MTSU Ice Hockey

Canada won the gold medal. The world already knew about that. But here is one light yet interesting story from the final match of Men’s Hockey 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. The hero of the day, Sidney Crosby, lost his hockey stick and glove. And even though Hockey Canada has done everything it can to recover the items, they are still missing until now.

How did it all happen? Well, right after the winning goal, all the equipment men rushed into the ice to celebrate the victory. They started to herd all the helmets, gloves, and stick to the Canadian bench. It was definitely a mess back then. When the celebration was over, the coaches scooped out the gears and put them in the Canadian’s dressing room hallway. But we know then that there were two gears never went back to their owner.

Regarding their owner and the special triumphal moment the glove and stick have been through, Hockey Hall of Fame vice-president Phil Pritchard said that the gear have raised their financial worth by now. This of course raises a speculation that those two items were stolen. However, with the spreading news right now, Scott Salmond, Hockey Canada’s director of the men’s national team, urged whoever possess the glove and the stick to return it since obviously the person won’t be able to brag about them or sell them. Let’s just wait and see if this humble advice will work.

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The Ice Hockey Equipment

Ice hockey requires special equipment. The ice hockey stick is slightly less curved than the routine hockey stick and may be made of wood or a high-tech composite material. Ice hockey players use special skates, which have blade grips to facilitate contact with the ice. Wearing safety gear is the law. Professional players may be excused from wearing mouth guards, but young players and collegiate-level players are obliged by law to wear them.

Ice hockey players should wear shoulder pads, shin and elbow guards and knee guards. Ice hockey gloves are more thickly padded than regular hockey gloves. New to Ice Hockey or thinking about starting? Hockey ice skates are the most important piece of equipment to get the best match for your feet and your wallet. If you have poor skates, you will struggle to skate well and you will fight the skates while you are on the ice. Next up is your first hockey stick. The list goes like this: shin guards, hockey jill or hockey jock, hockey pants, check guard, elbow pads, gloves and a helmet. Thinner is better on the skate socks.