Now that the play in round is finished and the first round starts tonight I have filled out the annual NHL.com playoff bracket.
I have once again fallen for my personal biases and picked the Golden Knights as the champs.
Category: Hockey 🏒
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It’s a big day! Late July is usually a dark time for hockey and I’m more than a bit excited that the NHL has managed to demonstrate some competence in their return to play.
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In honour of @grantisagrant, three years ago today Chris Kunitz broke the Ottawa Senators franchise.
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Today featured a very different morning routine. Usually I watch highlights and read recaps of Hockey games from last night.
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Picked up a case of beer tonight that was branded for “Hockey Parents”. I was not disappointed by the branded Puck inside.
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It’s good that Sportsnet finally acknowledges that Cherry is a problem. That said I won’t believe them, or tune in to their broadcasts again, until they remove him from the air. This weekend was not new behaviour on his part.
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Rural Hockey rinks really have the most welcoming signs
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The way the NHL has spread games out over Saturday’s this season is great! Makes it really easy to enjoy a lazy Saturday.
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2018 Playoffs start tonight and so does my 2018 playoff beard! -
Filled in a bracket for the playoffs and fell heavily for personal bias.Also the idea of the pens beating the caps in round 2 is irresistible.
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axemen vs x-men playoff hockey
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Canadian Sledge Hockey Championship is on in Montreal.
Nova Scotia plays at 2 ADT and 7 ADT.
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two years
time is a funny thing.
two years disappeared in the blink of an eye.
two years seems like a lifetime ago.~~~
the one thing I have learned in the past two years is that no matter what happens you just keep living.
my father taught me that the best way to be alive is when you are helping other people grow.
this is why I teach. this is why I coach.~~~
when I was seven I wanted to play hockey. this was a surprise to no one in my family. my mother grew up playing and eventually coaching hockey. my father volunteered with the local can skate program. playing hockey was the natural progression for me.
unfortunately there was a small “situation” at the beginning of the season. when it was time to purchase my hockey gear mom was away and so the task fell to my father. full credit to him though, he didn’t have any experience with hockey gear but I was fully equipped for my first ice time. he stepped up to the challenge because making sure I had a great experience was the important thing.
this story doesn’t end at that first ice time. buying all my equipment came right down to the last minute and resulted in the purchase of a pair of hockey pants that could be described as “large”. they were the only pair available so dad bought them. they were so large on me that I pulled them up to my armpits and they still went almost to my ankles.
I wore those same hockey pants until I was a teenager in bantam.
I still laugh about it every time this story comes to mind.
making sure this hockey player had fun meant my dad was willing to appear a bit foolish
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my father was a silly man.
we loved laughing at him, he loved hearing us laugh.
I miss you dad.
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playing our game
For the 2014-2015 season I have been afforded the privilege of being the head coach of the Acadia Atom A hockey team. Five years ago it occurred to me that I really wanted to be involved in coaching and found an opportunity with the local sledge hockey program, which was great and I will continue this year, but the truth is I couldn’t be more excited about being a Head Coach.
I am not excited because I get to say I am the head coach, or because I am at a higher competitive level than someone else. I am excited because I get to be the final say on creating an amazing experience for 17 young hockey players. It is my job to make sure they are having fun during practices, games, tournaments, and road trips.
We kicked off the season by attending the Jordan Boyd Memorial Tournament in Bedford over Thanksgiving Weekend. With the help of my assistant coaches I was able to distill my plans for the season into a simple message before the tournament. We play with our heads up, our feet moving, and by passing the puck. The city teams we were playing in the tournament were much bigger than us, physically imposing even, but I hoped that getting my players to buy into the message of what our game would see success.
The players bought into the idea of Our Game quicker and with more drive than I could have hoped for. Even in moments where we were hopelessly behind when I took a moment to talk to the players on the bench I was greeted with smiles from players having fun.
We ended up earning a spot in the championship game, and after falling behind in that game my team dug deep, and kept playing our game, managing to force overtime. A bad bounce in overtime ended our run differently than we might have liked, but I couldn’t be more proud of my team or more excited for how much hockey is yet to be played this season.
It will be a fun season, and it will be Our Game.
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the tie says “legitimate head coach”.
right?
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this weekend I’m reprising my role as “respectable adult”
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#playon Halifax update.
cold.
so very cold.
also more rain than I’ve ever seen.
the oval has become some sort of splash pad -
#playon update
waiting for championship game.
is it over yet?
go turbo twisting dragons!
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#playon update.
3-0 in the playoffs despite some close calls.
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#playon day 1 update.
many wounds. finished the day 3-0. scored 27 goals and only allowed 5.