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It’s hard to pinpoint a definitive time or place as to when and where hockey was invented. There have been many arguments and people will have different opinions. It’s generally accepted that during the eighteen hundreds British soldiers played a version of the game while they were stationed in the Province of Nova Scotia. Another story tells of a teacher at the Kings View Academy Nova Scotia, who asked his pupils to make up a winter sport on the frozen pond as part of a project, it is thought that the game his students created resembled that of hockey. In 1879 students of the McGill University in Montreal were the first to develop specific rules, they played the game based on the...

Below you will find my potential all-star selections if there were actually a game this season instead of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Each is comprised of 13 forwards, seven defensemen and three goalies. Every NHL team has at least one representative at the game; therefore some players had to be left out of the all-star selections. EASTERN CONFERENCE Forwards Sidney Crosby PIT Nicklas Backstrom WAS Steven Stamkos TB Alexander Ovechkin WAS Ilya Kovalchuk ATL Zach Parise NJ Marian Gaborik NYR Tomas Plekanec MTL Martin St. Louis TB Evgeni Malkin PIT Eric Staal CAR Daniel Alfredsson OTT Alexander Semin WAS Defensemen Mike Green WAS Tyler Myers BUF Tomas Kabe...

An Interesting Look at Who Has the Hat-Tricks This Season We are more than halfway through the 2009-2010 season, and there are many teams that have surprised fans. What may be more surprising is which teams have recorded hat tricks this season. There are eight teams left who have not done it yet this season. The league leading Chicago Blackhawks are one of those eight teams. The others are: Buffalo, Washington, Colorado, Rangers, Anaheim, Atlanta, and Edmonton. Even the last place Carolina Hurricanes have recorded a hat trick—three times. Washington leads the league in goals with 182, easily the most in the league. However, not one of their players have scored three goals in o...

I was born a hockey fan, and I will die a hockey fan. Nothing will ever keep me from watching an NHL game, especially a Montreal Canadiens game. But unfortunately, not everyone was born from the same mold as us ''hardcore'' fans. There are a lot of things holding the NHL back. There are many issues keeping the NHL at #4 amongst the major North American sports, and there is seemingly no chance of improvement in site. What are the main problems holding the NHL back? How spiteful will this list be? Read below to find out! Here is a list of ten issues that, in my opinion, are plaguing the league. Some interlap, or could be grouped into a bigger problem, but all hold their unique aspec...