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  Ice hockey - Psychology Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ice hockey, referred to simply as "hockey" in Canada and the United States, is a team sport played on ice.
Ice hockey is one of the fastest growing women's sports in the world, with the number of participants increasing 400 percent in the last 10 years.
Sledge hockey was invented by three Swedish wheelchair athletes on a frozen lake at a rehabilitation centre in Stockholm in 1961.
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 Ice Hockey At the 1998 Winter Olympics Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ LaunchBase.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Hockey commentators alternatively criticized Crawford's decision (Bourque, like the other four Canadian shooters, failed to score) and praised it on the grounds that Bourque was one of hockey's most accurate shooters at the time and Gretzky had always been surprisingly mediocre on breakaways.
Thanks to the prowness of Dominik Hašek who was easily the best goaltender at the Olympics as well as the NHL, the Czech Republic went on to win the semi-final enroute to winning the gold medal.
The format of the mens' tournament was also criticized because the National Hockey League clubs would not release their players for the preliminary round.
www.launchbase.net /encyclopedia/Ice_hockey_at_the_1998_Winter_Olympics   (942 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Winter Olympics 2002 | Ice Hockey
Canada is slipping in the world ice hockey rankings, prompting calls for a rethink in the coaching of the country's young hopefuls.
Switzerland are close to elimination from the Winter Olympics as the Ukraine cause a shock in the men's ice hockey competition.
The Olympics is set for a North American showdown as Canada's women face the United States in the ice hockey final.
news.bbc.co.uk /winterolympics2002/hi/english/ice_hockey/default.stm   (659 words)

  
 Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade").
For each Olympics, a new flame is started in the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia, Elis, Greece, using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun.
The 2006 Winter Olympics are in Turino, Italy.
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 Find Winter Olympics 1980 Ice Hockey Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The men's hockey gold medals are heading back to the game's birthplace for the first time in 50 years.
The Olympic Center in Lake Placid is the site of the 1980 Miracle on Ice hockey game when the underdog U.S. hockey team upended the Soviet Union and ultimately won the Olympic gold medal.
winter sports week with speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and nordic skiing was planned, but the 1916 Olympics...
www.abovethefold.net /nhl/6/winter-olympics-1980-ice-hockey.html   (308 words)

  
 Winter Olympics
The reason the Summer, rather than the Winter, Olympics hold more interest for sports collectors is obvious: who wants a trading card of Gerda Weissenstiener (1994 Luge gold medalist from Italy) or is going to go out and get a jersey with Gustva Weder (1994 gold medalist in the two man bobsled from Switzerland).
However, it is unlikely to generate the same type of interest that the 1980 Lake Placid "Miracle on Ice" did when the USA rode one upset win over another to the gold and catapulted its previously unknown performers into stars.
In addition, medalists can go on and have a high profile career in touring ice shows and network TV specials, unlike their counterparts in most of the other Winter Olympic sports.
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 Sled hockey founder still on ice - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
"I born for ice hockey and sledge hockey.
By the the mid 1970s, sledge hockey was big enough to draw some international attention.
Two Swedish teams played an exhibition match in 1976 at the first Olympic Winter Games for the Handicapped (later to be called Paralympics) in Ornskoldsvik, Sweden.
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 Ice Hockey: Italy - France, The 1994 Winter Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ice Hockey: Italy - France, The 1994 Winter Olympics
The Results from The 1994 Winter Olympics are distributed by
This file was automatically produced Sat Feb 19 20:10:03 MET 1994
www.oslo.net /historie/OL/19/14.html   (122 words)

  
 Olympics - 2006 Winter Olympic Preview: Ice Hockey - sacbee.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Overall, ice hockey in the Olympic Games dates back to 1920, when the tournament was part of the Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.
USA Hockey appointed Philadelphia Flyers assistant general manager Paul Holmgren as the GM of the U.S. national team which will compete in the 2006 World Championship in May. Holmgren, a former head coach of the Flyers and Hartford Whalers, was also the assistant GM of the 2006 U.S. Olympic squad.
Turin bid farewell to its Olympics and handed over custody of the Winter Games to Vancouver in a spectacular, circus-like closing ceremony Sunday night, with a legion of clowns, acrobats and daredevils echoing both the misadventures and magnificence of the past two weeks.
www.sacbee.com /24hour/olympics/story/3092429p-11793293c.html   (2101 words)

  
 Winter Olympics 1994 Exhibition
Since Norway's application for 1992 Olympics had been refused two years previously, Ole Skjetne and company had gone on working with unquenchable optimism, and now they could show that Norway's application was perfectly serious: there stood Kristin Hall, ready and waiting.
The Olympic Amphitheatre vas the venue for figure-skating and short-track speed skating during the Fames.
After the Games the rink will be mainly used for ice hockey matches (two rinks gives it world championship status), but it can also be used for handball, conserts and other arrangaments.
www.pvv.ntnu.no /~oes/exhebitions/ol94/ol94.html   (1057 words)

  
 1994 Winter Olympics - Psychology Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The 1994 Winter Olympics, offically known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway.
The Lillehammer Olympics are still considered to this day by sport specialists and Olympic officials as one of the greatest Winter Games ever, and it ranks among the greatest sporting events in history.
For the first time, the Winter Olympics were not held in the same year as the Summer Games of the Olympiad.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Lillehammer_Games   (570 words)

  
 1988 winter olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
CODA in support of Canadian Olympic Winter Games, and Athletes operates and maintains Canada Olympic Park as facilities for training, and for the general public.
For the first time, the Winter Olympics were not held in the same year as the Games of...
A photographic gallery of the XV Winter Olympics held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in 1988.
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 Cool Attractions - Olympic History
As Salt Lake City prepares for the 19th Olympic Winter Games, constructing multi-million dollar venues, landing corporate sponsorships, and adjusting the city's infrastructure to accommodate the temporarily swollen population, all eyes are on the future.
The Olympics have always reflected the political goings-on in the world, and for this reason, the 1964 games in Innsbruck, Austria were particularly noteworthy.
Calgary's Olympics in 1988 were well received by both athletes and spectators, however, there were some concerns regarding the facilities, and the choice of competition sites.
www.saltlakecity.coolattractions.com /history.html   (862 words)

  
 CBC.CA - Torino 2006
The inaugural Winter Olympics were a resounding success in the picturesque spa town of Chamonix, France.
On the ice, a new star was born, as figure skater Dorothy Hamill rocketed to fame in the U.S. by winning gold in the women’s competition.
The 1994 Games did not suffer from the quick turnaround as the Lillehammer Olympics are considered among the most successful Winter Games in history.
www.cbc.ca /olympics/history   (1273 words)

  
 Wikinfo | 1994 Winter Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Games of the XVII Winter Olympiad were held in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway.
Effectuating this vote, the Lillehammer Games were held in 1994, the only time the winter games have been staged two years after the preceding games.
For the first time, the Winter Olympics are not held in the same year as the Games of the Olympiad.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=1994_Winter_Olympics   (280 words)

  
 Carolina Hurricanes - News Page
He directed the U.S. Men’s National Team at the 2005 International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship this past May where the U.S. lost out in the quarterfinal round in a shootout to eventual gold medalist Czech Republic.
He was the head coach of the New York Islanders for the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons and led the club to the playoffs both seasons after the team missed the post-season seven straight times between 1994 and 2001.
A former defenseman, he spent 11 years as a player in the professional ranks and was a member of the 1988 and 1994 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Teams, serving as captain in 1994.
www.carolinahurricanes.com /news/news.asp?articleid=1338   (646 words)

  
 Flis flies over ice in U.S. hockey win - 2002 Winter Olympics coverage   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
American sled hockey players celebrate one of their team's goals against Japan's goalie Mits Nagase Friday at the E Center.
Born with spina bifida, Flis, known as "Sly" to teammates, immigrated to Chicago in 1994, knowing little English and even less about sled hockey.
One thing he does know, though, is that playing sled hockey in the Paralympics suits him.
deseretnews.com /oly/view/0,3949,70001842,00.html   (597 words)

  
 1924 Olympics
The first Winter Olympic Games were actually called “The International Winter Sports Week” and went on for 11 days in the French Alps, 60 miles northeast of Grenoble.
Olympic Preview: Fencing - Fencing First Olympic Appearance: 1896 by John Gettings One of the four sports that has been...
Winter Olympics first were held in 1924; where to write to Tonya Harding.
www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0300756.html   (352 words)

  
 Discover Vancouver: Olympic Winter Games in 2010
On July 2nd, 2003 Vancouver was chosen as the host city for the XXI Olympic Winter Games in the year 2010.
It will be the first winter games held in a large metropolis city as most of the previous games have taken place in smaller resort towns.
The other major difference with the Vancouver games is that the opening and closing ceremonies are scheduled to take place indoors at BC Place which is a domed stadium in the heart of downtown with a seating capacity of 60,000 people.
www.discovervancouver.com /2010   (440 words)

  
 1994 Olympics
The games were the most environmentally friendly Olympics in history as well.
Norway's recycling and energy-saving techniques were so successful that the IOC revised its procedure for choosing host cities as a result.
STARTING ON BAD NOTE: Some Norwegians want to see the Olympic hymn banned from the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer because they interpret it is a prayer to Zeus.
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 eBay - winter ice hockey, Fan Apparel Souvenirs, United States items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Winter Olympic Ice Hockey Hakons Venue Pictogram Pin
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Ice Hockey Winter Olympics Fleetwood Lake Placid NY
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 ESPN.com - OLY - Locked-out NHL would skip '06 Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
PRAGUE, Czech Republic -- The 2006 Winter Olympics will be played without NHL players if the league is shut down by January because of a labor dispute.
International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel said Sunday that NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has told his group that if the league is not playing, then its players will not be at the Turin Games.
If the NHL skips Turin, the Olympic tournament would resume its old ways, with European-based pros and young players from North America representing their countries.
sports.espn.go.com /oly/news/story?id=1789524   (556 words)

  
 1994 winter olympics - OneLook Dictionary Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
We found one dictionary with English definitions that includes the word 1994 winter olympics:
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 Ice Hockey: Slovakia - Italy, The 1994 Winter Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ice Hockey: Slovakia - Italy, The 1994 Winter Olympics
Lillehammer (NTB): Winter Olympics Ice Hockey Thursday, Group A: Slovakia - Italy 10-4 (6-2, 3-1, 1-1) Håkons Hall 5123 spectators Goals: 1.
This file was automatically produced Thu Feb 17 17:50:06 MET 1994
www.oslo.net /historie/OL/17/13.html   (167 words)

  
 Sweden stuns Czechs for men's ice hockey final in Turin Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
It will be the first Winter Olympic final for the Swedish men since 1994, when they notched their first Olympic gold medal in the sport.
Sweden, who finished fifth both times at the last two Winter Olympics, opened the scoring 34 seconds into the first semi-final match through Fredrik Modin.
Czech forward Vaclav Prospal admitted it was a loss for his side to play without star goalie Dominik Hasek, who withdrew from the Turin Olympics with injury.
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 Women's International Hockey
Women's hockey is now being played in at least 26 countries, including many European countries, and most recently, inroads have been made in Asia -- in places like China, Japan, and even Kazakhstan.
Women's hockey was in the Winter Olympics for the first time ever at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and continues to be represented at this event.
And here is an explanation of the qualification process of the countries who compete in the Women's World Hockey Championships.
www.whockey.com /int   (654 words)

  
 Ice Hockey
Winter Olympics: 2006 Medal Standings by Sport (Ice) - Medal standing results for the 2006 Winter Olympics events Curling, Figure Skating, Ice Hockey, Short Track, and Speed Skating.
Ice Hockey - Men's Olympic Ice Hockey Women's Olympic Ice Hockey U.S. Gold Medal Hockey Teams Information...
Safety in Youth Ice Hockey: The Effects of Body Checking.
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 Mailgate: rec.mag: FS: Sports Illustrated for Kids "1994 Winter Olympics" Back-
Contents include chapters on: Figure Skating, Ice Hockey, Speed Skating (Long Track), Speed Skating (Short Track), Bobsled, Luge, Alpine Skiing, Freestyle Skiing, Nordic Skiing, Ski Jumping, Biathlon, Schedule Of Events, Trivia Quiz, Glossary Of Olympic Terms, and Index.
There are many fl and white action photos of 1994 participants in there sport (too many to list).
The Sports Illustrated for Kids "1994 Winter Olympics" Back-Issue is in MINT condition.
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