...Fighting in the NHL: Should it stay or go is an article written by Ryan Kennedy stating that fighting should be taken out of ice hockey. Ryan believes that hockey will have less injuries, be more of a skilled game, and create more fan base if fighting is taken out of the game. The main idea of this argument is about fighting in hockey. I believe fighting should be kept and allowed in hockey. Fighting draws fan base, makes the game more interesting, protects the star players and takes out more of the cheap shots. The first point Ryan tries to address about fighting is that hockey will have less injuries. Ryan uses his interview with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman as evidence. Gary says, “We are trying to take fighting out of the NHL because GMs are tired of seeing the cheap shots and grudges carried from game to game across the season.” I argue differently, fighting takes out the injuries and cheap shot instead of increasing them. for instance, If a player is cheap shoted and results in an injury, is a six foot eight inch player coming at another scarier than a fine? When players stand up for one another...
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...BOBBY ORR - LEGENDARY NHL DEFENSEMAN Bobby Orr: A Biography Presentation by Peter Stylianou REMARKABLE ATHLETE: Bobby Orr is considered, along with Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe, to be one of the three greatest hockey players of the modern era. Emerging from Parry Sound in Ontario’s near-north, he redefined the defensive style of hockey; there was nothing like it before him. He was the first to infuse the defenceman’s position with offensive juice, driving up the ice, setting up players and scoring some goals of his own. He was drafted by the Boston Bruins in 1966 and quickly won the Calder Memorial trophy as the league’s most outstanding rookie. After 12 phenomenal seasons, Orr posted a total of 915 points in only 657 games. He was almost re-writing record books as he was setting so many at such a fast pace. He was the first player to win three straight MVP Hart trophy awards and eight straight Best Defenseman Norris trophies. He was the first defenseman to score twenty or more goals in a season and the only defenseman to lead the league in scoring, and did that twice. His most famous goal won the Boston Bruins the Stanley Cup in 1970 – against the St. Louis Blues in overtime – and led them to a second Cup in 71-72 against the New York Rangers. Just how great, how early? For the 1962-63 hockey season, Orr joined the O.H.L. Oshawa Generals as a bantam-aged 14 year old playing against 19 and 20 year olds, and he was a star. Stephen Brunt...
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...to his team the Los Angeles Lakers. When his team doesn’t play well he puts them on his back and leads them to victory and gets them to interact with the team in very effective ways. All great sports players are leaders for their team and show passion for their team which leads them towards success. The entirety great sports players need to be a team player. One player that sets a good example of a team player is Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang. Letang has won two Stanley Cup Championships which were mainly led from his outstanding team play. He is a defenseman so he kind of like the quarterback of the team. He helps set up plays and pass the puck to his forwards in the offensive zone to help score. Another player that exemplifies a team player is Le’Veon Bell, running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Le’Veon receives the ball anywhere from 40-60% of a game. When he doesn’t receive the ball his blocking ability helps the team by giving his quarterback more time to pass or scramble. One more player that exemplifies a team player is NHL player Phil Kessel. His puck passing abilities on the power play allow him to help the team score and put up assists. Team players are a key for all great sports players, but Kris Letang, Le’Veon Bell, and Phil Kessel exemplify this trait to the best ability which makes them great sports players. A good attitude present and a likeable teammate is key for a great sports player. One player that sets those standards well is Pirates right...
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...The existing collective bargaining agreement between the National Hockey League and its players expired on September 15, 2004. Each side had failed to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement. The NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman locked out the players by cancelling the season. The key issues at hand were the league’s demand for a salary cap and linking the salaries to the league’s revenues. The NHL Players did not like these demands. The NHL is a popular past time for both the Americans and the Canadians. Both the NHL & players should have been able to reach an agreement earlier in the year. This lockdown lasted over five months, and then the season was cancelled. Another reason that both sides should have agreed is that NHL is a profit making business. The hockey players make the money for playing a sport that they love and the NHL is providing a service that the Americans and the Canadians love to watch. There were many barriers in reaching a negotiated agreement. These barriers delayed the progress of a negotiation and it negatively affected its chances of any type of success. The personalities of Bettman and Goodenow were adversarial tactical. There was a lack of trust between Bettman and Goodenow. There were even communication barriers as well. Bettman and Goodenow should be the ones to anticipate and overcome any barriers as they represented both sides. Goodenow and Bettman came into their positions in the early 1990’s. Both men had performed well in...
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...One of the biggest ones is the equipment. In hockey players wear ice skates, shingaurds, a cup, socks over there shingaurds, breazers (hockey pants), chest protecter, elbow pads, gloves, jersey, and a helmet. To play hockey the players use hockey sticks and a puck. In soccer players wear cleats, shin guards, socks over there shinguards, shorts, and jerseys. To play soccer you use a soccer ball. Both sports are played on different surfaces. Soccer is usually played on a grass field and hockey is played on a flat sheet of ice. In hockey and soccer the positions are different. In hockey there are 6 skaters on the ice. 3 forwards, 2 defenseman, and 1 goalie. At forward there is a right wing, center, and left wing. At defense there is a right and a left defenseman. In soccer there are 11 players on the field. The formation differs depending on the team but the most common is 4-3-3. 1 goalie, 4 defensemen, 3 midfielders, and 3 forwards. for defense theres an outside right, center right, center left, and a outside left.In the midfield there is a right, center, and left mid. same for the...
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...Gretzky is a former NHL superstar. He was a center and shot left handed. He played 20 NHL seasons with 4 different teams. For all 20 seasons he chose the number 99. He wore this number for a special reason. The number 9 had been taken by someone on his team and that was his favorite number. Gretzky’s idol, Gordie Howe, was number 9 so he always wanted that number. So he picked 99 because it was two 9’s and he could still have a connection with Gordie Howe (Bowler). Gretzky changed hockey. When Gretzky first started out in Edmonton everybody in Edmonton knew him and loved him. Hockey in Canada was already known but it became more loved once Gretzky came to town. After Gretzky was traded to the Oilers hockey stayed in there blood. But Los Angeles became a hockey city. A lot of people in LA didn’t know much...
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...Elliott attends Kings hockey games and as a reporter she is able to speak with the players or coaches. From this relationship she is able to provide numerous quote. She also provides many statistics from the game. Finally she adds in her own expert opinion in addition to the quotes and statistics. In a way her thesis can be explained through her own articles just by the title alone. In the article “Kings Get Active, It’s Intense and Good for a 2-1 Overtime Win” she breaks down the recent game the Kings played against the Minnesota Wild and claims the key to their success was an aggressive offense. She provides the facts of the game including numbers of shots within the first 60 minutes for example, her own expert opinion as well as quotes from...
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...individual fights. While officials tolerate fighting during hockey games, they impose a variety of penalties on players who engage in fights. Unique to North American professional team sports, the National Hockey League (NHL) and most minor professional leagues in North America do not eject players outright for fighting but major European and collegiate hockey leagues do. The debate over allowing fighting in ice hockey games is ongoing. Despite its potentially negative consequences, such as heavier enforcers knocking each other out, some administrators are not considering eliminating fighting from the game, as some players consider it essential. Additionally, the majority of fans oppose eliminating fights from professional hockey games. Examples In an NHL preseason game between the Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues on September 21, 1969 Bruins defenseman Ted Green and Blues left wing Wayne Maki, attacking Green, engaged in a bloody stick-swinging fight that resulted in Green sustaining a skull fracture and brain damage, forcing him to miss the entire season of 1969–70, with Maki emerging uninjured. As a result of the fight, Green would play for the remaining nine years of his professional career with a pioneering variety of hockey helmet in both the NHL and WHA. April 20, 1984 a bench clearing brawl broke out at the end of the second period of a second-round playoffs matchup between the Quebec Nordiques and the Montreal Canadians, after many...
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...To years in a row, my hockey team was defeated in the last minutes of the first overtime period. Everyone worked so hard to get to the championship, winning would have made us the best team in the league. Hockey is a game of strategy and knowledge. Knowing the plays and making quick smart reactions is as important as being physically in shape. To become hockey smart you must master vision. Vision is the concept of constantly scanning the ice making it seem like you have eyes on the back of your head. By doing this you will know where everyone is supposed to be at any given time. Patrick Kane is not the strongest guy on the ice neither is he the biggest but he has some of the best hockey senses in the NHL. He is able to pass to people without...
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...An essay – as seen through the eyes of a graduating High School senior, on how his ice hockey experiences have been of value to his life. By Max Frankel Sometimes you come across a quote that is so timeless, that is continues to speak out era after era, for generations. As Charles Dickens’ once said, most-likely commenting on his own personal life, in, “A Tale of Two Cities. ‘It was the best of times and it was the worst of times.’ Although my ordinary life may not really compare to that of the famous author, I understand what he was saying and feel compelled to draw the comparison. To this point, I have had a life that I have thoroughly enjoyed yet I too, have had my share of difficult lessons learned. As with all people, my early, formative years have contributed many, many factors that shaped the child into a young adult. However, only a very select few, really stand out. For me, the “stand outs” have been ice hockey, my mentality in school, and my parents’ influence on my life. Maybe not necessarily in that order, but, the line is blurred, between where one influence begins and the next one picks up. What I do know, is that alone, these three components are neither life changing nor rare, but together, they accumulate to form who I am today. From a young age, my parents had engrained the idea of hard work into my mind. They preached that school was my priority, my full time job, and that “any job worth doing was worth doing right.” Even as a very small...
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...most memorable games, and days, for me. The events of that afternoon changed my view of hockey players and gave me a new perspective on professional athletes. It takes only a few minutes to make someone’s day, and those minutes with Brandon Sutter made more than my day. It was a cold Pittsburgh morning, snow flurries were falling outside, the highway next to our hotel was buzzing for a Saturday morning; it seemed like the entire city was gearing for the Penguins game later that afternoon. My mom, dad and I got up and headed downstairs for breakfast, a look of disgust for having to wave up before 12p.m. written all over my face. Today was the day my dad and I were going to the Arizona Coyotes vs. Pittsburgh Penguins game, my third NHL game. I was excited for this game because I would be wearing my new Brandon Sutter jersey that my parents got me for Christmas. Brandon was hands down my favorite player, just the way he played showed that he has heart for the game and was doing the job that he loved to do. Being able to watch all players, from both teams, play the game that they love so much is heartwarming, that they dedicate their entire lives playing for a chance to win the Stanley Cup. Soboleski 2 Dressed in jean, Ugg boots and my Brandon Sutter jersey, my mom drove my dad and I over to the CONSOL ENERGY ARENA and dropped out off in front. Pittsburgh is diffidently a hockey city, waves of people were swarming toward the entrances, all decked out...
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...Analysis of Marketing Strategy of Redbull in India STUDENT’S CERTIFICATE Certified that report is prepared based on the term paper undertaken by me in “analysis of marketing strategy of redbull in indiaunder the able guidance of Dr..Sunit Balani in partial fulfillment of the requirement for award of degree of B.Com (H) from Amity University, Uttar Pradesh. Date – 31-10-2014 Harsh Kumar Lalwani Dr..Sunita Balani P rof.V.P.Sahi (Student Name ) (Faculty Guide Name) (Director ABS) FACULTY CERTIFICATE Forwarded here with a term paper report on “general marketing strategy of red bull” submitted by Harsh Kumar Lalwani Enrollment No.A7004613066, student of B.Com (H) III Semester (2013-2016). This project work is partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of B.Com (H) from Amity University Lucknow Campus, Uttar Pradesh. Dr. Sunita Balani Amity University, ABS Lucknow Campus ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I wish to express my sincere gratitude to Prof.V.P.SAHI, Director ABS, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow for providing me an opportunity to do my project on“Marketing Stratey of red Bull”. I sincerely thank my faculty guide Dr.. Sunit Balani(ABS), Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow for the guidance and encouragement in carrying out this term paper. Last but not least I wish to avail myself of this opportunity, express a sense of gratitude and love to my friends and me beloved parents for their manual...
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