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In the early 1800s the game has been played on frozen ponds, pucks made out of wood, the sticks were also made of wood. Since that time the sport has evolved to be one of the most sports watched sport in Canada and,The United States Of America.Since 1915 the silver engraved Stanley cup has been apart of the N.H.L hockey playoffs,and continues to coveted players today. The cup is 102 years old coming into the N.H.L in 1915.The cup is the most valued prized trophy in sports history going by the name

Recently there has been a significant investment in analytical departments in these sports league. The Edmonton Oilers hired Tyler Dellow to consult with their hokey operations department. Dellow previously ran a blog that focused on advanced statistics in the NHL (Willis, 2014). The same summer the Toronto Maple Leafs hired Kyle Dubas as assistant general manager

“Bayern Munich gets each year 30 to 40 million euros less than Manchester United from ticket sales, which means €300m in 10 years. We [the Bundesliga] don’t have influence on ticket prices. All the clubs can decide on their own, but some kind of common sense prevails. Every year in magazines you see double pages about the prices of tickets, bratwurst and beer, etc. and everyone gets in a huge argument if the price of bratwurst goes up by 10 cents. The concept of Aldi was invented in Germany: very

This impending offseason could determine the future of the Islanders. Many big names such as Tavares, Bailey, Neal, E. Kane, etc. are due for new contracts in the 2018 free agency. Specifically to the Isles, Tavares, Bailey, Halak, Chimera, de Haan, Gionta, Kulemin, Hickey, Seidenberg, and Helgeson will test the market this summer. With so many free agents, it is virtually impossible to retain them all, but who should stay and who should go?  Who Should Go: Nikolay Kulemin, Dennis Seidenberg, Jaroslav

Ice Hockey in Canada Ice hockey has in the last hundred years evolved to become international. Canada is in jeopardy of losing its six teams. Tradition run deep in all of the cities and also professional hockey teams create thousands of jobs and help out in the communities. Teams in the Canadian market are having trouble keeping their programs in the black because of higher taxes and a weaker Canadian dollar. In order for professional hockey teams in Canada not to relocate to United States

Public Relations in Professional Sports "If industry is to be successful in dealing with public opinion . . . it must learn the language of the people, it must consider the study of public opinion as important as any phase of its operations. It must recognize that public opinion can be measured, and utilize the increasingly scientific methods developing today for gauging it"(Ross) PR today, has undergone a massive restructuring and organization and is now gaining recognition worldwide. An

Leadership means different things to different people. To us it is not about managing or directing people. It is about the ability to inspire and influence others towards the leader’s goal and vision. A leader in sports has the same characteristics as a leader who works in an office. Besides being knowledgeable in their respective sport, team leaders have to possess effective relationship skills. A sport leader leads by example and must hold and exhibit the same traits and behaviours they expect

Last season the Boston Bruins fired there former general manager Peter Chiareli who was a GM that many people thought was one of the best in the business. Shortly after being fired he agreed to become the GM of the Edmonton Oilers, this left a hole in the Bruins front office. The team took some time to see there options and they decided to stay inside the organization and hired assistant general manger Don Sweeney to steer the ship. Sweeney made a lot of moves between the offseason and now to try

The National Hockey League, also known as the NHL, is the most elite level of hockey in the world. With seven teams playing in Canada, the sport’s country of origin, and twenty-three teams in the United States, hockey has become a favorite sport to watch globally. Hockey is full of high speed, agility, skill, and is widely famous for its violence. Fans love and adore the sport for its glorification of fighting, or best known in hockey as “fisticuffs.” Before the NHL was founded in 1917, fighting

Collin Kozubal Mr. O’ Connor English IV 11/30/2016 Ice Life Fighting in the National Hockey League(NHL) has been an ongoing brutal way of getting fans excited. The past years the number of fights have dropped, with only 344 fights last season, the fewest number within the past 15 years (Adam Vingan). For those people who oppose fighting this comes as good news, as this area of the Hockey has been investigated heavily. In 1922, rule 56 was introduced into the National Hockey League which