... specifically the weakened Canadian dollar in relationship to the U.S. dollar. This has created even more of an impact since all players in the National Hockey League now negotiate their contracts exclusively in U.S. dollars while gate receipts in Canada are still in Canadian funds. The Winnipeg Jets were a Canadian team ... Oilers, Ottawa Senators, Vancouver Canuck's and even the unthinkable prospect of losing the legendary Montreal Canadiens. This does not sit very well for many hockey lovers in Canada. The problem is that a team like the Vancouver Canucks cannot afford the expensive p...

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... I will discuss the competition before the NHL, the formation of the NHL, and its development from that time going forward in the 20th century. Body Amateur hockey in the late 1800s and early 1900s built a strong foundation for the NHL to come in future years. It developed as a simple game played because of ... the cold Canadian winter. When ponds and lakes froze, the people went out to play. That being said, ice hockey was a popular sport in the Canadian area in the late 1800s. Teams competed, but there was little higher meaning to the games. Teams did not compete ... on to compete agai...

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Essay There has been much debate over the last few years about which NHL hockey teams are the best. A great hockey team is measured by how many Stanley Cups that team has won, the quality of players both past and present, and how well the ... in the past few seasons. I feel that the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Montreal Canadians, and the Colorado Avalanche are the best hockey franchises. In my opinion, the Toronto Maple Leafs are the best overall hockey team. Over the years, Toronto has won 13 Stanley Cups, the second most cup wins of all time. This is a tremendous ... ten times. They won six ...

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... Their main competition is other sports teams such as the Blue Jays, Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Bandits, basically any other major league sports team, other than hockey and basketball teams, are a threat. Other major league sports teams would be direct competition for the Air Canada Centre; on the other hand, their in ... also help the Air Canada Centre out, they are the Toronto Star, Toronto Sun, Internet sites, and JD Waterhouse. In addition to that there is Hockey night in Canada, TSN, Sportsnet, MOJO radio, and Fan 590, these sponsors all help the Air Canada Centre beat out their compet...

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... World Series. Every year the same teams compete. This creates a hopeless atmosphere for most fans around the league. This problem is becoming contagious in sports. Hockey has no salary cap and nineteen of the thirty teams in the NHL are losing money. The only media coverage revolves around the most successful teams in ... the sport. It's very hard and almost impossible for a small town market to get any publicity. If you watch the few network broadcasts of hockey on ABC-TV they show the same four teams; the Detroit Red Wings, the Colorado Avalanche, the New York Rangers, and the Boston B...

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... sexual abuse possibly may, in fact, be part of a larger pattern of behavior with roots firmly planted in the very structure and culture of sport. The members of football, lacrosse, hockey. And basketball teams have been among those college men most likely to be accused of participation in gang rape(Bohmer&Parrot,1993). Most of the research indicated the sports that ... ...

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... valued equally. On many campuses money, equipment, and facilities have traditionally been allotted to football and basketball at the expense of less visible sports such as swimming, tennis, and field hockey. Men's sports have been given a disproportionate amount of support, and "winning- teams and coaches have been compensated accordingly. In fact, according to Sue M. Durrant, until recently it was not unusual ... ...

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... off the ground without a major alumni contribution. What if these cuts happened to the major sports or even worse, other departments in the Umass system? "Due to budget cuts the hockey and football teams are cut starting in the fall of 2004" picture our Athletic Director announcing that in front of a packed McQurk or Mullins. The student outcry would be more ... ...

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... , which was their worst record they had losing 67 games and winning a total of eighteen. Both teams seem to have a pretty decent back round, but neither city has a team in hockey. That's enough about sports, lets find out what each city has to offer for entertainment. Each city has so much to offer, it would be a hard decision to choose to ... ...

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... off the ground without a major alumni contribution. What if these cuts happened to the major sports or even worse, other departments in the Umass system? "Due to budget cuts the hockey and football teams are cut starting in the fall of 2004" picture our Athletic Director announcing that in front of a packed McQurk or Mullins. The student outcry would be more ... ...

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