Ball Hockey

     So it's summer right now which mean's no ice hockey, i know it sucks but hey at least we can get the next best thing... ball hockey. If it's playing on the road with your friends, in an organized league or even just shooting at the net in your driveway, it's all fun.

    Right now I'm playing in a league, the OBHL (Orillia Ball Hockey League) My teams pretty suckish. We've won one of our last six games! But for once I'm not the one getting all the blame because I'm not the goalie this time. But I can't say much because all I have is one goal so far while playing
defence. Which believe it or not, I'm one of the top scorers. The reason why I don't like goalie in road hockey is you can't slide around and I'm pretty sure that's the only reason why I chose to be goalie.

               A picture of me when I was 7 and my 

               team won a tournament. 

                                                                                   

   

The History of Hockey

      Most people that play the game to today have no idea when or where it started. The game of hockey has been played for over 400 years! at first they used a stick and a rock but it was basically the same idea. The first season of NHL was in 1917-18 with just four teams. The league expanded in the 1920s but when the great depression hit the NHL was reduced to the original 6. The original 6 was just Boston Bruins, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, and Detroit Red Wings. The NHL doubled in teams in 1967 when they expanded into east and west divisions. The league continued to expand into what it is now there is 30 teams across North America all competing for the Stanley Cup.

Who started the NHL?

Tommy Gordon started the National Hockey League.

Concussions

  Concussions are a hot topic in the NHL. The NHL needs to figure out how to protect players from concussions. Concussions are taking down stars for injury, in some cases for prolonged periods. The long term effects of concussions can include physical injury, personality issues and ends of career. Something has to be done to stop the concussions before athletes ruin their lives playing the game that they love.

  For example Sidney Crosby was takin out of the NHL with a concussion for 3 months on hit by David Stteckel.

Boston Pittsburgh Matchup

                                                        Eastern Conference Finalist

Even though i think the pens are going to win he cup the Bruins are going to give the a run for there money. Sidney Crosby is going to be pretty much out of the picture because he up against the best faceoff man in the league, the Selke Trophy winner as the NHL's best defensive forward in 2012 and is a finalist a.gain this year. Crosby is lso up agains the crazy deffensive pair Chara and denis Seidenberg.

How to put on goalie gear

~ The first thing you need to put on is under armour shirt and pants (optional but i find it more comfortable)
~ Then you have to put on a cup
~ After that you put on your goalie pants
~ Then you put on skates (goalie skates are better because they have more protection)
~ You then have to put on goalie pads
~ After that you put on a neck guard and chest protecter
~ Then you put on a jersey
~ Then you put on your helmet
~ After that you put on a glove and blocker
~ Lastly that you pick up your stick and your ready to go!

Memorial Cup Champions

Memorial Cup Champions,

Yeasterday night the Halifax Moose Heads won the Memorial Cup against the Portland Winterhawks. The final score was 6-4
with MacKinnon picking up a hat trick with 2 assists and drouin getting a outstanding 5 assists. Konrad Abeltshauser added two goals and an assist.

No. 1 Star - Nathan MacKinnon, Halifax Mooseheads

No. 2 Star - Konrad Abeltshauser, Halifax Mooseheads

No. 3 Star - Ty Rattie, Portland Winterhawks

A Look At Martin Brodeurs Amazing Career

His accomplishments:

~He has won the Olympic gold three times, most recently in Vancouver

~The Calder trophy for being the best rookie of the year

~Martin Brodeur has won the Stanley Cup three times
~The Vezina Trophy four times for being the best goalie of the year
~He has won the William Jennings trophy five times for letting the least amount of goals in, in a season
~Brodeur has 29 records, 3 examples are he has won the most games (657), he is the only goalie to get a goal in the playoffs and most games played by a goaltender