| Hirsch rejoins U men's hockey team | | Posted Thursday, November 23, 2006 1:11:04 PM by Blog57 Team | | Senior forward Tyler Hirsch returned to practice with the University of Minnesota men's hockey team Wednesday after resolving an academic issue and said he's looking forward to playing in this weekend's College Hockey Showcase series against Michigan State and Michigan. Gophers coach Don Lucia called it "a difficult decision" to bench Hirsch for last weekend's series against Wisconsin because he had fallen behind in school, but said, "We have a plan to get him all caught up here in the next couple of weeks." Hirsch skated on a line with Jim O'Brien and Tony Lucia on Wednesday as the top-ranked Gophers prepared to play sixth-ranked Michigan State on Friday and seventh-ranked Michigan Saturday. Both games scheduled for 7:07 p.m. at Mariucci Arena. Michigan defeated Michigan State 2-1 Tuesday night in Ann Arbor, Mich.... | |
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| | | GAC women s hockey team defeats No. 4 UW-Superior | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:24:53 AM by Blog57 Team | | Six different players scored goals for Gustavus Adolphus Tuesday in a 6-2 nonconference women's hockey win over No. 4-ranked UW-Superior in St. Peter. GAC women's hockey team defeats No. 4 UW-Superior The Free Press ST PETER — Six different players scored goals for Gustavus Adolphus Tuesday in a 6-2 nonconference women's hockey win over No. 4-ranked UW-Superior in St. Peter. .... | |
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| | | UW hockey: Denver shuts out Badgers | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 7:40:42 AM by Blog57 Team | | There was an unusually long wait between the final horn and the moment University of Wisconsin men's hockey coach Mike Eaves made his way to the Kohl Center media room Friday night. Eaves spent 30 minutes or so in the UW dressing room taking the psychological pulse of his players. He felt some negative energy swirling around and wanted to harness it before it got out of control. This was after the seventh- ranked Badgers endured a 2-0 Western Collegiate Hockey Association loss to Denver before a crowd of 13,684. This was after UW (4-5-2 overall, 3-3-1 in league play) fell under .500 for the first time since October 2003. .... | |
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| | | Hockey: Pak coach happy with Asiad squad | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 3:16:17 PM by Blog57 Team | | Karachi, Nov 8: Pakistan's hockey coach Shahnaz Sheikh is upbeat about the future of the national hockey team after selectors made eight changes in the squad announced for the Asian Games to be held in Doha from December 1 to 15.The Pakistan Hockey Federation dropped experienced players like captain Mohammad Saqlain, Wasim Ahmed, Sohail Abbas, Dilawar Hussain and Ghazanfar Ali after they skipped the national training camp, preferring to play league hockey abroad instead in return of professional fees.The selectors also made three other changes which Shahnaz said were necessary if Pakistan was to launch a serious challenge in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing."You look at neighbouring India they are also making changes and going for new faces. South Korea has been experimenting with some new players for a while now.... | |
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| | | Hockey: Double duty for Nurul | | Posted Thursday, November 02, 2006 7:11:55 AM by Blog57 Team | | KUALA LUMPUR: Young Nurul Nadia Mohd Mokhtar will have to shoulder a heavy responsibility in the women's hockey team for the Doha Asian Games. The 18-year-old Penangite, who only resumed training in August after being out of action for seven months to recover from a knee surgery, will not only marshal the defence but will also have to play a key role to deliver goals from penalty corners. Nurul boasts of having a good record in scoring penalty corner goals. She has scored 20 goals with direct hits in 35 international matches. Seven of them were scored in her first senior international tournament at the Indira Ghandi tournament in 2003. Its not going to be easy for me to play a dual role in the Doha Asian Games. I am a bit rusty after the long layoff. I only joined the team in training two months ago and I am still having trouble to pull my act together, admitted Nurul. She was with the team for a five-match playing tour in Perth last month but said that she was disappointed with her performances. I only scored a penalty corner goal from the three attempts I took against the WAIS (Western Australian Institute of Sports), she said. I am a bit worried ...... | |
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| | | Ice Hockey: Devils look to rise at Phoenix | | Posted Saturday, October 28, 2006 3:46:01 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Echo Cardiff Devils are winning the race to move into a new ice rink home, but only just. The first home match in their new Cardiff Bay home will be on Saturday, December 2, when Newcastle Vipers, whose team includes former Devils goalie Peter Aubry, come to South Wales. This weekend, the Devils hit the road again and take on Manchester Phoenix at their new temporary rink in Deeside. Manchester are waiting for a new rink to be completed in Altrincham and they too are due to move in for their first game early in December. Phoenix don't have a firm date yet, although it is likely to be Saturday, December 9. .... | |
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| | | Canadian junior hockey to introduce drug testing | | Posted Wednesday, October 25, 2006 11:15:48 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Canadian Hockey League, responsible for grooming many NHL players, will begin drug testing junior hockey players in January 2007. The CHL and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport announced an agreement to develop and adopt an anti-doping policy during a news conference Wednesday in Toronto. "We have a responsibility to our players and the Canadian public," said David Branch, CHL president and commissioner of the Ontario Hockey League. "The CHL strongly believes that the health and safety of our players is vital to maintaining a strong and vibrant league that is doping free." Players in the Western and Ontario hockey leagues will be subject to drug testing later this season after they are educated about the policy. For the past two years, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has had a drug-testing policy and served as a test case for the CHL.... | |
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| | | Commentary: Hockey hits the political arena | | Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 7:11:31 PM by Blog57 Team | | It's election time all across North America, and in Canada hockey is being brought into the fray. Former Montreal goaltender Ken Dryden is running for the leadership of the Liberal Party, and in a recent speech he compared Philadelphia's Broad Street Bullies of the 1970s to the Tory Party today; that is, just as those Flyers were bad for hockey, he said, the Tories are bad for Canada. .... | |
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| | | Field Hockey Roundup: Miller, Newton edge Kittatinny | | Posted Thursday, October 19, 2006 7:16:40 PM by Blog57 Team | | Amanda Miller scored in the first round of strokes and again in the second round to spur Newton to a 2-1 victory over Kittatinny in Sussex County Interscholastic field hockey action on Wednesday. Miller and Kittatinny's Alex Polizzo connected in the first round of the one and ones. Miller converted again in the second round. Devon Westra gave Newton (14-1) a 1-0 lead 2:30 into the first period, The Cougars tied it up 9:49 into the second half on Maxine Mitjans' goal. After one overtime, the game went into strokes. Newton goalie Dani Jones finished with 11 saves. Kelly McCaskill had seven for the Cougars (6-8). It was the second shootout for Newton this season. On Sept. 22, the Braves prevailed 2-1 over Lenape Valley in strokes. Newton 2, Kittatinny 1 (shootout) Newton 1 0 1 - 2 Kittatinny 0 1 0 - 1 Goals: Devon Westra (N), Maxine Mitjans (K).... | |
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| | | Hockey goalkeeper racing against time to win berth for Asiad | | Posted Monday, October 16, 2006 7:16:28 PM by Blog57 Team | | KUALA LUMPUR: Hockey goalkeeper S. Kumar is racing against time to recover from a hamstring injury - which he picked up in training two weeks ago - to win a berth for the Asiad. The 27-year-old was cleared to resume full training last week but he has not featured in any of the friendly matches against the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS). The doctor at the National Sports Institute (NSI) had advised the team not to field Kumar in a match just yet. Coach Wallace Tan said that they still had four matches against China next month to test Kumar. Kumar will have to fight hard to retain his status as the number one goalkeeper of the team. The other two goalkeeeper fighting for places in the final squad of 16 for the Doha Asian Games in December are Mohamed Khairul Nizam and Roslan Jamaluddin. I am disappointed over not being able to play in the matches against the AIS.... | |
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