hockey
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Strap On Your Skates, Playmobil Now Has NHL Figures
A wise Canadian prophet named Stompin’ Tom Connors once declared that the good old hockey game was the best game you could name. And since it’s foolish to disagree with anyone nicknamed Stompin’, Playmobil has officially announced a new series of officially-licensed NHL toys focusing on the league’s original six franchises.
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How Olympic Ice Skates Are Designed For Speed, Spins And Swerves
Watching the world-class ice athletes of the Winter Olympics, whether it’s in speed skating, figureskating or hockey, is a jaw-dropping affair. The speed, control, and dexterity they exhibit while somehow balancing on a metal blade is simply amazing. But what exactly is going on with those blades? Smarter Every Day’s Destin Sandlin shows us the…
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The Science Of Hockey Ice
Hockey is a game played by linebacker-sized men moving at vehicular speed on razor-sharp blades. Skaters will travel almost 320km in a single game, slicing, shredding and shaving a surface just 60m long, 26m wide and one-inch thick.
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Ranking The Tech Nerds Who Own Sports Teams
You might have wondered why so much attention was lavished on one doughy white guy after the Mavericks won the NBA title last night.