February 2011
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Up Against It
The Devil’s team somewhat oddly began two separate playoff series for two different regional and provincial championships this weekend. Both series will be determined by the first team to reach four points with victories counting for two points and ties counting for one. As such, there are pretty slim margins of error between continuing on to the next/final series and having the hockey...
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So You Wanna Be a Hockey Coach
I decided, sort of at the last minute back in December, to throw my hat into the ring for the head coaching position on the Devil’s team next year. My interview was this past week. I had a couple of reasons for giving it a shot - 1. the Devil would be tickled pink to have Dad as her head coach and 2. several people have suggested this season that they would like to see me as a head coach.
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Change the Concussion Culture in Hockey →
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WatchCool trick goal by a NJ high-schooler!
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Fighting Politics To Fulfill a Hockey Dream →
A local Peewee team is given a jet plane ride to deal with a scheduling issue.
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Canada Games Boosting Women's Hockey →
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On to Round Two and Beyond
The Devil’s team made it interesting, but prevailed over their closest and fiercest rivals for a round one victory in the league playoffs. With their fallen Captain leading the pre-game and in between-period cheers of “Sharks on 3. 1,2,3 Sharks!”, the same Sharks held off the vaunted IceCats with by winning games one and three 1-0 and tying the game in between 0-0. Not what...
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Strength in the Face of Adversity
Hearing bloodcurdling screams of pain and then watching your team captain get rolled off the ice on a gurney after suffering a season-ending leg injury is no way to start a championship game. But that’s the exact situation the Devil and her teammates had to contend with this past weekend.
My better half, the hockey mom, will concur as she, in her role as team trainer, was tasked with...
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WatchHappy 135th to Ye Olde Bit o’ Rubber That We All Fight Over!
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Tougher Tests on the Playoff Horizon
The Boys finished their latest playoff series on the weekend in three less-than-noteworthy games by a combined score of 21-2 with lopsided 10-0, 6-1 and 5-1 victories. This first to six points series was a rematch with the winless league basement dwellers; a team that would finish their full season 0-36-0. I believe they, like us, were happy to get the three games over with an behind them. Though...
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It's all about Balance
God was missing for six days. Eventually, Michael, the archangel, found Him resting on the seventh day. He inquired, “Where have you been?” God smiled deeply and proudly pointed downwards through the clouds, “Look, Michael. Look what I’ve made.” Archangel Michael looked puzzled, and said, “What is it?” “It’s a planet,” replied God, and...
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WatchShort Goalie Fight - Nice Left by Johnson
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Watchfuckyeahhockey:
Incredible hip check
shoesandsealingwax:
Poetry in motion.
Niiiice.
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