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Re: the recent World Jewish Hockey Tournament in Israel
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The State of Israel has managed to send national teams to Junior and Senior International Ice Hockey Federation Championships for the past decade, despite the fact that it has only one regulation rink in the entire country. The ice surface, built by Canadian patrons, is [...]
Jews on ice? Nice.
You’ve probably gleaned my baseball bias within this blog, but — credit where credit is due — five of the eight Jews in the NHL will see their season continue, atvleast for a little while.
Mike Brown (Anaheim Ducks); Mike Cammalleri and Eric Nystrom (Calgary Flames); Eric Fehr (Washington Capitals); and Mathie Schneider (Montreal Canadiens) have [...]
The “Frozen” Chosen
Colby Cohen and Zach Cohen — two unrelated members of Boston University’s ice hockey team — made crucial plays to give the school its fifth NCAA championship.
With one minute left to play in regulation and the BU Terriers trailing Miami University (Ohio) 3-1, Zach Cohen, a junior forward, fired a shot to bring his team [...]
Lest we forget: William Davidson
The long-time owner of the Detroit Pistons died March 14 at the age of 86.
Davidson holds the distinction of being the first owner in sports history to win championships in three different professional leagues during one calendar year. In 2003-04, the Pistons won the NBA title, the Detroit Shock took the WNBA crown, and the [...]
Nice work if you can get it
According to an item in Sports Business Journal, Bud Selig is the highest paid sports commissioner, pulling in over $18 million during fiscal year 2007. That’s a 22 percent increase from the previous year.
The PTI wags wondered if this figure was appropriate and decided it was, since baseball set an all-time attendance high. But what [...]
Welcome to the big time, Trevor Smith
The 22-year-old forward made his NHL debut for the New York Islanders on Dec. 31 against the Florida Panthers. His first goal came in his fifth game, on Jan. 8 against the Calgary Flames. (I wonder if they give rookies the puck for that, like baseball players get the ball for their first major league [...]
Here’s your hat, what’s your hurry, Josh Tordjman
Hope that coffee was instant, Josh.
The 23-year-old goalie was called up to the Phoenix Coyotes on Dec. 31 and returned to the San Antonio Rampage of the of the American Hockey League the next day.
Tordjman, a native of Montreal, had three shutouts, a 2.70 goals-against average and a .903 save percentage in 24 games [...]
Better sports through science
No, we’re not talking performance enhancing drugs here. Applied Cognitive Engineering (ACE), an Israeli company, has developed software to help in the mental aspects of basketball and is now in co-development with USA Hockey on a program for that sport. The story is covered in fully by Israel21c.
Parents finally have a reason to encourage kids [...]
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