Hockey

Hockey has everything the run-of-the-mill American sports fan needs. Therefore, it should have more fans.

This is an opinion piece of when players should become captains of teams. I use the Sidney Crosby news of how he became captain this past summer for the Pittsburgh Penguins at age 19, several months before turning 20, and use age as part of my argument. I touch on several different points about when players should become captain and use facts to back up my opinion.

This is an opinion piece that takes a look at fighting in the NHL. I think that fighting should stay in the NHL because of the fact that fans expect it and it’s part of the game since hockey started. I take a look at fights in the 2006-2007 NHL and use facts to back up my opinion.

This is an article of my opinion about teams relocating. My stance is that unless there is a legitimate reason to move a team, team owners should not move the team at all.

Have you ever tried matching up a hockey player of our time, with the NHL player of 20 or 30 years ago? Just looking at the way they are built tells the story of how important off-ice training has become for the performance of hockey players.

The history of hockey is similar to that of golf as it basically is rooted from any game that involved a stick and a ball or rock which have all been played for thousands of years. Very rough and crude forms of these games have been taking place for thousands of years throughout Europe, Egypt and South America that have formed hockey history.

The 2007 NHL hockey season is officially underway as the Los Angeles Kings defeated the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 on Saturday night. This game also served as the launching point for our 2007 NHL handicapping season as we picked the Kings to cover the number and get us off to a 1-0 start to the year. Unlike football and even basketball, handicapping NHL games is an art that is not widespread at this point due to the limited exposure the game gets here in the United States.