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Junior Stars look to the future
Ice hockey in the Northeast has a proud history. Teams from Durham, Whitley Bay and Billingham were top-flight mainstays in the old Heineken League era, more recently Newcastle Vipers won an Elite League championship in 2006. Internationally renowned coaches Mike Babcock – a triple gold club member once of Whitley Warriors – and Jukka Jalonen – twice a world champion after coaching Newcastle Riverkings – are among the illustrious names to pass through. Even today, Whitley Bay provides talent for GB women, while Durham-born Ben O’Connor and Billingham’s Robert Dowd were among the key players in GB’s fairytale rise to the World Championship Elite Pool.
By Andy Potts5 years ago in Unbalanced
Battle of Ontario
The Ottawa Senators may not have won much this year, but they have won the Battle of Ontario. The Senators jumped on a couple of Toronto misses, converted them into second-period goals, and went on to beat the Maple Leafs 4-2 on Saturday night. After holding on for a 2-1 lead in the second period and a 3-0 lead at the end of the third period, the Ottawa Senators won their second consecutive game in Toronto and won for the first time this season.
By Something Complicated6 years ago in Unbalanced
Hockey minor infraction guide for new players
A minor infraction is delegated to any activity that isn't legitimate yet not meriting an outing to the punishment box. What generally happens is a faceoff in the culpable group's guarded zone. A portion of these infractions, whenever regarded purposeful or on the off chance that they occur in the cautious zone can be moved up to minor punishments, in any case.
By justin Krudo6 years ago in Unbalanced
Waiting for hockey to come back
When Britain announced its lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the hockey players at Whitley Bay ice rink feared the worst. The refrigeration unit was switched off and, for the first time since the rink opened in 1955, the ice melted. For the ‘pay-to-play’ teams that operate from the Hillheads venue, things looked bleak.
By Andy Potts6 years ago in Unbalanced
AFRICAN CULTURE MADE HOCKEY PROFITABLE
Growing up as an African American, many innovations created and lead by people of African descent was unbeknownst to me. Institutions typically designate a month to highlight African American history. My recollection continuously recalls being habitually indoctrinated about slavery, segregation, and about prominent figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Sojourner Truth, etc. It wasn’t until I discovered self-education, and luckily recieved the funding to obtain higher education that I became acquainted with a wealth of knowledge about African American history. I believe it is crucial to inform other brown people of their origins and culture to create a space for our greatness into the consensus knowledge and to hopefully inspire black historians, anthropologist, and etc. to discover, highlight, and preserve African history.
By Brianna Thomas6 years ago in Unbalanced
Britain's 'Miracle on Ice'
It all came to a head 12 months ago. March 20, 2019. Kosice, Slovakia. Great Britain’s ice hockey team was approaching the end of its first World Championship campaign since 1994. The equation was simple. Defeat France, and the Brits would remain in the Elite Pool – something the country hadn’t achieved since 1950. Lose, and it would be a swift return to the second tier.
By Andy Potts6 years ago in Unbalanced
What Hockey Events Are on in 2020?
The COVID-19 pandemic has made 2020 a dull year, especially for sports fans, as major events are getting canceled or postponed. The Olympic games 2020, are delayed until 2021, is among the major events. The global sports schedule has experienced the most severe disruption, the likes that we observed during World War II. Sporting competitions have been halted or canceled globally and to various degrees.
By Mary Charli6 years ago in Unbalanced
A Potential Audience Saver
Tying together ideas about the new technologies that are on the cusp of coming out and present day challenges are something that might not be expected in this journal entry. After the tandem of reading the Canadian Media Fund report from January 2020 entitled “Closer, Wider, Faster: Annual Trends Report in the Audiovisual Industry” and watching an interview conducted by Scott Brown with Winnipeg Jets’ forward Andrew Copp, to write about both of these presentations, which may not seem related on the surface was the only way to scribe this analysis. Sometimes, necessity is the mother of invention -- or in this case, the kick in the butt that it needs to be utilized in a way it may not have originally been envisioned. Though the chances of the ideas being set forth in this writing are slim to none, if they are imagined and shared by a lone hockey reporter who thinks outside the box much of the time, this idea is no longer a silent imagining. The idea will be presented, with the hopes it may be utilized sometime in the near future.
By Marjorie Roden6 years ago in Unbalanced
Life's Simple Joys: Sports
March 12, 2020 will be known as the day the sports world died (temporarily due to the coronavirus,) and since then, life as we know it has not been the same. You see so many folks on social media trying to make the best of it. From funny memes, to those who are trying new hobbies, but watching sports and being at a sporting event is special.
By Stephanie Dolce6 years ago in Unbalanced
