MONTREAL - Young hockey players in Quebec are going to think twice about using their hockey gloves as boxing gloves in the wake of strict new penalties announced Wednesday to curb on-ice violence.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) Buffalo is one of three cities to make it to the short list of U.S. cities to host the 2011 International Ice Hockey Federation World Under-20 Championship. The final decision won't come until Christmas, that's when USA Hockey is expected to name the host city.
Hockey is a fast-paced sport of hard hits, flying pucks, high sticks and less-than-forgiving ice; not the type of game you see many 40-year-old women playing. Except Cathy Marrinan of Hyde Park that is, who laces up her skates three times a week.
Practice begins in October with tournaments to follow.
Players involved in unsportsmanlike behaviour face stiff penalties
Buffalo has made the short list of three potential U.S. cities to host the 2011 International Ice Hockey Federation World Under-20 Championship.
ANDREW Sharp, Sheffield Steelers’ British enforcer, is ready to do a ‘dirty job’ for his Elite League ice hockey team.
Barret Ehgoetz has already succeeded at one level. Now he’s doing it at the next level.
Penguins head coach Michel Therrien was on hand today helping to teach kids about the great sport of hockey. Children as young as 5-years-old are on the ice for five days at the Sports Center on Neville Island for the Pittsburgh Penguins Youth Hockey School.
DOUG MacIver, Cardiff Devils’ new ice hockey defenceman, will be in tip-top shape when he arrives in South Wales later this month, writes Terry Phillips.
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