Hockey

Why are there no more NHL Hockey Sticker books?

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:34:23 +0000

Growing up I remember getting a hockey sticker book each year – O Pee Chee or Pannini…

Now that my son is getting interested in hockey, I’d love to start buying them again.

Why aren’t they selling these any more?!?!

They still make hockey cards – which have fallen out of favour in the last decade or so. Surely an inexpensive sticker book would do well enough with young people (and parents who grew up with them) to warrant making them.

It’s a couple of things
– the NHLPA made a decision a few years ago to grant exclusive licenses to fewer companies for more money…….Topps/O-Pee-Chee and Pannini weren’t willing to up the ante
– the market moved away from stickers towards cards in the early to mid 90s (stickers once used were no longer a wanted commodity) as an investment (since failed)

want to replace bauer reactor chest/arm hockey goal equip w/ more protection,not more restrictive. any ideas?

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:34:20 +0000

have 10- yr old Bauer reactor chest/arm ice hockey goalie gear. would like more protection without losing mobility. any suggested brands/models? thanks.

Try another Bauer, a new one, not one thats 10 years old…they make them different now

what is the hockey tournament in may?

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:34:18 +0000

is it gonna be on cbc?

ON CBC and TSN will have the World Championships

Health insurance while playing junior hockey?

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:34:16 +0000

Im playing junior B hockey the year after I graduate, but since i won’t be a full time student i won’t have health insurance. Does the hockey program provide health insurance. If not how expensive is it.
im playing for the Empire Junior B League in NE by the way

healthplans.my-age.net – here is my health insurance plan. As I remember they can provide such a service.

What hockey players wear/wore the number 12?

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:34:13 +0000

I wanna know any hockey players that wore and still wear the number 12. I want a long list. the more names the better.

Yvan Cournoyer… thats all you need to know. Google his stats.

P.S.: I also wore #12, but my career isnt as glorious as Cournoyer’s

I am going to try out for field hockey and I wanted to know drills i can do by myself to practice?

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:34:10 +0000

I am a defensive player and need more help with my stick skills. Thank you!

Cardio, Cardio, Cardio.

If you can’t keep up, all the stick skills in the world wont matter.

Where do visiting hockey teams stay when they come to chicago?

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:34:08 +0000

What hotel do the visiting teams stay at when they play the blackhawks?

Many sports teams stay at the Downtown Marriott. You may want to consider hanging out at Chris Chelios’ bar on the southside on the night before/after the game.

Youth hockey camps?

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:34:05 +0000

I have a son who is now 6 years old. He started skating at the age of 2. Does anyone know of any good hockey camps in the Northeastern Indiana area where he could go? He has been going to local camps, but I want to expand to other coaches who might teach him in other areas.

I think its a great idea to get different viewpoints and coaches it could give him an edge over different kids his age.

USA hockey has a magazine that lists a bunch of different camps across the US and Canada for all different ages levels varying a lot in cost and length.

http://www.usahockeymagazine.com/camps.php?left_nav=95

that’s the link. I would skim through and read the descriptions and check out the links.(id like to limit the choices more but i cant be sure exactly what you re looking for)

How is the Olympic hockey tournament/rankings setup?

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:34:02 +0000

I was just curious how Olympic hockey was set up. I know the US beat Canada the other day, but they could play again in the tournament? Was the first round just to set up seeding? and how is that if they all didn’t play each other. Just curious on how it is all set up. Thanks.

There are three groups, each group contains four teams, making up 12 teams in total. After the round-robin, the top four teams get a bye into the quarterfinals. It is the three group winners (USA, Sweden, Russa) and the fourth team is the next team with the most points, in this case, Finland.

The remaining eight teams are ranked and play each other in the qualification round (5 Czechs vs 12 Latvia, 6 Canada vs 11 Germany, 7 Slovakia vs 10 Norway and 8 Switzerland vs 9 Belarus). That four winners of those games play the four that got a bye in the quarterfinals (1 USA vs the winner of 8/9 which was Switzerland, 2 Sweden vs the winner of 7/10 which was Slovakia, 3 Russia vs the winner of 6/11 which was Canada and 4 Finland vs the winner of 5/12 which was Czechs).

In the Semifinals, the winner of the game involving team 1 USA plays the winner of the game involving team 4 Finland, so the USA will play Finland. The other semi-final game is the winner of the game involving teams 2 and 3. In this case teams 2 and 3 both lost, to Slovakia and Canada, so Canada and Slovakia will play in the semi-final.

The Gold Medal game is of course between the winners of the remaining teams and the Bronze medeal game is between the losers of the semi-finals.

So the way it is set up, Canada can only play the US again if it’s in the Gold Medal or Bronze Medal game.

What equipment does an ice hockey goalie need and how do they dress up?

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:33:59 +0000

I would also like a website that explaines the different types of saves and shows how to dress up as an ice hockey goalie, example, what things u put on first and in what order.

Thanks

Goaltenders need the following equipment and it generally goes on in this order. Some people may do it differently, but it’s impossible to do it drastically different.
1) Cup (most important piece of equipment!)
2) Garter belt and socks
- Some people wear shorts with velco tabs to hold the socks up and a built in cup.
3) Hockey Pants
4) Skates
5) Leg pads
6) Chest protector
7) Helmet/mask
Gloves

There are several types of saves. Kick save, glove save, blocker save, stick save, etc. Below are a couple of links that are probably a bit more relevant. These contain information about goaltending styles and cover the specific saves.
http://www.epinions.com/content_3906773124
http://www.mitchkorn.com/pdf/Goaltending%20Styles.pdf