Archive for August, 2011

The History Of Women’s Ice Hockey In North America

Girl’s and women’s hockey is one of the fastest growing sports in the world as more and more countries participate in the now Olympic sport and as more and more leagues are founded to take the sport to a level beyond the college campus and international competition.
Beginning in frigid Ottawa Canada in either 1889 or 1892, the offical starting date differs between the Canandian Hockey Association and Total Hockey, the official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League, women (more…)

The History Of The Western Women’s Hockey League

The NWHL(National Women Hockey League) was a women’s league pertaining to a sport called ice hockey which was serviced from 1999 through 2007. The NWHL (National Women Hockey League) was finally established on Feb. 16, 1999 with Al Dawson being their first president. By 1998-1999, this league expanded to Brampton Ottawa and the Montreal area in. The Beatrice Aeros wont he west division and the Bonaventure Wingstons won the east division, during the inauguration. The league lasted for nine years (more…)

The History Of The Stanley Cup

The Stanley Cup has a very interesting history that dates back to 1888. Lord Stanley was appointed by Queen Victoria for Governor General of Canada on June 11, 1888. He and his family were pretty enthusiastic about ice hockey. He went to his first game on 1889 at Montreal’s Winter Carnival. It was from there where he showed his utmost respect for the skill and determination of the game. He and his family started to get more actively involved in Hockey to the point where they even formed leagues. What formed out of this was the Ontario Hockey (more…)

The Best Hockey Movies of All Time

You may have spent years checking stats and watching games but are you familiar with the best hockey movies of all time? You can catch most of these rerunning on Direct satellite or even basic cable so you’ve really got no excuse to not have seen any of these classics…
Miracle: Chronicling the USA team’s pounding of the Russian National Team decades ago at the close of the Olympics, Miracle hit theaters in 2004. It’s got a (more…)