New Poll coming!

I am posting a poll on "which team will win the stanley cup this year". This poll is just for fun and hopefully it will get some responses...I know that I do not have many followers yet but anyone is welcome to participate. Once again any feedback or comments are appreciated!

Just an update

Well it has been a while since I had last posted anything on this site....I am still having trouble gaining viewers apparently, my last poll only had 2 votes, so I would like to thank the two of you for voting and I'll try to keep posting updates and hopefully we can get some real discussion or votes going on. In the mean time heres a neat video for anyone that is interested

This video is a clip that I have found on youtube, it shows some of the best dekes from the 2009-2010 season its a really good video but I could not get it embeddes on to my site so if you want to check it out just copy and paste the link below into your browser and it should take you to the youtube video. Its probably one of my all time favorite NHL montages.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWb29qkohII

New Survey

If you had not noticed I am going to attempt to post a new survey. This survey will be on which underdog team will most likely surprise us this year. Look for the survey at the left side of the page and simply click your answer! Its totally free and it takes literally two seconds, I just want to get some opinions or disucssion going.

George Laraque vs Colton Orr

The other night Colton Orr from the Toronto Maple Leafs and George Laraque of the Montreal Canadians decided to throw of the gloves and have a go at eachother. I personally think this was one of the better fights that I have seen. They each throw huge punches and in the end I really don't know who won. Enjoy....

Just an update

If anybody has any links that they would like to share that would be greatly appreciated. Right now I have been searching youtube for some more videos and I will let you all know when I have come accross a good one. Keep in touch for updates!

Who is going to win the cup this year?

There are several teams that are favored to win the cup this year. I am planning on making a new survey to test out which team is most heavily favored to win the cup, but in order for me to do that I need everyone to post a response after this message saying which team they think will have it. I will then take the teams with the most suggestions and put them into a survey. Good luck!

Team Canadas Captain

Due to the lack of response I am going to take another survey later on when this blog has attracted more followers, if you like anything on here please feel free to comment or post so that we can attract more viewers and get some good surveys and input going. For now i just decided to post a link to an article on NHL about Team Canada in the Olympics. This article discusses the possible nominees for captaincy on this extremely talented team. Enjoy!

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=487033

I found this clip on youtube. It was submitted by redwingscentral.com (so it might be a bit one sided) but it shows a montage from a game in 1997 between the Detroit Red Wing and the Colorado Avalanche. This game got a bit out of hand and fights and penalties were everywhere. These teams have always been rivals but in 1997 this rivalry was at a high. Check out the clip...

Free Agents

With the onslaught of teams picking up players nearly every day, people seem to forget that there is still a great deal of high profile free players on the market, check out this info from NHL.com that lists some of the high profile agents that are still on the market.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=433516&navid=DLNHLHome

Surveys!

I will be adding many more surveys and videos over the next few weeks, so please feel free to participate! I aim to find out which team in the NHL people think will win the cup next season by grouping several teams in each survey and then comparing all of the teams that had alot of votes in a final survey. Feel Free to Comment!

Make It Seven

Join the group of over 1,700 members on facebook titled "Make it Seven". This group lists updates and events surrounding the Balsillie/ Moving a team to Southern Ontario ordeal. Check it out!.....
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?page=4&aid=95762&id=501933296#/group.php?gid=93399917928&ref=ts

Injury Prone Players in the NHL.

Throughout the league there are many players that seem to barely ever play the game due to injuries. The following article discusses this topic further.

http://www.helium.com/items/1334250-hockey-injuries

The guantlet drill

One of the most contorversial drills that any coach can give during a practice, this article describes what this drill is and how it is effective.

http://www.helium.com/items/1334265-hockey-checking-gauntlet

THe NHL point system

Here is another article that I wrote for this Helium.com hockey writing contest. This article briefly goes over the scoring and ranking system that is used in the NHL playoffs. It is an article aimed at helping those who do not know the sport well to gain a better understanding.

http://www.helium.com/items/1334219-how-the-nhl-point-system-works

Why do fans enjoy fights on the ice?

The following link leads to an article that I have recently published on the website Helium.com. I wrote this article during a writing competition (which I actually managed to win, believe it or not) and I felt that it was an appropriate start to my blog. The article concerns fighting in the game of hockey, and reasons why it is considered to be so exciting by fans. Enjoy.

http://www.helium.com/items/1334239-hockey-fights