)

  
 The Mavens' Word of the Day
In hunters' slang deke had earlier been used for decoy, but the hockey use might be a re-coinage rather than a borrowing of the hunters' use.
The sense 'to dodge or turn' is a figurative application of the hockey sense; the figurative use of sports terms is quite common in the English-speaking world, and it's no surprise that Canadians would use hockey terms in a general way.
The hockey sense is not a specialization of the 'dodge' sense, as you imply.
www.randomhouse.com /wotd/index.pperl?date=19980130   (226 words)

  
 Referee Abuse - Inline Hockey Central Forums
I'm also an off-ice official for USA Hockey and enjoy the occasional NHL game and really enjoy Minor League hockey (it's cheaper and most of the time, a better game).
Now in USA Hockey, the worst officiated games I've seen are in the 3-man system (2 line, one ref).
The two referee system that's used by a lot of youth organizations and the system that was used in the MLRH Finals this season works out to the better as the trailing official can track the cheap shots and see the first penalty.
www.inlinehockeycentral.com /forums/showthread.php?p=16900   (2028 words)

  
 Shinny Interviews a Scrap of Vezina's Pads
I’m here today with a truly tragic figure of hockey in the modern world, a scrap of Georges Vezina’s goalie pads.
For those of you who haven’t heard, 18 of the new Be A Player cards will feature Vezina-trophy-winning goalies along with small scraps of the only extent pair of the famous netminder’s pads.
They were able to buy Vezina’s pads, and with the trend today to incorporate "game-used" elements into trading cards, it seemed like a great idea.
www.hockeyzoneplus.com /snck01_e.htm   (975 words)

  
 Klesla Suspended Two Games - hockeyfights.com forums
It's hockey - not basketball - this is a CONTACT sport - they must police themselves for it to work...
We're going to lose the core fan base of hockey because of modeling the game after what Bettman thinks the US TV audience wants...
Seemed like a normal hockey hit to me. The NHL just doesn't want their star players getting injured in the pre-season....
www.hockeyfights.com /forums/showthread.php?t=60678   (826 words)

  
 Hockey Table of Contents
"The simplest explaination of ice hockey is to say it is a fast-paced game played on a frozen ice surface by two teams of 6 players each.
Explains how the NHL draft works along with how the order of the draft is decided and how expansion draft is regulated.
Short biographies of Hockey's current stars and some of the most famous players and coaches of the past including:
www.firstbasesports.com /hockey_toc.html   (326 words)

  
 One Canuck's Radio Weblog: Mon, 25 Feb 2002
Canada Roots for Olympic success Hats, jackets, scarves and sweatshirts with the Canadian maple leaf were also hot items, and for the first time in Olympic history (and perhaps ever) it was cool to be a Canadian, or at least to look like a Canadian.
CNNSI.com - 2002 Winter Olympics - Ice Hockey - Canada beats USA 5-2 to win gold medal As the Edmonton Oilers' ice specialists made the surface at the E Center rink, they sank a loonie -- a golden Canadian dollar coin -- into it for good luck.
ABCNEWS.com : Canada Breaks Hockey Gold Drought It sealed what is perhaps Canada's biggest victory in any sport and caused Wayne Gretzky, the team's executive director, to jump up wildly in his private box, pumping his fists and waving his arms.
radio.weblogs.com /0102095/2002/02/25.html   (1384 words)

  
 Amazon.com: NHL Hockey '94: Computer & Video Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
ESPN NHL Hockey returns to the ice with the confidence of a seasoned veteran.
NHL Eastside Hockey Manager 2007 is the sequel to our favorite sports sim of last year, NHL Eastside Hockey Manager...
If EA Sports’ hockey franchise is known for one thing, it’s the series’ consistent inconsistency for the past 12 years.
www.amazon.com /Electronic-Arts-NHL-Hockey-94/dp/B00002STAG   (1183 words)

  
 Canada and the World's First Olympic Hockey Champions - The Winnipeg Falcons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
These reports prove that hockey was officially part of the Games, and not just a "demonstration sport".
Stories about the trip to Antwerp and where some of the money came from are here.
An interesting clipping about the team coaching the other countries' teams is here.
www.winnipegfalcons.com /falcons/clippings/clippings.html   (264 words)

  
 Lightning: Clipping penalty angers Tortorella
BOSTON -- Lightning coach John Tortorella was mad at Boston's Martin Lapointe.
Lapointe was called for clipping Lightning left wing Vinny Prospal with 2:47 left in the third period of Monday's 2-2 tie with the Bruins.
The penalty is called when a check is thrown at a player's knees.
www.sptimes.com /2003/04/01/Lightning/Clipping_penalty_ange.shtml   (483 words)

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