ALL of Alexander Ovechkin’s goals during the 2007-2008 NHL hockey season, INCLUDING his two goals scored at the All-Star Game. Thank you everyone for your all your comments and high ratings! Because of you, I have received my first honors! #57 – Most Discussed (Today) – Sports #48 – Top Favorites (Today) – Sports #36 – Top Rated (Today) – Sports (those numbers could have been lower but I never checked how low they went) I received a confirmation from ratgirl46 that goal #19 in this video (2:32 to 2:35) is not the correct goal. ratgirl46 said: “Two goals didn’t count for the Caps that game. One Ovie goal that he kicked in and a Green goal that was tapped in after the buzzer sounded. But even then Ovie had 2 goals. His 18th in the first and his 19th in the 3rd.”
Rocket Power – Typhoid Sam (Fiji Flu) [Part 1 of 2]
September 2nd, 2010 by admin No comments »When Sam gets the Fiji Flu, he starts passing it on the other kids, while he gets better. Will the team be well in time for the hockey playoffs?
Insane Hockey (NHL) Goals ( Dekes, Shootout, Falling, One Timer) Awesome Compilation
September 1st, 2010 by admin No comments »Music : Preliator by Globus – Players List In Order – - Rick Nash : Columbus Blue Jackets ( 0:00 – 0:06 ) – Jonathan Toews – Chicago Blackhawks (0:07-0:14) – Steve Yzerman – Detroit Red Wings ( 0:15 – 0:19 ) – Pavel Datsyuk – Detroit Red Wings ( 0:20 – 0:25 ) – Ilya Kovalchuk – Atlanta Thrashers ( 0:26 – 0:36 ) – Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins ( 0:37 – 0:45 ) – Mike Ribeiro – Dallas Stars ( 0:46 – 0:56 ) – Johan Franzen – Detroit Red Wings ( 0:57 – 1:02 ) – Marian Hossa – Swedish Eliteserien ( 1:02 – 1:10 ) – Sidney Crosby – Pittsburgh Penguins ( 1:10 – 1:14 ) – Alexander Ovechkin-Washington Capitals1:15-1:24 – Alexander Semin-Washington Capitals(1:25-1:28) – Jussi Jokinen – Dallas Stars ( 1:29 – 1:34 ) – Jason Spezza – Ottawa Senators ( 1:34 – 1:38 ) – Marian Hossa – Detroit Red Wings ( 1:39 – 1:46 ) – Evgeni Malkin – Russian Superliga ( 1:47 – 1:51 ) – Alexander Semin -Washington Capitals(1:51-1:58 ) – Alexander Ovechkin-Washington Capitals1:59-2:01 – Evgeni Malkin – Pittsburgh Penguins ( 2:02 – 2:10 ) – Steve Yzerman – Detroit Red Wings ( 2:11 – 2:20 ) – Patrick Kane – Chicago Blackhawks ( 2:21 – 2:25 ) – Scott Pellerin – New Jersey Devils ( 2:25 – 2:29 ) – Vincent Lecavalier-Tampa Bay Lightning(2:29-2:32) – Sam Gagner – Edmonton Oilers ( 2:32 – 2:38 ) – Jonathan Toews – Chicago Blackhawks (2:39-2:43) – Valeri Kamensky – Colorado Avalanche(2:43-2:48) – Alexander Semin – Washington Capitals(2:48-2:53) – Marek Malik – New York Rangers ( 2:53 – 2:58 ) – Wayne Gretzky …
Opening a Small Business
August 30th, 2010 by admin No comments »
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If you are thinking about opening a small business, we have outlined the steps you can take and some things to think about along the way. While every new small business owner hopes and expects to be successful in their endeavor, small businesses can be very vulnerable to certain factors that may include a bad economy, poor marketing, and increased competition. In fact, the failure rate of small businesses tends to be very high (up to 90%) in the first ten years of any new venture. However, careful planning and a willingness to adjust your course along the way can greatly improve your chances for success.
Steps for Small Business Success
Once you have come up with your small business idea, implementing the following steps can help you weather the inevitable storms along the way:
Define your goals- Knowing exactly what you want out of your business in terms of your personal and professional intentions is a good first step. It can help to actually write down your goals for the business and how you plan to achieve them. A frequent review of this document can help you remain focused.
Develop your sales and marketing strategy- The next step is in planning how you will communicate your business intentions and value to your potential customers. You should consider all of the various means of advertising available to you and decide which will be the most effective in reaching your target market.
Analyze your budget- A breakdown of your fixed costs can help you to plan for the coming months. For example, looking at your monthly rent or lease payments, wages, utility costs, etc. and comparing these with your available capital can help you remain realistic regarding your growth opportunities. Consulting with an accountant on these issues is often a good idea.
Stay Flexible- A small business environment can be quite dynamic, so owners are encouraged to be ready for and adaptable to change. Setting aside funds for unexpected changes and demands and staying current regarding industry trends and the availability of new technology is always recommended.
Steve and his company build database software for business and personal use, including a business database software product.
The Best Moment In Hockey History
August 29th, 2010 by admin No comments »Joe Sakic gives Ray Bourque the Stanley Cup.
Girls Hockey – Body Checking Battle
August 28th, 2010 by admin No comments »
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The issue of body-checking in girls hockey always sparks a heated debate. Those who support putting full checking back into women’s hockey believe that this will teach girls to play with their heads up and prevent a lot of the serious injuries that are happening out on the ice from both accidental and intentional contact. But would adding body checking back into female hockey make it safer for players or would it do more harm than good?
I personally don’t believe that body checking should be added back into the female game, but I do think that girls hockey players need to be taught how to take a hit properly, as well as how to initiate body contact properly. Girls are getting hit and getting hurt because of their inability to protect themselves from body contact and something needs to be done.
Playing “Heads-Up” Hockey
Girls need to learn how to play “heads-up” hockey and putting body checking back into the game seems like the easiest way to teach this skill to players. Once a player gets run over in mid-ice or gets the wind knocked out of her from a bone-crushing check against the boards, she will “learn” to keep her head up to protect herself. While I don’t entirely disagree with this “trial by fire” way of teaching players to protect themselves, the reality is that the majority of injuries in girls’ hockey are happening from incidental contact and are not due to intentional checking. Girls’ hockey players are not getting hurt because their opponents are trying to hip-check them through the boards or lining them up at the blue-line for the big hit. Girls are getting hurt battling for the puck along the boards and in front of the net.
One of the big reason girls are getting hurt by this incidental contact is that they lack the awareness that they are going to get hit. When a men’s hockey player is skating down the ice, he is always thinking, “I am going to get hit”. For girls’ hockey players, this thought rarely crosses their minds. They tend to skate with their heads down, looking and “fishing” for the puck, as opposed to playing the heads-up style of hockey that is critical for survival in the men’s game. If girls aren’t playing with their heads up, they are oblivious to what’s going on around them and aren’t going to be ready for contact.
Playing “heads-up” hockey means that you will be able to see contact coming. Once girls hockey players are aware of the fact that they might get hit, they have 3 options for dealing with contact.
1) Get out of the way: This is always the safest and smartest decision, but there is not always the time and space for this to be possible.
2) Take the full force of the hit: This is the passive option and the most dangerous one. Unfortunately, most girls are not taught how to deal with contact properly and this is the option that they take most often.
3) Initiate contact:
This is the active option and your safest one if you aren’t in a position to be able to avoid the contact entirely. Instead of letting yourself get flattened against the boards, taking a step into the oncoming player and leaning into them will decrease the amount of force that your opponent can deliver with the check. Actively moving into the check will go a long way to protecting girls from sustaining an injury with contact.
We need to educate girls about how they can protect themselves and give them the tools they need to not only survive, but thrive, in the female game. Before girls even step on the ice, they need to be aware that there is going to be contact. Once they are on the ice, they have to play with their heads up to see when contact is coming. And when that contact happens, they have to be ready and actively move into contact instead of being passive.
There is a big difference between teaching girls to play “heads-up” hockey and teaching them how to body check. While bringing body checking back to the women’s game will force girls to be more aware of contact, this change also will make the game more about strength and survival, and less about speed and skill. The girls game is different and the rules are different for a reason. Teach girls how to play with their heads-up, and how to be active instead of passive when it comes to contact, but leave the full body checking to the boys.
To learn more about female-specific hockey player development, get your Free Report: The 6 Secrets of In-Season Success at: http://www.totalfemalehockey.com Coach Kim McCullough, MSc, YCS is a Athletic Development Specialist and founder of Total Female Hockey. In addition to training and coaching girls at all levels of hockey, from novice to the National team, Kim has also played at the highest level of women’s hockey in the world for the last decade. Kim’s female player development websites give the coaches and parents of aspiring young players access to the most up-to-date programs, articles and advice on how to help their players take their game to the next level.
Bataille générale (partie 1) / Pre-game bench-clearing brawl (part 1)
August 27th, 2010 by admin No comments »En mai 1987, lors du 6ème match de la finale de la Conférence Prince-de-Galles entre les Canadiens de Montréal et les Flyers de Philadelphie, une superbe mêlée générale a éclaté avant même le début de la partie. \\\\ May 1987. Before 6th game of Prince of Wales Conference Final between Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers Mon blog: www.dequoi.com/TQH
Stortini vs Nolan Oct 20, 2007
August 26th, 2010 by admin No comments »Zack Stortini vs Owen Nolan from the Oilers at Flames game on Oct 20, 2007. via www.hockeyfights.com
Why Girl Hockey Players Can’t Do Push-Ups
August 25th, 2010 by admin No comments »
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To say that most girls’ hockey players hate push-ups is an understatement. Not only do they hate them, but they are notoriously bad at them too. They either let their hips sag, barely bend their elbows or reach their head down towards the ground in a feeble attempt to get lower. Despite the fact that most girls’ hockey players are horrible at push-ups, the truth is that it’s not their fault. When it comes to being able to do perfect push-ups, the odds are stacked against young female hockey players. But once you know what you are up against, I am going to show you how to beat those odds.
The main reason girls’ hockey players struggle with push-ups is poor posture.
Before we get into how you are going to fix that problem, you have to realize that in order to be able to play hockey well, you need to have bad posture. Think about it – you would never be able to stickhandle to puck far away from your body or reach out to catch bad passes if you were always standing up perfectly straight with your shoulders pulled back. Players have to let their shoulder rolls forward slightly in order to be able to reach for loose pucks and stickhandle effectively.
The problem is that this poor posture is reinforced by the fact that players spend the majority of their day sitting – in class, in front of the computer, and in the car on the way to practice. Hockey players may need to have a certain degree of poor posture to perform well on the ice, but letting it get too bad puts them at risk for serious shoulder injuries and back pain. Girls hockey players need to work on improving their posture off the ice so that they can perform their best on the ice.
Push-ups are a great exercise for improving posture – when they are done properly. Girls’ hockey players tend to rely far too much on their arm strength and not enough on their core strength and stability when doing push-ups. Their lack of core strength and stability can be easily seen by the position of their body throughout the push-up movement. Players either let their butts come way up into the air or they let their hips sag down to the ground – both are indicative of weak core muscles.
To do the perfect push-up:
Your body must be in a perfectly straight line through the entire movement. In order to maintain this position, players must be able to keep their core tight (think about tightening up as though someone was going to punch them in the stomach), squeeze their butts (that one usually gets a few giggles) and squeeze their shoulder blades down and together (like they are trying to squeeze them down into their back pockets). When girls are able to maintain this position as they lower themselves down towards the ground, they take the load off of their “weaker” arm muscles and rely more on their “stronger” chest and core muscles to perform the movement.
Focus on the quality of push-ups instead of the quantity. It doesn’t matter if girls can only do 2 perfect push-ups in the beginning. The point is to get better at them as the season continues and slowly work your way up. It may take a little bit longer to work up to the high numbers when you are doing them right, but your willingness to practice perfect push-ups will be rewarded with increased upper body strength and core stability. This will not only help girls to prevent back and shoulder injuries, it will help them to win battles in the corner, shoot harder and play better.
To learn more about female-specific hockey player development, get your Free Report: The 6 Secrets of In-Season Success at: http://www.totalfemalehockey.com Coach Kim McCullough, MSc, YCS is a Athletic Development Specialist and founder of Total Female Hockey. In addition to training and coaching girls at all levels of hockey, from novice to the National team, Kim has also played at the highest level of women’s hockey in the world for the last decade. Kim’s female player development websites give the coaches and parents of aspiring young players access to the most up-to-date programs, articles and advice on how to help their players take their game to the next level.
