Western Hockey League Essays

In 2005, entrepreneur Brady Nelson submitted a proposal to bring an arena football team to Spokane and league commissioner approved it (http://www.spokaneshock.com/team/staff/?staff_id=2). In fact, Spokane Shock began its inaugural season in 2006 at “Arenafootball2” (AF2), sub-division of Arena Football League (AFL) and became one of three expansion teams with Everett Hawks and Stockton Lightning. Spokane Shock accomplished both on-field and off-field success by winning division titles in all four

George. Harkins has 15 goals and 25 assists on the season, slightly behind his 79-point pace from one year ago, but the team has relied upon him as an important piece of one of the best penalty-killing units in the league. He has been deployed against some of the top competition in the league, and will have a difficult matchup as he tries to contain one of the best forwards in the WHL this

Games of hockey are often described as battles between teams, filled with physical contact, aggression, and determination. However, one violent hit that occurred in 1996 continues to affect teams to this day, over twenty years later. Many argue that the biggest factor in the situation was the effect of the player’s personality, specifically the widely-hated one of Claude Lemieux. In spring of 1996, the Detroit Red Wings were playing the Colorado Avalanche in the National Hockey League’s Western Conference

With the start of the Stanley Cup playoffs just a day away, matchups on both sides of the league are officially set. Last week, we took a look at what the Western Conference may bring. This week, let's preview the Eastern Conference. The Washington Capitals are the President's Trophy winners (again), meaning they notched the most points out of any team in the league and will hold home-ice advantage through the duration of their playoff run. They will face off against the upstart Toronto Maple Leafs

Most people who watch Ice Hockey live in North America, Europe, and North Western Asia. The greatest experience for a hockey fan is cheering for their respected countries. Every country who has an Ice hockey team has die hard ice hockey fans who live for Ice hockey. The countries with the most ice hockey supporters are Canada, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic, and the United States of America. Ice hockey can unite countries, and bring people together. In Africa, there are only a few countries

The National Hockey League (NHL) and the American Hockey League (AHL) are two of the most well-known hockey leagues in the United States and Canada. The AHL feeds players to the NHL when they are needed, and can send players back down to the AHL. In comparing and contrasting the subjects of the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League, it is clear that while the National Hockey League is very entertaining and has "die-hard" fans, the American Hockey League is superior because it is more

Reasons Why Body Checks Were Banned in Ontario Youth Hockey by the OHF Body checking plays a large part in the game of hockey. It is used to separate the player with the puck from the puck. Body checking is used in the NHL, in the minor leagues such as the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), Western Hockey League (WHL) and Quebec Minor Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), in minor travel hockey, and, up until the 2011-2012 season, it was used in house league divisions from Peewee and up all across Ontario. It is

The Cirque du Soleil is a Canadian entertainment company, which according to critics and the public is considered one of the best all around the world. This amazing company, which was initially driven by street artists, has managed to become its art work in a unique show resulting in a 350 million dollars business yearly. As several specialized publications report, artists of the Cirque du Soleil explode very efficiently their habilities to perform an extra-class quality show. As experts state, although

National Hockey League (NHL), there are people involved with the association that suffers from mental illness and addictions. One of those people was Theo Fleury. Theo Fleury’s book takes you back in time to his dark childhood and bumpy National Hockey League career. Fleury certainly does not hold back in detail when it comes to the sexual abuse he experienced as a child, and the drug abuse as an adult. Though all this happens to him, he perseveres and attempts a National Hockey League comeback as

Individual player plus-minus is a horrible statistic. You may have heard similar sentiments before, but most of these statements usually come without a decent explanation as to why plus-minus actually sucks. Well, look no further! Plus-minus is essentially an individual player 's on-ice goal differential. If a player is on the ice during a goal-for, they receive a plus 1. If they are on the ice during a goal-against, they receive a minus 1. This stat has special place in the hearts of many

In January 1981, a group of San Francisco skateboarders put together the first issue of Thrasher magazine. Today, Thrasher is bigger and better than ever its name synonymous with both skateboarding 's roots and constant evolution. Marking Thrasher 's anniversary, this jam-packed retrospective recounts skateboarding 's twists and turns of the last two decades and offers a glimpse at its thriving future. New and old school skaters alike will love Thrasher: Skate and Destroy. Not only does it cover

In their heyday the Fab 5 was in a prime of being the bad guys of the NCAA and being known as the outlaws for how they acted and what music they listened to in the locker room, but the Fab 5 in my eyes and the eyes in the time of change saw that they were the team to be reckoned with in the 90’s with a sweet ball handler in Jalen Rose and 2 all-around players in Chris Webber and Juwan Howard. The team was a gelled machine always clicking on all cylinders when they went to two consecutive NCAA Title

of the best teams in the league. The first one is statistics and rankings, the second is the opinion of others The Toronto Raptors have quietly been sneaking up on the other teams. They have gone from a team who almost everyone thinking they had no chance to being the third team in the entire league, and number one in the east. They're stats and rankings this year have been phenomenal. And that is my first reason why the Raptors are ones of the best teams in the league. They are averaging a +7

In “Is the NBA Draft Looking at a Talent Drought in 2019? The Early Returns Aren’t Good” by Jeremy Woo, the author describes predictions made about the 2019 NBA draft class. The group does not contain much spectacular talent, which is causing draft scouts to think the class is inauspicious. Woo outlines the class’s talent problem by describing the skill of the players, the competition at big events, and the opinion of NBA scouts. The 2019 draft class does not have many stars that separate themselves

happen that night Sarah Smith got struck in the head with a hockey puck. But given what we do know, there is no way that Sarah’s estate can bring a claim against the Blue’s organization for hiring Kyle Albert. It was clearly an accident, there was no way Albert had intentionally deflected the puck into the stands to purposely hit Sarah. On the other hand, Sarah’s estate can bring a claim to the Blue’s organization for owning the hockey arena because it obviously wasn’t a safe area for fans to be

that it was going to be the start to a new era of Chicago hockey. Little did anyone know, it would be 49 years until the Blackhawks would bring home another Stanley Cup. The 1961 Blackhawks were said to have a lot in common with the 2010 blackhawks. Each team had a young new player that would lead their team to a

World known business owner, Lucinda Grubb has created a chain of innovation hubs called, The KMR, across Canada and the US specifically tailored for university students interested in starting their own business. Though Grubb, now owns the successful business, Decco Inc, with 500 offices opened up across the world; she struggled as a young entrepreneur to persuade investors to fund her idea and had a limited access to resources and advice. Since Grubb, has first hand experience on just how difficult

of the page, it states “Presented by Chase,” which also shows how the Blueshirts home arena, Madison Square Garden (MSG) has a partnership with Chase. Further down the on page, in the Junior Rangers section, there is an advertisement for “Girls try Hockey Free for the Weekend.” Part of this title is from Dunkin Donuts, another partner for the

Who is Matthew Dellavedova? He is a 6’4” shooting guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers. A break-out star of the NBA Finals last season, Dellavedova came off the bench for the injured Kyrie Irving after Game 1 of the Finals. Some people believe that Matthew Dellavedova should continue to start after his performance during the Finals Series. He did have the games of his life during this time. Dellavedova held the NBA MVP Stephen Curry to an average of 10.1 points per 100 possessions compared to the 20

The benefit of getting those out of the way, is the Raptors now have exactly ONE road game remaining vs. the West, on January 20 in Minnesota. Have you seen Cleveland’s remaining schedule? Eight games left against the Western Conference, including trips to San Antonio and Oklahoma City. They also have a brutal 10-day stretch in mid-March where they play 5 West teams during a 6-game road trip. With Cleveland currently sporting a 7-6 record vs. West, and more importantly