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Bryan — 2010-03-12T11:56:44-05:00

International hockey results in which NHL players competed:

1976 CanadaCup: Canada
1981 CanadaCup: USSR
1984 CanadaCup: Canada
1987 CanadaCup: Canada
1991 CanadaCup: Canada
1996 World Cup: USA
1998 Olympics : Czech Republic
2002 Olympics : Canada
2004 World Cup: Canada
2006 Olympics : Sweden
2010 Olympics : Canada

Go Winterboks!

chrisdye — 2009-08-24T16:11:09-04:00

The first ever African Nations Cup of Ice Hockey will be taking place from September 19-26 in Johannesburg, South Africa, between Algeria (who are fresh off their first ever victory against a French Division II team), South Africa (who I witnessed lose all of their games in the IIHF Div. IIB World Championships last May) and Morocco (who I know nothing about).
I will let you know exciting details as they are made available!

Swiss Dis

dye! — 2009-04-27T06:11:46-04:00

The IIHF Power Rankings are an entertaining way to follow the IIHF World Hockey Championship without having to watch any of the games. They are basically smart-alecky tweets about each team, updated every day or two.

Bulgarian women's hockey isn't all it's cracked up to be

chrisdye — 2009-03-04T21:19:57-05:00

How did I not hear about this?

Bulgaria gives up 139 shots on goal in 82-0 women's hockey loss

Over Easter, I will be attending the Level II B Ice Hockey World Championships, in Bulgaria itself! As I wrote previously, South Africa qualified for this tournament by beating Mongolia last year. Can they compete with the likes of Mexico and South Korea, so as to not come last and be relegated back to Level III next year? Unlikely! But not for lack of support from me! Go Ice Boks!

We are ready

YvonTripper — 2009-02-13T15:07:28-05:00

It is one year until the Vancouver Olympics. To promote Radio Free Qu�bec's coverage of the Games, we have prepared this promotional video.

On a personal note, I am somewhat disappointed that Vancouver has not produced a cheesy song to celebrate the 1-year-to-go mark, as Beijing did:

The Olympics without a cheesy song celebrating every milestone of preparation is not really the Olympics, if you ask me.

And you thought the Phoenix Cayotes had a low budget...

chrisdye — 2009-02-02T14:09:30-05:00

The New Zealand Ice Blacks perform the Haka

chrisdye — 2008-11-30T07:53:17-05:00

Also, gingerbreadmen performing the haka:

No Swedish Hockey Players

vinny9 — 2008-06-23T11:24:30-04:00

In your face, Mongolia!

chrisdye — 2008-04-14T18:40:01-04:00

South Africa beat Mongolia 12-4 to win the silver medal in the International Ice Hockey Division III World Champions.

South Africa also beat Greece, Turkey and Luxembourg, before finally falling to those dirty Commies from North Korea . They therefore are promoted to Division II next year, to face powerhouses like Belgium, Serbia and Spain.

Melt Bryan's Head

vinny9 — 2007-10-16T16:23:20-04:00

Economist analyzes NHL stats from 2006-2007

There's a bunch of stuff at the site.

Worst team wins!

chrisdye — 2007-09-17T13:04:02-04:00

I have created a fantasy hockey league where the worst team wins. You get bonus points for penalty minutes, negative plus-minus, faceoff losses, lost games and goals against, but penalized for scoring goals, winning games or getting shutouts.

If you would like to join, please click here.

Empty not goal

chrisdye — 2007-01-05T18:53:51-05:00

Join my hockey pool

dustin — 2006-09-28T01:45:50-04:00

Somebody in the Lux Forums started a fantasy hockey league, and we need a few more people to play.

You put together a team through a draft. We're doing autodraft, so you don't even have to be there -- it'll just draft according to how you rank the players, or if you dont rank the players, it has a very good pre-ranking based on last season's results.

Each team accrues statistics in 10 basic areas throughout the season, and you trade/adjust your team as necessary.

If you want to play, come join the league.
League ID: 54556
Password: dustin

HOWTO make your own devil sticks

dustin — 2006-07-31T04:51:47-04:00

This article describes the simple process of how to make your own Devil Sticks. The only materials you need are wood dowels and hockey tape, and it should take well under an hour.

MATERIALS:
- Wooden dowels: 4 feet of 5/16" diameter and 2 feet of 1/2"
- Hockey tape: one roll (more for colors)
- A saw to cut the dowels.

Get this stuff at a hardware store (or maybe a sports store for the hockey tape if you don't live in Canada).

STEP 1: Saw vs Dowels
Cut the thick dowel to be 2 feet long. This will be the middle devil stick.

You need to cut 2 pieces of the thinner dowel, the same length. Recommended: 20-24 inches long. (shown above - note I have 2 thick dowel pieces when only 1 is required).

STEP 2: Sticky Tubes

Pull down a long roll of tape (don't cut it).

Spin the roll so the tape rolls into a tube. Sticky-side out.

Wrap the sticky tube along the thick dowel as shown. Cut it off at the end.

Repeat this a second time, but reverse the direction so the 2 sticky tubes intersect regularly.

STEP 3: Exterior Tape
Wrap the thick dowel with one big piece of tape, only cutting off at the end. You can still just stretch the tape away from its spool a little at a time.

STEP 4: End Weights
Wrap some bulbs of extra tape on each end of the middle stick. This provides counter-weight for the devil stick in the air. You don't need too much, start small and test it out.

STEP 5: Hand Stick Exterior Tape
Repeat the exterior tape step on both of the hand-sticks. EXCEPT make sure to make small bumps as you tape. Vary the angle you wrap around to get these. This gives you increased friction and better handling.

STEP 6: Rock your Devil Sticks
Here's a grainy video of mine in action:

PS: Thanks to my bro for teaching me this years ago.

More From The Objective and Accurate Pages of Wikipedia

goodladd — 2006-07-09T11:59:17-04:00

Seen, honest-to-God, on Wikipedia:

Go see for yourself, before someone notices and fixes it!

Free Canadiens Tickets

dustin — 2005-11-13T19:59:53-05:00

After looking at ticket information for the Montreal Canadiens it seems like all the cheap tickets are sold out at least until the end of December. Too bad, since I would like to go see a game. You think I could get cheap tickets from a scalper by showing up at the Bell Centre half an hour after a game has started?

One thing I did stumble upon was a weekly free ticket offer the Canadiens are running. Every week they are giving away 250 pairs of tickets. I signed myself up, and you might want to as well. If you win take me!

Hockey rule changes

dustin — 2005-07-23T20:00:48-04:00

The hockey contract dispute has finally been settled. The players eventually caved and agreed to a salary cap. I think that's probably best for the sport, so huzzah.

The NHL just announced a whole bunch of rule changes for next season. They want to increase the offensive flourishes and open play, and I think that's super. Here are a few changes that struck my eye:

- Following a scoreless five-minute overtime, three players from each team participate in a shootout.

- Two-line passes will now be legal. The centre-red line will be ignored for off-side purposes.

- The blue-lines will be moved closer together to create an additional four feet in each of the offensive zones.

- The goal-lines will be moved two feet, to 11 feet from the end boards.

- A team that ices the puck cannot make a line change prior to the ensuing face-off.

- Goalies may play the puck behind the goal-line only in a trapezoid-shaped area defined by lines that begin six feet from either goal post and extend diagonally to points 28 feet apart at the end boards.

Here's the full rule change list. It looks like they are pulling out all the stops and taking the lost season as an attempt to start out fresh. The changes look like they will create a game with less stoppages and more rushes. I'm all for 'em.

Via Whimsy Inc.

2 out of 2 so far

dustin — 2004-04-20T23:18:14-04:00

Both Montreal and Toronto have made it through into the next round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. This is tr�s good. The next round will be much harder though. Tampa Bay for Montreal and Philly for Toronto. I am hoping that one of them make it through. If they both did then they would get to play each other. That would be something alright.

And Ottawa really needs to get a good goalie for next year.

hockey

dustin — 2003-04-23T03:15:19-04:00

Before I go to bed I feel the need to mourn the passage of the Toronto Maple Leafs, who were eliminated from the playoffs tonight. It was pretty sad too, they lost 6-1. I still think not re-signing Cujo was a big mistake. Although he let the Red Wings get swept (by Anaheim of all teams) he was a perfect match with the leafs.

The Avalanche were also eliminated by Minnesota (which was another huge upset). My allegiance now goes to the Vancouver Canucks.