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Accused Coach Found Dead
by Paul on 02/10/12 at 03:56 PM ET
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from Teresa Masterson of NBC 10 Philadelphia,
Ukrainian hockey coach Ivan Pravilov, who trained teens and professionals in the Philadelphia area, was found dead in his jail cell Friday, an officials told the Associated Press.
Authorities suspect suicide.
Pravilov, a mentor to several NHL and college players including former Flyer (an current New Jersey Devil) Dainius Zubrus, was arrested in mid-January for having sexual contact with a teenage boy in who attended his hockey clinics, authorities say.
The alleged fondling happened in Pravilov’s Philadelphia apartment, officials say.
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Video- Who Knew Alexander Radulov Had Such A Powerful Backhand?
by Paul on 02/01/12 at 03:33 PM ET
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Puck Daddy with the details…
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Video- Craig MacTavish Loves Coaching
by Paul on 01/26/12 at 01:44 PM ET
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Do you think he will get another NHL head coaching job?
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Abusing The Amateur Ref
by Paul on 01/24/12 at 10:25 PM ET
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from Tom Blackwell of the National Post,
Many amateur hockey referees have been in games where the officials lost control because of aggressive play, suggests a new study that takes a novel look at violence in the sport.
Almost half the hundreds of officials surveyed by medical researchers at the University of Toronto said they had been victims of physical violence themselves, from cross-checks to the head, to a fan’s sucker punch, to an attack by an irate parent after the game, according to the just-published paper.
The authors say their study is the first to examine hockey safety from a referee’s perspective, and conclude that officials may need more authority and support to maintain order on the ice and prevent concussions and other injuries. The researchers stopped short, however, of endorsing one respondent’s proposal: banning parents and fans from minor-league games altogether.
“Referees suggest that they are both physically and verbally abused,” the paper in the Canadian Journal of Sports Medicine notes. “This potential lack of respect and hostility for referees from coaches, parents and fans creates an environment that may put all on-ice participants at higher risk for injury.”
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Michigan High School Coaches Fired For Talent Show
by Paul on 01/13/12 at 06:41 PM ET
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from Julie Banovic of WXYT,
The varsity hockey season for Howell High School has been canceled until further notice after the district fired three of their coaches on Thursday for claims of hazing.
The choice to fire the coaches has outraged many parents and students. Many of the players and their families showed up at a restaurant in Howell to show their support for the man they still call coach.
Just like the prayer they said at the restaurant is a tradition at their hockey games, recently fired Head Coach Randy Montrose said that the talent show was a tradition for his players at an annual tournament in the U.P. during a trip sponsored by Howell High School.
“I don’t feel that I’ve done anything wrong with these boys at all, and I think everyone one of them here would tell you the same thing,” said Randy Montrose, the head coach who was fired.
But the Howell Superintendent and other school officials called it hazing after someone showed them pictures of the players dressed up in women’s clothing during the talent show. The district fired all three varsity coaches.
continued and video story below…
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The Frozen Diamond Faceoff
by Paul on 01/12/12 at 11:03 AM ET
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from Chris Brown (Michigan player) at Slap Shot,
This Sunday at Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians, the Wolverines of Michigan will be capping a weekend series with the Buckeyes of Ohio State in the Frozen Diamond Faceoff. With all the pressures of this series (the first game is Friday in Columbus), I’m here to provide some comic relief about our team and past experiences of playing outdoors.
As some of you may know I’m from Flower Mound, Tex., the new hockey hotbed of the United States, but I’m not the only “Texan” on the team this year. The assistant coach Brian Wiseman is our newest addition to the team and has brought a little piece of Houston, Tex., with him. He is the former assistant of the Houston Aeros as well as a graduate from the University of Michigan in 1994.
We have acquired nine freshmen this season, mostly hailing from Ontario and Michigan, with the odd ball, Mike Chiasson, from Las Vegas. A couple of the Canadian boys are pretty stereotypical. Alex Guptil has the heavy accent, and Phil Di Giuseppe can’t stop taping his stick. The outdoor game should bring back some old memories of growing up playing on the pond.
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He’s Just A Hockey Player
by Paul on 01/11/12 at 03:41 PM ET
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from Jeff Z. Klein of Slap Shot,
Puck Buddys, the gay hockey blog that recently celebrated its one-year anniversary as the site “for boys who like boys who like hockey,” has begun a new series of posts that exemplify why it has become an important trailblazer in the game’s cybersphere.
Called “The Thin Blue Line: A High School D-Man’s Story,” the posts chronicle conversations with Zach, a gay player on a top-level high school team in the Upper Midwest. Zach is a pseudonym; he has not come out, although according to the blog “he may choose to be more public” as the season progresses. Over the next few weeks, he’ll talk about what it’s like to be a gay player and what the first N.H.L. player to come out might face.
But what is notable about the first post in the series is how little Zach says about being a gay player; in fact, he says nothing about it, speaking instead about the fun and camaraderie of growing up playing hockey, and the sense of dedication he has developed toward it.
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NHL Draft May Begin Heavy On the Defensive Side
by Paul on 01/11/12 at 11:21 AM ET
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from Mike Morreale of NHL.com,
If defense really does win championships, then NHL scouts and general managers should feel rather fortunate since the 2012 NHL Draft will be loaded with high-caliber prospects along the back end.
The last time as many as five defensemen were among the top 10 players selected in the opening round of the draft was 1996, when six were chosen. There’s a good chance that could be equaled in Round 1 this June 22 at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.
At least that’s what NHL Central Scouting believes based on its midterm release Wednesday, as seven of the top 10 North American players listed happen to star along the blue line.
continued with all the mid-season rankings…
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How To Fix The Fake Injury?
by Paul on 01/09/12 at 09:20 AM ET
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from Eric Francis of the Calgary Sun,
Rene Fasel didn’t mince his words when asked about the fake injuries that peppered the world junior hockey championship in Calgary and Edmonton.
“It’s the European illness,” said the International Ice Hockey Federation president as amused Hockey Canada president Bob Nicholson chimed in with, “I like that question.”
“It’s a culture question,” Fasel continued. “You know football — soccer — is big, and (injuries are a) part of the game.”
Does it embarrass him as much as it bothers Canadian fans who booed most European players for their theatrics?
“What can we do?” Fasel asked.
continued and more hockey topics…
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Remove The Cage In College?
by Paul on 01/08/12 at 09:54 AM ET
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from Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe,
Paul Kelly, executive director of Newton-based College Hockey Inc., noted that the NCAA has begun to explore whether to scale back face and head protection to half-visors, at the option of individual players. Among those making presentations at a recent meeting on the issue were Boston University’s Jack Parker, Michigan’s Red Berenson, Notre Dame’s Jeff Jackson, and Kelly. “The main thrust of the argument by the proponents,’’ said Kelly, “is that the game will be safer once the full cage is removed. Players will play with less recklessness and with improved visibility to help see and avoid hits.’’ The downside is that the risk of eye injury with a full cage is zero, and half-visors, though effective, are not risk-free.
continue for a few more hockey notes…
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