Posts Filed Under: ICE HOCKEY
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Penn State elevates hockey
by Title IX Blog
posted September 17, 2010 at 2:23pm
Both the men's and women's club ice hockey teams at Penn State will be elevated to varsity status. The announcement, which will likely contain the time table for the move, will come later this morning.The teams are the beneficiaries of very generous Penn ...more
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How To Get Off The Confidence Roller Coaster
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted September 16, 2010 at 9:50pm
Something interesting happens when you move up to the next level. Whether it’s from high school to college, college to national team or atom to peewee, the reality is that when most players make the jump from one age group or ability level to the next o...more
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Kovalchuk, Contracts, and Old Age Pensions
by Draft Day Suit
posted September 4, 2010 at 6:11am
So let me make sure I’ve got this straight.
Ilya Kovalchuk wants a shit-ton of money to play hockey in the NHL. He’s pretty good. If anyone deserves a shit-ton of money in the NHL, it’s probably him.
The New Jersey Devils have a shit-ton of money ...more
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Girls Hockey On-Ice & Off-Ice Workshops
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted August 30, 2010 at 1:23pm
With September and the season just around the corner, I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know about the Total Female Hockey Team & Association Development Seminars that we offer on and off the ice during the season. I thought this might be som...more
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Women's Hockey: Context, Please
by Women's Sports Blog
posted August 27, 2010 at 4:20pm
This New York Times article on the possible establishment of a women's pro hockey league backed by the NHL contains a good chunk of lazy reporting. How would a Canada-U.S. based league assuage concerns about the viability of the sport in other places? ...more
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A big week for women's hockey
by Women's Sports Blog
posted August 23, 2010 at 11:27am
As the NHL season gets set to gear up, some historic happenings have enlivened the women's hockey world.* First, the Canadian Women's Hockey League held its first draft, at which Ohio State's Tessa Bonhomme became the first overall pick. The Hockey Ne...more
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Canada, hockey, women and the Hall of Fame
by After Atalanta
posted August 19, 2010 at 9:56am
Been in Canada this week--hence the lack of posts. (Always an excuse, I know!)Saw some very good tennis Tuesday at the Rogers Cup. (I've included a few photos below.)Last night at the hotel bar, where I was watching a most excellent match between Kim Clij...more
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Kovy Deal Rejected Yet Again
by Women's Sports Blog
posted August 12, 2010 at 5:00pm
The question asked by this blog, 'who signs a 17-year contract in his late twenties?' was answered conclusively by the NHL: someone who is trying to circumvent the salary cap. The league and now an independent arbitrator have voided the Devils-Kovalchuk...more
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Dodging Blocks
by sfoxmaple
posted August 10, 2010 at 7:10pm
If you ever want to get anywhere on the football field, you’d better learn to follow your blockers. Defensively, if you want to make the stop, you have to shed that same wall of weight. Evade with speed or bulldoze with power; the goal is to avoid th...more
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Hockey - Toe Drag Tricks (video)
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted July 14, 2010 at 2:14pm
I’m not sure exactly when this happened, but sometime within the last 10 years, the toe drag became the “move to have” when it came to getting around the opposition. I have to admit that I’ve been toe-dragged around more than a few times in my car...more
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Blackhawks and Stanley Cup roll in Chicago pride
by Draft Day Suit
posted June 27, 2010 at 5:58pm
For one day, and for a very good reason, I say “Go Hawks!”
The Stanley Cup and recently traded Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Brent Sopel and his wife appeared in today’s Chicago Pride Parade on the Chicago Gay Hockey Association’s float. The As...more
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#WIN Women make Hockey Hall of Fame
by One Sport Voice
posted June 23, 2010 at 4:14pm
Hockey players Angela James and Cammi Granato have been voted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Let’s also not forget that Angela Ruggiero earned her place in the Hockey Hall of Fame as the first brother-sister duo to play pro hockey together.
In most of ...more
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First women elected to Hockey Hall of Fame
by Pretty Tough
posted June 23, 2010 at 12:27pm
The Hockey Hall of Fame is no longer just for men.
Hockey pioneers Cammi Granato and Angela James changed that on Tuesday when they became the first women elected to be enshrined in Toronto. Along with former NHL All-Star Dino Ciccarelli, Granato and Ja...more
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Women’s sports: Visibility matters
by Byline to Finish Line
posted June 11, 2010 at 8:09am
This winter, the worst thing about Canada defeating the U.S. in the women’s Olympic hockey final was that Angela Ruggiero did not win the gold.
Ruggiero is an amazing athlete and has always struck me as genuine, authentic and outspoken. She’s the ty...more
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Flyers Beat Bruins, Make History In Threes and Fours
by Draft Day Suit
posted May 16, 2010 at 4:26pm
I have never said “Go Flyers” in my life. It pains me to type it. Last night, I texted those words to a black and orange-bleeding friend of mine who has sent me similar props and sympathies in Caps moments both good and bad.
And it was a magic moment...more
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Out with the old: The Igloo Edition
by Draft Day Suit
posted May 13, 2010 at 5:00pm
Mellon Arena, formerly known as Civic Auditorium and Civic Arena, will close at the conclusion of the Pittsburgh Penguin’s season. When the Penguins win Lord Stanley’s Cup (or, shudder to think, get eliminated), it’s lights out for the arena. The tr...more
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Habs flip the script, face Pens in game seven
by Draft Day Suit
posted May 13, 2010 at 12:01pm
A guest post by Shannon McKarney.
Oh, it’s tough, being a Canadian hockey fan.
Half your teams don’t make it to the playoffs in the first place. Two of your teams ended up, in fact, as the second-worst and the absolute worst in the league. Cause,...more
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It’s a Hockey Playing Weekend
by One Sport Voice
posted May 9, 2010 at 3:08pm
Me playing hockey
While it is Stanley Cup Playoff time, other people are also playing hockey.
I’m outside of Denver battling altitude sickness and playing some hockey with about 25 other women’s teams from around the country. This is what sport is...more
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Million Dollar Reality in Girls’ Hockey
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted April 21, 2010 at 2:40pm
Let’s face the truth, - there’s no money in girls’ hockey. No one is going to be signing million dollar, multi-year contracts to play professional women’s hockey any time soon. A few women are able to make a living by playing hockey, but I w...more
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NHL: One Game Is One Game
by Women's Sports Blog
posted April 16, 2010 at 3:13pm
There should be a moratorium on the word 'stun' in sports headlines in instances where one minute's thought would prove otherwise. The NHL playoffs began on Wednesday night, and Thursday morning the Sports Illustrated headline read "Senators Stun Pengui...more
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Hockey Arena Trivia – Playoffs Edition
by Draft Day Suit
posted April 15, 2010 at 7:02am
Mellon Arena
With the NHL playoffs getting underway, and those of us in Pittsburgh feeling nostalgic about the Penguins’ last season in the Igloo, it occurred to me that all the Eastern Conference playoff teams are in newer arenas. Okay, so all the a...more
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