Kategorie: <span>Ice Hockey</span>

Shark’s Ward first NHL player to join NFL

As one of roughly 30 black players in the NHL, Ward has enough experience with racism as a hockey player, who says’s he’ll kneel down during the national anthem to fight Trump’s poison

Kings win first NHL game in China

Hockey is picking up momentum worldwide, countries such as the Philippines better known for boxing as well as their beautiful sunny islands recently took home their first cup at the Southeast Asian Games. And thanks to Graeme Townshend, Jamaica is eyeing another cool runnings at the Olympics.

Canadian Soft Power

Pavel Barber, a stick handling specialist, helped out Japanese hockey phenom Aito Iguchi in Vancouver improve his skills.

World Cup of Hockey?

For the third installation of the „World Cup of Hockey“ in 2016, the Europe All-Stars will exclude Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Sweden, but include countries such as Slovakia, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France, Denmark, Norway, Latvia, Belarus, Estonia, Slovenia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania (among others).

Larger look at life

I learned to play hockey in Highland Park, Illinois as a five-year old kid. It took a while until I was able to skate, handle the puck and get dressed all by myself. It was not until 1988, the Minnesota North Stars drafted the number one pick Mike Modano, when I first discovered an idol on the ice.