Hockey Superstitions

Author : Andrew Podnieks
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780771071089

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Hockey Superstitions by Andrew Podnieks Pdf

One of North America's best-known hockey writers examines the strangest rituals and superstitions within the NHL. Why did Wayne Gretzky start every pre-game warm-up by shooting wide to the right of the net (a rather funny habit, given that he scored more goals than anyone in the game's history)? Why do many hockey players seem to believe performance is tied directly to facial hair? Why does Geoff Sanderson use a different length stick for every period? And why did Petr Klima break his stick after every goal he scored? Hockey Superstitions, by one of Canada's best-known hockey writers, Andrew Podnieks, explores the fascinating and fun world of hockey superstitions: their origins, their quirks, and the mythology around them. Along the way, it gives us an original look into the minds of the players and coaches behind them.

Author : Elliott Smith
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781666346640

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Hockey's Best Traditions and Weirdest Superstitions by Elliott Smith Pdf

Going to a hockey game? Don't leave before the handshake line. And if you're in Detroit, be sure to buy an octopus before the game. But first, hit the ice to discover the ins and outs of good sportsmanship, good fun, and good luck in hockey. With engaging text and striking photos, this book will delight young sports fan with some of the best and weirdest practices on the ice and in the stands.

Author : Elliott Smith
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781666346633

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Hockey's Best Traditions and Weirdest Superstitions by Elliott Smith Pdf

Going to a hockey game? Don't leave before the handshake line. And if you're in Detroit, be sure to buy an octopus before the game. But first, hit the ice to discover the ins and outs of good sportsmanship, good fun, and good luck in hockey. With engaging text and striking photos, this book will delight young sports fan with some of the best and weirdest practices on the ice and in the stands.

Author : Laurel Zeisler
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-19
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780810878631

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Historical Dictionary of Ice Hockey by Laurel Zeisler Pdf

The earliest forms of ice hockey developed over the centuries in numerous cold weather countries. In the 17th century, a game similar to hockey was played in Holland known as kolven. But the modern sport of ice hockey arose from the efforts of college students and British soldiers in eastern Canada in the mid-19th century. Since then, ice hockey has moved from neighborhood lakes and ponds to international competitions, such as the Summit Series and the Winter Olympics. Historical Dictionary of Ice Hockey traces the history and evolution of hockey in general, as well as individual topics, from their beginnings to the present, through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary has more than 600 cross-referenced entries on the players, general managers, managers, coaches, and referees, as well as entries for teams, leagues, rules, and statistical categories. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about ice hockey.

Author : Will Graves
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781680772746

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Oddest Superstitions of All Time by Will Graves Pdf

This title explores the quirks and oddities of some of the biggest names and lesser-known figures in the world of sports, from the player who ate chicken before every game to the coach who chewed on towels on the sidelines. The title also features informative sidebars, a glossary, and further resources. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.

Author : Irene Punt
Publisher : Scholastic Canada
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10
Category : Fortune
ISBN : 9781443142786

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Hockey Luck by Irene Punt Pdf

What do you do when your hockey luck runs out? It's a new season for the Glenlake Hawks. It seems everyone but Tom has a hockey superstition or good luck charm. Mark eats pizza before a game; Harty dresses in a certain order; Stuart wears NHL Band-Aids and Jordan never washes his socks. Even Dad has a superstition: not shaving when the Calgary Flames play. Tom is in a funk because he doesn't have his old jersey, number 15, which brought him his good luck in the past. Now he wears number 5 and it is giving him bad luck, including no goals. Tom and his friends set out to find him a new good luck charm, but nothing seems to work! Is Tom stuck being unlucky? Or does luck have nothing to do with it?

Author : Stuart A. Vyse
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199996926

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Believing in Magic by Stuart A. Vyse Pdf

In this fully updated edition of Believing in Magic, renowned superstition expert Stuart Vyse investigates our tendency towards these irrational beliefs.

Author : Roy MacGregor
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781770494176

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Peril at the World's Biggest Hockey Tournament by Roy MacGregor Pdf

The Screech Owls have come to Ottawa, the capital of Canada, to play in the world’s biggest minor league hockey tournament — more than 500 teams gathering from all over the world! Little does Nish realize, as he befriends the hilarious, daring mascot, that he is about to embark on the most terrifying adventure of his lifetime.

Author : Doug Sylvester
Publisher : Rainbow Horizons Publishing
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781553196068

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Hockey Hoopla: The Sequel by Doug Sylvester Pdf

Your students will enjoy the engaging activities all related to hockey designed for all levels. Although language arts concepts provide the major focus for the unit, other activities ranging from math to art are sure to keep students motivated. Some activities include “Player Profiles”, “Rookie Cards” with line graphs, “Goalie Mask Art”, and “Players Around the World”. Teachers may wish to teach the unit all at once over a short, three-week period or use the activities throughout the year. This Language Arts lesson provides a series of activities ranging from Parts of Speech, Math Facts, Logo Design to Pictograms. Also included are activities on spelling, handwriting, crossword, word search and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

Author : ELLIOTT. SMITH
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1666346675

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HOCKEY'S BEST TRADITIONS AND WEIRDEST SUPERSTITIONS by ELLIOTT. SMITH Pdf

Author : Tim Delaney,Tim Madigan
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476682372

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The Sociology of Sports by Tim Delaney,Tim Madigan Pdf

This third edition takes a fresh approach to the study of sport, presenting key concepts such as socialization, race, ethnicity, gender, economics, religion, politics, deviance, violence, school sports and sportsmanship. While providing a critical examination of athletics, this text also highlights many of sports' positive features. This new edition includes significantly updated statistics, data and information along with updated popular culture references and real-world examples. Newly explored is the impact of several major world events that have left lasting effects on the sports realm, including a global pandemic (SARS-CoV-2, or Covid-19) and social movements like Black Lives Matter and Me Too. Another new topic is the "pay for play" movement, wherein college athletes demanded greater compensation and, at the very least, the right to profit from their own names, images and likenesses.

Author : C. Ashok
Publisher : Gyan Publishing House
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Physical education and training
ISBN : 8178353369

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Sports web encyclopaedia by C. Ashok Pdf

Author : Roy MacGregor
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307357427

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Wayne Gretzky's Ghost by Roy MacGregor Pdf

Roy MacGregor has been called "the best hockey writer in the country," and we finally have a collection of his very best hockey writing, revised and updated. For nearly 40 years Roy MacGregor has brought hockey, our national sport, alive on the page. From tales of the game's greats (Guy Lafleur, Jean Beliveau, Marcel Dionne) to today's stars (Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, Daniel and Henrik Sedin), his magazine and newspaper coverage has revealed so much about these and so many other personalities, in moments of promise, victory and defeat. While many of these stories play out on the ice, some of the most compelling take place on the home front (Mario Lemieux's battle against cancer, the many tribulations of Bob Gainey), and MacGregor's prose shines especially when focused on the human side of a sport defined by superhuman feats of speed, aggression and power. Wayne Gretzky's Ghost is a personal book, and also a book of challenging ideas: that Wayne Gretzky, through no fault of his own, was the worst thing to happen to hockey; that CBC's Hockey Night in Canada has lost sight of what it is; that goaltending has become a position out of all proportion to what was intended. And who could offer a better perspective on the game than a writer who, playing as a youngster, had to face an onrushing phenom from Parry Sound named Bobby Orr, or who spent a year ghostwriting a national newspaper column for the Great One himself? When it comes to hockey, Roy MacGregor has seen (and in some cases, done) it all.

Author : Greg Oliver,Richard Kamchen
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781770905849

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Goaltenders' Union, The by Greg Oliver,Richard Kamchen Pdf

A fresh, comprehensive, and entertaining take on hockey goalies In hockey, goalies have always been a contradiction - solitary men in a team game, the last line of defence and the stalwarts expected to save the day after any and every miscue and collapse from his teammates. It's no wonder that anyone who played the position has had his sanity questioned; yet some of the biggest innovations in the game have come from its puckstoppers. In The Goaltenders' Union, Greg Oliver and Richard Kamchen talk to more than 60 keepers of yesterday and today, finding common threads to their stories, and in dozens of interviews about them with other coaches and players. From Gilles "Gratoony the Loony" Gratton, who refused to play because the moon was out of alignment with Jupiter, to Jonathan Quick, the athletically gifted master keeper of today's game, the book is an entertaining and enlightening peek behind the mask.

Author : Murry R. Nelson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1678 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-23
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780313397530

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American Sports [4 volumes] by Murry R. Nelson Pdf

America loves sports. This book examines and details the proof of this fascination seen throughout American society—in our literature, film, and music; our clothing and food; and the iconography of the nation. This momentous four-volume work examines and details the cultural aspects of sport and how sport pervasively reflects—and affects—myriad aspects of American society from the early 1900s to the present day. Written in a straightforward, readable manner, the entries cover both historical and contemporary aspects of sport and American culture. Unlike purely historical encyclopedias on sports, the contributions within these volumes cover related subject matter such as poetry, novels, music, films, plays, television shows, art and artists, mythologies, artifacts, and people. While this encyclopedia set is ideal for general readers who need information on the diverse aspects of sport in American culture for research purposes or are merely reading for enjoyment, the detailed nature of the entries will also prove useful as an initial source for scholars of sport and American culture. Each entry provides a number of both print and online resources for further investigation of the topic.