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	Ice hockey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		At the 1998 Winter Olympics, an agreement was made to stop the NHL for a few weeks to allow the professional players to compete in the Olympics.
		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.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/i/ic/ice_hockey.shtml (2764 words)

	Winter Olympics - Ice Hockey
		The first appearance of ice hockey in the Olympics for men came during a summer Olympics in 1920.
		Ice hockey is played on an oval ice rink.
		Each team has six players on the ice at one time, two defenders, a right and left one and three offensive players a center, a right, and left wing and a goalie.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/olympics/icehockey.htm (405 words)

	2006 Winter Olympic Ice Hockey, Events, News, Athletes, Teams, Pictures
		With ice hockey's origins placed in several places at once, it most likely it developed in Europe during the Middle Ages, when field hockey was taken to frozen ponds and lakes during the cold winter months.
		Ice hockey caught on to become a major national pastime in Canada, and quickly headed south to the United States.
		Women’s ice hockey was added to the Olympic program at the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, where the American defeated the favored Canadians in a memorable match for the Gold Medal.
	www.chiff.com /olympics/olympics-ice-hockey.htm (358 words)

	KIAT.NET - Olympic Winter Games Ice Hockey
		The origins of ice hockey are unclear, but it's widely accepted that the British are responsible for bringing hockey to North America.
		From the 1980s, professional hockey players who had played in the National Hockey League (NHL) were declared eligible to compete in the Olympic ice hockey tournament.
		Women's ice hockey was approved as an Olympic sport in 1992, and debuted in Nagano in 1998.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/sports/winter/icehockey.html (726 words)

	USA Hockey
		Ice sled (sledge) hockey was invented at a Stockholm, Sweden rehabilitation center in the early 1960s by a group of Swedes who, despite their physical impairment, wanted to continue playing hockey.
		The sledge is set on two ice hockey skate blades, which are usually made of tempered steel and are each 3 mm/0.1 in thick.
		In ice sledge hockey, players use two sticks with a hooked wooden blade at one end (for puck handling and ambidextrous shooting) and a pick at the other end.
	www.usahockey.com /ussha/main_site/main/what_is (785 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics
		1998 was the first year that the modern NHL took a break to allow its players to participate in the Olympics, allowing the United States and Canada to field teams with professionals of top calibre, as the European teams were doing since the IIHF first allowed professinals into the Olympics.
		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.
		1998 was the first year that the modern NHL took a break to allow its players to participate in the Olympics, allowing the United States and Canada to field teams with professionals of top calibre, as the European teams were doing since the IIHF first allowed professionals into the Olympics.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1998_Winter_Olympics (784 words)

	Winter Olympics: Ice Hockey
		Ice hockey made its Olympic debut at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.
		In 1998 the face of Olympic hockey underwent a major change when it was ruled that professionals would be allowed to compete.
		Hockey games will be played at the new Palasport Olimpico and also at an ice rink set up in the existing Torino Esposizioni.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/winter-olympics-ice-hockey.html (517 words)

	Spotlight Sport - Ice Hockey
		Hockey was first brought to North America when British soldiers stationed in Nova Scotia, Canada, played the earliest games.
		Olympic hockey rules differ from National Hockey League rules and are established by the International Ice Hockey Federation.
		The 1998 Nagano Games allowed professionals for the first time, and hockey's biggest international stars brought a new level of competitiveness to Olympic hockey.
	www.edgate.com /wintergames/design/spotlight_sport/hockey.htm (788 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)

	Winter Olympic Games 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Torch Relay began with the kindling of the Olympic flame in Greece in December 1997.
		The 1998 Olympics was held in the Nagano Prefecture on the Japanese island of Honshu.
		Hockey is played on ice and both teams try to score points by hitting a pluck into a netted goal.
	www.damoon.net /dead/JapanOlym.html (1143 words)

	Hockey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Eventually the ice skate was prized as a recreational tool and became the basis for a variety of ice sheet sports.
		Olympic ice surfaces are approximately four meters wider and two meters longer than standard North American ice rinks.
		Hockey is the only team game in the Winter Olympics with 20 players dressing for each game.
	2002.uen.org /html/sports/lessons/hockey.html (1207 words)

	Ice Hockey
		Ice hockey has become one of the most watched Olympic events.
		Ice hockey was brought to Canada in the 1850's by British soldiers.
		Ice hockey was first played in the Olympics in 1920.
	www.edhelper.com /ReadingComprehension_42_119.html (164 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.
	www.psacard.com /articles/article269.chtml (817 words)

	The Physician and Sportsmedicine: 1998 Winter Olympics Medical Scans
		Atsushi Sugiyama, deputy director of the clinic at the Olympic Village, said the flu was prevalent both inside and outside the Olympic Village.
		Hockey forward Shawn McEachern (Ottawa Senators) has been unable to compete so far and was replaced on Friday (Feb 13) by Jamie Langenbrunner (Dallas Stars), according to a press release from the United States Olympic Committee (USOC).
		Olympic medical officials are monitoring an influenza outbreak among Nagano children, according to a February 6 Reuters report.
	www.physsportsmed.com /issues/1998/olympics98/98scans.htm (3665 words)

	1998 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1998 in Nagano, Japan.
		Ice hockey for women was contested at the Olympic Games for the first time ever, and the U.S. beat the Canadians 3-1 for the gold medal.
		Players from the NHL were able to compete in men's ice hockey due to a three week suspension of the NHL season.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1998_Winter_Olympics (462 words)

	ipedia.com: 1998 Winter Olympics Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Snowboarding and curling debuted as official sports and women's ice hockey was introduced to the Olympic program.
		NHL players were able to compete in men's ice hockey due to a three week suspension of the competition.
		Tara Lipinski, 15, won the women's figure skating title to become the youngest champion in an individual event in the history of the Winter Olympics.
	www.ipedia.com /1998_winter_olympics.html (274 words)

	Harvard University Gazette
		But it's happening this year on the women's ice hockey team, as senior co-captain A.J. Mleczko has returned to Harvard, after winning a gold medal in the inaugural women's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
		What should come as little surprise is that it is hockey that is helping her during her second stint in Cambridge.
		Many of her Olympic teammates decided to forego their college eligibility in order to reap the benefits of stipends, endorsements, and appearances, but for Mleczko it was never an option.
	www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/1998/12.10/skates.html (939 words)

	1998 Winter Olympics Shine At Nagano Through Rain and Snow
		In what was dubbed the "Dream Tournament," the Czech Republic, led by goaltender Dominik Hasek, captured its first gold medal in menís ice hockey by defeating Russia 1-0.
		For the first time in Olympic History, National Hockey League (NHL) stars were allowed to compete for their respective homelands.
		In his first Olympics, Russiaís Ilia Kulik dominated the field with a dazzling performance to Gerschwinís "Rhapsody in Blue." Winning both the short program and the free skate, Kulik gave Russia its second straight menís figure skating gold medal.
	www.amherst.edu /~astudent/1997-1998/issue018/s-1998winter.html (629 words)

	2002 Winter Olympics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The 2002 Winter Olympic Games were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
		Prior to these Olympics, a number of I.O.C members were forced to resign after it was uncovered that they had accepted inappropriately valuable gifts in return for voting for Salt Lake City to hold the Games.
		Finally, the Canadian men's ice hockey team defeated the American team 5-2 to claim the gold medal and end a drought that lasted 50 years to the day.
	www.gamesinathens.com /olympics/2/20/2002_winter_olympics.shtml (431 words)

	Washington Post: Winter Olympics
		One of the worst influenza outbreaks hit Japan during the Olympics, with most athletic delegations and news organizations having at least one person a day in bed with a fever or respiratory ailments.
		While most consider the Olympics a gathering of the globe's most-talented athletes, there are those who see the Games as the world's greatest movable party.
		Japan kicked off the Winter Olympics by welcoming the world to Nagano on Saturday in a warm ceremony held in an open-air stadium designed to resemble a cherry blossom.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/longterm/olympics1998/nagano.htm (537 words)

	Salon \| Coverage of the 1998 Winter Olympics
		In her olympic farewell, Cintra Wilson wallows in weird TV, moons the ski slopes and finds the big heart of Japan
		The Olympics are like the pilgrimages of old, with holy relics (the medals), saints (the athletes), evil bishops (corrupt figure-skating judges) and an unruly array of followers
		olympics sponsors' ads are all over town -- and the locals don't like it.
	archive.salon.com /special/1998/olympics/coverage.html (352 words)

	kiat.net: SL\|02 Olympic Ice Hockey
		The Peaks Ice Arena is located in Provo, Utah, and is approximately 82 kilometers (51 miles) from the Olympic Village.
		The Olympic rink is about 15 feet wider than an NHL rink, giving players more room to skate.
		Also, in Olympic hockey physical play is treated much more harshly than in the NHL.
	www.kiat.net /olympics/slc2002/icehockey.html (523 words)

	1998 Olympics Official Hockey Rules
		Only National Olympic Committees (NOCs) recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), whose national Ice Hockey federation is a member of the IIHF are entitled to enter their national team, if the team has qualified.
		Rules for advertising are stipulated in the Olympic Charter and in the IIHF Regulations.
		The regulations and conditions of the Ice Hockey tournament were approved by the IIHF on September 28, 1996.
	www.hockeynut.com /olympics/nagarules.html (2133 words)

	Winter Olympics: Curling
		Curling is one of four winter Olympic sports being contested indoors.
		This bullseye, which is 12 ft in diameter, is known as the "house" and its center the "tee." The tee is located 126 ft from where the shooter starts.
		As the stone curls towards its intended target (perhaps the tee, or perhaps an opponent's stone that happens to be in the way) the other three team members sweep the ice with brooms, causing the stone to speed up or change directions.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/winter-olympics-curling.html (455 words)

	Women's hockey moves up
		Her nonathletic parents were horrified when she became interested in hockey a few years later, eventually joining a boys' school team.
		"It was very weird for girls to play hockey, or play with boys at all," Pashkevitch said Thursday, her face flushed and sweaty from practice.
		Yet even with the acceptance of local youth hockey coaches, O'Sullivan had to register under a boy's name when she was 5 to get past league rules barring girls.
	www.canoe.ca /97WomensHockeyWorlds/apr5_move.html (894 words)

	Cammi Granato Biography \| Team USA \| Women's Ice Hockey \| Olympics \| Picture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Cammi wanted to play organized hockey when she was a kid, but there were no leagues for girls in Downers Grove, Illinois where she grew up.
		She was picked to be the US flag bearer during the Olympics' closing ceremony and her picture was even put on a box of Wheaties.
		She loves working with kids and runs a hockey camp for girls with the help of her brother, Tony, who played 14 seasons in the NHL.
	www.kidzworld.com /site/p1543.htm (333 words)

	CNN/SI - 1998 Nagano Winter Olympic Games
		The NHL has cleared U.S. Olympic hockey player Gary Suter and captain Chris Chelios of participating in a late-night rampage after the team's elimination from the tournament, a newspaper reported Thursday.
		Before the Olympics, CBS executive producer Rick Gentile said the key to high ratings is to attract a big audience early, and they'll keep coming back.
		The Olympic flame may have been extinguished but its afterglow burned bright Monday as host Japan and other countries basked in the glory of their success at the Nagano Olympics.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /olympics/events/1998/nagano (643 words)

	USA Hockey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Paul Martin, Matt Cullen and Hal Gill are trying to make the best of their time in Torino as they wait to answer the call in case one of their teammates is injured and has to pull out of the tournament.
		Playing on the big ice over here helped Cullen work on parts of his game that were sometimes overlooked in the old NHL.
		Another challenge is to find the ice time to keep their edge.
	www.usahockey.com /06oly/main_site/main/home/thompson_taxi_022106 (1003 words)

	Hockey East Online - Hockey East Tournament
		Hockey East quarterfinal action in 2007 will again be a best-ofthree format with the four highest seeds hosting series at their respective campus sites.
		He organized the Team USA entry in both the 1996 World Cup of Hockey and the 1998 Winter Olympics as the General Manager of each team.
		The building has become a recognized leader in hosting college hockey events, having set attendance records for the NCAA Frozen Four in 1998, and boasting progressively larger crowds for the Beanpot and the Hockey East Championships, culminating with sellouts for both events last season.
	www.hockeyeastonline.com /men/tourney/index.php (870 words)

	CBC.CA - Torino 2006
		The inaugural Winter Olympics were a resounding success in the picturesque spa town of Chamonix, France.
		The 1936 Winter Games were held in the twin Bavarian towns of Garmisch and Partenkirchen just three years before the outbreak of the Second World War.
		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.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/history (1273 words)

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