January 2011
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Every Game Has Its Hightlights
Both the Devil and da Boy played today.
She had her last regular season game, which meant little in terms of final standings, but quite a bit in the general scheme of things as they played their closest rival, who are coincidentally expected to also be playing in the first round of the playoffs. I joked before the game started that the girls needed to “set the tone for the playoffs”...
Great Hockey Dad/Kid Story #imahockeydad →
Lots I like in this story about a minor hockey player and his dad.
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A Classic Canadian Hockey Story..The Hockey... →
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WatchThis is long overdue. The Simpsons’ Hockey Dad Video Game
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Falling Just Short
After narrowly escaping a series sweep at home in Game 3 of their first round playoff series, the Boys returned to enemy territory for Game 4 last night. A tightly contested match ended in another one goal game with the good guys claiming a 1-0 victory on a goal scored with just over two minutes left in the third period. My personal highlight in this fourth game came in the dying moments when...
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Head Up, Stick Down via @ThatKevinSmith →
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Alive to Play Another Day
The boys came roaring back from 2-0 and 3-1 deficits to grasp a victory from the jaws of defeat with a 5-4 overtime win in game three. The winning goal was a floater that caught the opposing goal keeper off guard; sneaking under his arm to the waiting cage behind him. You could sense the “Hockey Gods” had a role to play in this one. The bench erupted, engulfing the goal scorer in...
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A Fine Line at Playoff Time
The regular season gave way to the playoffs this week for the Boy’s team. They finished the season in third place in the league which netted them a series against the sixth place team. In their league all the teams, save for the bottom two are pretty evenly matched. From second place to sixth place there is only a seven point differential. The first place team has a sizeable lead on the...
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WatchMad skills from Jurco at CHL Top Prospects competition.
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Finishing on a high? note
The Boy’s team ended their regular season this past week with three games in a row against a team with a perfect record; an underwhelming 0-27-0. That’s right; zero wins, 27 losses and zero ties.
This team was unfortunately the victim of a flawed player selection process which allowed several players who should have been on the team at this level to forego trying out to play on a...
"Aerial Tic Tac Toe" Goal →
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Missed it by that much!
Another weekend, another tourney for the Devil and her team. Tournaments are good tools for team building, working on line combinations and in-game tactics and gauging team strength against competition they don’t normally get to see.
In this tournament, the girls started with a game against a very familiar rival. Coincidentally, or not, their closest local competitor has turned up in three...
It Even Happens to the Best of Them →
Swedish Bad Ass Goalie →
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Meet the Parents
We’ve seen all too many stories in the news about over-zealous parents at hockey games who get in shouting matches and even physical altercations. I suppose, if you tried really hard, you could start to understand how, in the heat of the moment, a parent could get caught up in the excitement of a game or the defense of their child on the ice. I myself have had an intense moment or two...
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Meet the Parents
We’ve seen all too many stories in the news about over-zealous parents at hockey games who get in shouting matches and even physical altercations. I suppose, if you tried really hard, you could start to understand how, in the heat of the moment, a parent could get caught up in the excitement of a game or the defense of their child on the ice. I myself have had an intense moment or two...
