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Hold Their Breath Underwater Hockey Water
462 wordsUnderwater hockey was created in the mid-twentieth century, by those that found ice, street and field hockey all to unexciting. It seemed that the only things left unchallenged in hockey were air and water. Thus, this game removed the first, and added the latter. Underwater hockey is held at the bottom of a swimming pool 2 - 4 meters deep. The 6 players in the water must hold their breath while playing, but there are 4 substitutes that may be used freely. Players wear masks, fins, snorkels, prot...
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National Hockey League Sullivan George
1,677 words... icing, and that is where an opponent hits another with his stick and the stick is above his shoulder. (Hockey Rules, 3) When someone hits another with his elbow then they will get a penalty for elbowing. When a player turns his stick the long ways and holds his stick with both hands and hits the other player like that then he will get a penalty for cross checking. If a player is driven into the boards by an illegal check then a two-minute penalty will be served in the penalty box. If the puc...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica Ice Hockey
1,259 words... the building of dams. One species of beaver occurs in North America, the other in Eurasia. The two species differ chiefly in the shape of the nasal bones and are so much alike that some authorities consider them to be varieties of the same species. They are large rodents; the average adult beaver weighs about 16 kg (about 35 lb), but specimens as heavy as 40 kg (90 lb) have been found, and some extinct beavers were almost bearlike in size. (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1975). Beavers have long ...
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Ice Hockey Years Ago
522 wordsThe hockey game that I played three years ago for the championship has been one of the greatest events of my life. That game was one of the best achievements that I have reached in my life. Every single chair in the arena was taken. It was difficult to describe the noise; the cheering fans, couches talking to the players, players chatting to each other, etc. The arena was built to muffle the sound of 1000 people, but that afternoon it was like a sponge that couldn't absorb anymore. Being under s...
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Ice Hockey Degrees Fahrenheit
1,400 wordsHockey is a sport of finesse, toughness, and speed all wrapped up by player talent. Hockey can be played on any surface, though ice and hard rubber "roller turf" are the two major fields currently played on by professionals. All though to some these two variations on hockey may seem the same, they actually have many differences. Roller hockey contrasts that of ice in several ways. While the playing surfaces are the most obvious difference, number of players, periods, and skates also vary. The mo...
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Game Was Played Ice Hockey
2,731 wordsFor more than a century, hockey historians have found that precisely tracing the sports origin is not only a difficult task but, a virtual impossibility. Therefore I can only try to deduce for myself, from the records, claims, and accounts, which are available to me, when, where, and by whom the first ice hockey was played. I? ll also discuss the early problems and obstacles that the NHL encountered. Plus I will also tell a little bit about early equipment, along with early game play and ice con...
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Game Was Played Ice Hockey
2,739 wordsFor more than a century, hockey historians have found that precisely tracing the sports origin is not only a difficult task but, a virtual impossibility. Therefore I can only try to deduce for myself, from the records, claims, and accounts, which are available to me, when, where, and by whom the first ice hockey was played. I? ll also discuss the early problems and obstacles that the NHL encountered. Plus I will also tell a little bit about early equipment, along with early game play and ice con...
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Ice Hockey Hockey League
828 wordsHave you ever wanted to play a sport, but you were just a little too unsure if you would like it or not? Well I am going to tell you some stuff about the sport of ice hockey and hopefully make it so you decide to play the game. First let me tell you a little about the game of ice hockey. Ice hockey is played on a sheet of ice usually 200 feet (61 M) long and 85 feet (26 M) wide. The sheet of ice is surrounded on all sides wit low walls, and play glass bolted in on top of the walls. You will also...
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Notre Dame Ice Hockey
207 wordsMr. Jim Anderson Miami Letter 00 / 04 / 01 Mr. Jim Anderson Miami University Mens Ice Hockey Office Goggin Ice Arena Oxford, Ohio 45056 Dear Mr. Jim Anderson I am currently attending Athol Murray College of Notre Dame to earn my grade 12 standing. After carefully researching various institutions, I am especially interested in attaining more information regarding your institution, specifically your ice hockey program. I have earned an SAT score of 132: Math 710 Verbal 610. I have applied to the N...
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Mounted Police Social Identity
693 wordsWhen the topic of Canada comes up among peoples, immediately the thought of ice hockey, the Mounted Police, and beavers comes to mind. In fact, Canada has truly lost its true identity that we once knew. It is slowly being assimilated and in fact Americanized in aspects of social identity, national identity, and cultural identity. First, Canada is being slowly Americanized in its social identity. When we talk about a country s social identity, we examine a few areas. First is the media, which is ...
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