Ice Hockey Canada Games

1 the men s tournament will be held during the first week between february 12 and 18 2011 and the women s tournament will be held during the second week between february 20 and 26.

Ice hockey canada games. 2002 salt lake city. Canada men s national ice hockey team. Included are iihf world championships national championships camps exhibition games and more. The talent of hockey players continues to rise.

Hockey is canada s national winter sport and canadians are extremely passionate about the game. The sport is very popular and played year round and at every level in the country. Players are quicker faster and more skilled than ever before. Hockey canada is the national governing body for hockey in canada working with its 13 member branches and local minor hockey associations to grow the game at all levels including minor hockey and canada s national teams.

However one major training component that coaches often overlook is adding in activities that force players to practice their decision making. Born of various influences from stick and ball games brought from the united kingdom and indigenous games the contemporary sport of ice hockey originated in montreal. Hockey canada s schedule of events lists dates locations venues and links to official websites for hockey events throughout the season. Ice hockey at the 2011 canada winter games was held at the halifax metro centre and halifax forum in halifax and the dartmouth sportsplex in dartmouth nova scotia.

There is a big difference between hockey drills that require a pre determined course of action and ones where the players are allowed to make. Nhl the nhl shield the word mark and image of the stanley cup the stanley cup playoffs logo the stanley cup final logo center. The nation has traditionally done very well at the olympic games winning 6 of the first 7 gold medals. Ice hockey simply referred to as hockey in both english and french in canada dates back to the 19th century.

The origin s of ice hockey were believed to have been based from common european stick and ball games played in the early 18th and 19th centuries. Recent evidence was discovered however that ice hockey actually evolved from the irish game of hurling which was introduced to king s college in nova scotia in the early 1800s.