...Hockey has become a more expensive sport to play over the last years, and families can barely afford to keep their children in hockey anymore. People wonder why this is but there is a logical reason behind it. New technologies to improve the equipment have been invented, inflation on other things such as utilities, gas, food and salaries is the main reason for this problem. It has come to the point that families discourage their children to play ice hockey in favor of other, cheaper, sports. To buy new skates, a family is looking to invest between $500.00-$950.00 dollars, depending on the quality. Other popular sports that competes with hockey for practitioners have an massive advantage by being so much cheaper. This is a massive problem, and it has led to talented youngsters having to quit the sport they love because of their family’s financial situation. By doing research and comparing different options there might be a solution to...
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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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...Ryerson University Racism in Canadian Hockey Neil McGregor - 500 459 843 SOC 507- Race and Ethnicity in Canadian Society Professor Christopher Powell April 13th, 2016 ------------------------------------------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction......................................................................................................3 Evidence of Racism in Hockey Minor Hockey.......................................................................................3 Professional Hockey.............................................................................6 Impacts of Racism in Hockey............................................................................8 Influencing Factors...........................................................................................8 Corrective Action.............................................................................................10 Conclusion........................................................................................................12 ------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION Canada’s favourite past time hockey has and continues to endure racism throughout all levels of the sport. This paper will expose the institutional racism in Canadian hockey associations with an emphasis on black hockey players. Drawing credible news reports and personally experiences, I will provide evidence that institutional racism is deeply rooted within the fabric...
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...Canadian consciousness. The Summit Series of September 1972 eight games that not only changed hockey but diverted a war. Team Canada was composed of the National Hockey League’s greatest stars, expected to easily defeat the Soviet team. In fact, on the eve of the ‘good will’ eight-game series. For Canadians, the series against the Soviet Union, which was the first time N.H.L. players skated against the Soviets. At the height of the cold war, two hockey styles clashed. The fast, precise game of the Soviets against the psychical, rugged, punishing game of the Canadians. The series played out before a rapt audience on both sides. As it moved across Canada and on to Moscow, the games became increasingly...
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...something that has come common in almost all hockey games. Parents yelling at coaches for keeping their sons on the bench, or fans getting upset with the referees over a call, this is something that is all too common. The essay “Rink Rage” by James Deacon, brings to light the current issue about how parents and fans are getting too involved in the game itself. James describes incidents where rink rage has gotten so out of control that there has been injuries and some casualties. However, this is not a shocker to the hockey community as it happens quit frequently. Parents have the job to support their kids in any decisions they make, and not make a scene because they did not like what they saw. Hockey...
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...Violence in ice hockey has been an identifying staple in the sport since “the first hockey leagues formed in the mid-1880’s,” (Ice Hockey Origins, Growth and Changes in the Game). Since the modern era of hockey, and the creation of the Stanley Cup, hockey has been viewed as one of the most violent sports in western civilization. Clarence Campbell, former NHL President has even said that “[w]ithout violence, there would be no such thing as hockey,” (Coakley). To an extent hockey is unmatched in illegal assaults by any other sport, in both amateur and professional leagues, (Colburn). This does not mean that the contact in other sports is not as intense as hockey, for example rugby and football are both very “violent” sports, but this “violence” is carried out within the rules of the game. Hockey is different because it allows fistfights, which are acts of violence that are carried out outside the rules of the game. Hockey fights occur during stoppages of play, or if one breaks out during the play, the play is whistled down immediately in order to break up the fight. What makes this phenomenon interesting is the fact that in many amateur leagues and most professional leagues a five-minute penalty is assessed to the players involved in a fight. In other sports, where similar interactions between players do occur occasionally, an immediate ejection from the game is the penalty. What this does is “tacitly permit fighting by imposing a relatively lenient penalty,” (Colburn). During...
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...and exclusionary/inclusionary terms. But then, “human nature” is actually nothing more than human habit. Every set of standards that we as a society currently use to identify ourselves is coupled with an opposing set: good versus bad, female versus male, hetero versus homo. This system of duality in the everyday assessment of ourselves and those around us holds the power to rob individuals of their dignity as human beings. As society changes over time, the people of society change as well. People all around the world are defined by many things, including characteristics, ethnicity, and many, many more. But, today something else is defining people, and that is their gender. In reading two essays, “Deconstructing Gender, Sex, and Sexuality as Applied to Identity,” by Whitney Mitchell, and their becomes a clear understanding why so many people become defined by their gender. These two writers have many of the same opinions on similar issues as well as different perspectives....
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...Adversity and struggle are common occurences of our lives. We often find ourselves in a state of adversity when things are not going our way. In Richard Wagamese’ The Indian Horse, Saul, the main character and the story’s protagonist, is faced with severe adversity, and struggle through emotional hardships. As the story progresses, Saul finds ways to overcome some of these issues through hockey and revisiting past memorable places. The following paper will cover the many things that degrade Saul, examine how he is able to ultimately overcome them, and cover his alcohol addiction. Often times people may be mocked, and although they may not express it, can hurt them deeply. Saul is mocked several times throughout the novel. There was a time...
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...THE ORIGINS OF ICE SKATES By Nam Catzel Investigation into the Origins of Ice Skates and their evolution ORIGINS OF ICE SKATES INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE ORIGINS OF ICE SKATES Executive Summary There is much debate in the field of history; conjecture and interpretation of facts are often misinterpreted due to the lack of evidence. The origin of ice skates is subject to much of these misconceptions. Though there have been many interesting and intriguing finds in this area, the origins are still debated. The true origins of ice skates is unknown; however there are many theories to who invented it, five cultures if not more believe that they have a claim to the invention. This project will illustrate known ideas about the origins of ice skates, revealing common and uncommon theories, as well as display the evolution of the ice skate in terms of design and the technologies used at each specific era. The influences and uses surrounding several styles of ice skate is identified and explained. The physics behind ice skating is analyzed to provide a context to why skating was invented. To conclude, an analysis of future possibilities and prediction of the direction evolution of the ice skate will take. “History is mere interpretation and conjecture.” Nam Catzel 1 ORIGINS OF ICE SKATES INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE ORIGINS OF ICE SKATES Table of Contents Executive Summary..............................................................................
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...Argumentive Essay What is global warming? Global warming is a greenhouse effect in which gases from various things release into the earth’s atmosphere. However, these things are factories, human waste, motor vehicles, can cause bad gases. Furthermore, Tom bethell doesn’t think so; this is just a phase as he quotes in his story “The false alert of global warming” (published 5/18/05). This has been a problem for many years and will continue to be for many years to come. Global warming is a greenhouse effect in which gases from various things release into the earth’s atmosphere. These gases create an invisible cloud over the earth and make it harder for the heat to escape into our outer space. “So the earth warms up” – tom bethell, also he says temperatures have warmed up in the past 30 years but its “debated’’. How can this be if the evidence is right in front of you the greenhouse effect is a proven fact and the temperatures are still rising? Although, without carbon dioxide plants would not live so it’s a balance with our earth and our heat is still coming in. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed with the global warming solution act to set a goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2020 which is statewide. Tom says “if man-made global warming is real atmospheric as well as surface temperatures should have increased steadily, but they haven’t.” However, according to Professor Victor Miguel Ponce from San Diego State University says there is “About 75% of an...
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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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...Saul’s root causes are his trauma. “All that I knew of Indian died in the winter of 1961, when I was eight years old” (Wagamese 8). In the novel Indian Horse written by Richard Wagamese, a young lad named Saul has faced a lot of traumas throughout his life. In this essay I will be sharing with you what I believe are the root causes of Saul trauma. Sauls main cause of his trauma is the loss of his families/communities, the loss of them brought forth even more trauma like; his time spent at St. Jerome’s residential school, his time with the game of hockey and, the alcohol that destroyed his life. Those three events stand out the most when talking about the root causes of his trauma. The loss of Saul, the Indian Horse family, leaves him alone...
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...Low back pain by young athletes; is practicing sports, prevention or a risk factor to develop low back pain? Ziva Tavcar, Msc Human Movement Science Clinique Valmont, Switzerland Introduction Low back pain is a common problem in a modern society and is present also among pre- and adolescents as well by young athletes. Relationship between low back pain and physical activity shows that physical and psychical factors of over active or inactive life-style lead among genetically predisposed individuals to a higher risk for low back pain. Thus better understanding of a problem, earlier diagnostic and right management prevent earlier apparition of recurrences and chronicity in adulthood. Spinal pain Spinal pain appears due to variety of symptoms, which are experienced at least once in a lifetime by approximately 80% of a general population [1]. Classification of spinal pain concerns affected region (cervical, thoracic, lumbar, or irradiation in the limbs), duration (acute, sub-acute, chronic), or level of functional disability [1]. Lumbar pain is determined as a pain, muscle tension or stiffness that occurs between the last thoracic vertebra and the lower gluteal folds, with or without leg pain [1–3]. Chronic low back pain appears more often by working population in adulthood [1] and fluctuates during time, appears at different occurrences with different intensities and disability [4]. The complexity of symptoms could be associated with physical, psychical and recently genetic...
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...There are two parts that will be highlighted in this writing. In the first part, I will write, compare and discuss on the significant changes in the new lifestyle before and after the transition to San Francisco. On this part, I will analyse on the adjustment issue, how complicated is the adolescent phase in life and the changes in the new place. I will identify and explain on what and how the x-factor in the place does give impact to Riley Anderson. Next, evaluating on how she handle or control her emotion to overcome the conflicts also the highlight of my essay. This can be obtained by observing and interpreting every reaction that protagonist Riley has done in the movie Inside...
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...The purpose of this extended essay is to analyze the mental instability of Holden Caulfield, the main character of J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, as well as explain how his Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder alter his perspective through comparisons between Holden’s accounts and reality. The scope of the essay includes The Catcher in the Rye, as well as __ articles detailing different interpretations of the cause of Holden’s problems. Holden is also the novel’s unreliable narrator, and his illnesses prevent him from accepting reality, thereby allowing him to create whichever reality he wishes were true. J. D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in The Rye is well-known for its themes of identity, loss, and growing up, but its most definitive quality is...
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