The music was blasting, my adrenaline was pumping, and my heart was racing. My left skate was a little loose so I quickly bent down to adjust it. My song was finally playing. That means it's my turn to go. I waited for the specific spot in the song where the music gets really hard and that's when I go. I skated down my Dave's steep driveway and into the street. At that moment I feel so alive, like I am stepping onto the ice at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum alongside my favorite hockey team the New York Islanders. As I first enter the street I skate really fast and act like I am really good, which is what I would do if I were entering the ice in a professional game.
I grab a ball from the grass and begin to skate around the street and shoot at the empty net. The music is still playing until we all have made our entrances. We all begin to stretch and warm up, mocking the professionals we see on television in every way we can remember. As the song comes to an end, we all realize that it is time to begin. We lineup at the blue line which Eric drew on the street with chalk, and my brother Devin puts the National Anthem on the stereo. We take our helmets off and face the flag that hangs from Dave's house. Near the end of the song I move my skates forward and backwards just like Ron Hextall did at every Islander game.
As soon as the song is over there is a brief period of skating around the street once again as Andrew and Mike retrieve our makeshift goalie from the shed. Nobody ever wanted to play goalie, so there came a time when we were too good to shoot the ball into a garbage can that we needed to create a device that would make scoring more of a challenge and therefore more rewarding. Dave and I put our heads together and were able to invent a perfect solution.
We took a piece of wood and cut it into a solid square that covered the entire net. Then we drew circles and squares in various places on the wood where we thought it would be difficult to shoot the puck into.
Hockey Starting hockey at the beginning of sophomore year has helped my body in many ways. All my life I have played sports but I believe that hockey has bettered my body the most. ... My first year of hockey I was tired in the middle of the second period. ... Starting hockey has bettered my life in more than physically. ... I would be one of those kids if I wasn't playing hockey. ...
Life consists of friendship, learning, and achievement, and hockey has been one path I have taken. Hockey is a game of tradition that has great meaning in people's lives. ... Camaraderie and friendship has sprouted in my life through hockey. ... High school hockey brings friends together. ... A hockey team is more than a group of players meeting a few times a week. ...
Introduction Violence in hockey has been around for a very long time. ... For example a player slashes another player in hockey. ... Is Hockey a Cure For Violence? ... It is seen that hockey is taught to many younger children. ... Is Hockey a Cause For Violence? ...
For people who do not have much hockey knowledge, the stereotype is generally that hockey players are nothing but "goons" who enjoy bloody fights while promoting violence. ... Without the fights in ice hockey, whether it is staged fights or not, fans would not enjoy hockey in the same way. ... This will result in the entertainment value of hockey to go downhill. If fighting in ice hockey does more good than damage, then why is there so many people arguing, fighting in hockey should be banned? ... This has been a key factor to why people are very against hockey fights but to one's surpri...
FLOOR HOCKEY HISTORY Floor Hockey originally started as a different ice hockey, which could be played on streets. ... As floor hockey developed, rules were kept simple to encourage maximum activity, continuous play, and safety. ... Playing Area - A standard basketball court is usually used for floor hockey. ... Equipment - Hockey sticks, goalkeeper's sticks, a lightweight plastic disc called the puck, and a low bounce hockey ball, are used. ... Teams - A regulation team consists of six players, just like ice hockey. ...
There are two things that Canadians love: hockey and beer. ... Bud Light commercials are marketed around the "Hockey Falls in Canada" featuring two big hockey personalities, Barry Melrose and Bill Clement. ... He is by the far the greatest ambassador hockey will ever have. He is the Michael Jordan of hockey. ... With this kind of performance, he really lifted the importance of hockey in Canada and became an international hockey icon. ...
Although both women's and men's ice hockey follow the bylaws of USA Hockey, there are several differences in the rules of each game. ... USA Hockey has recently set up a system to make the youth hockey age divisions the same for both boys and girls. ... There are 49 registered NCAA Division 1 Men's ice hockey teams compared to only 30 registered NCAA Division 1 Women's ice hockey teams. ... Males and females both love the game of ice hockey. ... Women's ice hockey is played with more poise and finesse. ...
At the beginning of the season I had never played hockey before. My hockey skills improved greatly during the time we spent in season. ... I think some of the players were wary of the whole idea of playing hockey, particularly having a set team. At the end of the season all the people on my team were very enthusiastic about playing hockey, and I think everyone put their best effort into the game. ...
In contrast slashing is a serious infraction in hockey and cause cuts and fractured bones. ... In hockey each team has five skaters and a goalie which is very different than lacrosse. ... This far more open playing style makes hockey a more fluid and fast game. ... My next point is that in both hockey and lacrosse goalies are babied. ... Hockey goalies wear considerably more equipment than their lacrosse counterparts. ...
