Sentences with phrase «of hockey fans»

Getting kids into hockey while they're young is the best way for them to develop tomorrow's NHL All - Stars as well as the next generation of hockey fans.

«For nearly four years, the Utica Comets have attracted thousands of hockey fans to the area's downtown, supporting local businesses and spurring economic activity that is felt across the entire region,» Governor Cuomo said.

«For nearly four years, the Utica Comets have attracted thousands of hockey fans to the area's downtown, supporting local businesses and spurring economic activity that is felt across the entire region,»

At OddsShark, thousands of hockey fans just like you vote on which NHL team they are betting on, whether it's the moneyline or the total.

For a lot of hockey fans, that's a slap in the face.

While thousands of hockey fans across North America will be tuned to their TV sets tonight to catch the first games of the 2013 NHL playoffs, they won't be the only ones watching to see how the post-season plays out.

Signed by artist Chris Speakman, this collectible is ideal for the wall of any hockey fan.

Not exact matches

«Canadians are passionate about hockey, and through this landmark partnership with the NHL we'll be able to bring hockey fans more games and more content on their platform of choice,» said Nadir Mohamed, the President and CEO of Rogers Communications.

«Our fans always want to explore deeper and more emotional connections to NHL hockey,» said NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, «and that is precisely what Rogers has promised to deliver over the next 12 years — channeling the reach of its platforms and the intensity of its passion for the game into an unparalleled viewing experience.»

What merits this kind of truce is live content with a best - before date, stuff like hockey games and soccer matches that fans can't wait to see.

U.S. - based Ticket reselling service VividSeats has provided a mid-season breakdown of just how much hockey fans are paying for a seat.

With hockey season now in full swing, the Montreal Canadiens tapped Canadian actor Jay Baruchel to star in a series of YouTube videos promoting its new global fan club, Club 1909.

And then the product push comes in: Freddy Krueger spears a handful of McNuggets for a hockey mask - clad Jason while a Packers fan hands a Bears fan a french fry.

In August 2011, with a new hockey season just around the corner, NHL fans were treated to a flurry of feel - good media stories emanating from a weeklong pre-season training camp run by legendary Toronto Maple Leaf Gary Roberts and former team trainer Matt Nichol.

MONTREAL — Rogers Communications is betting consumers — especially NHL hockey fans — will be watching more video on their tablets and smartphones with its recent $ 3.3 - billion purchase of wireless spectrum.

With hockey fans, there's a degree of venom that comes as the issue of the lockout is raised in local pubs and watering holes.

While Hockey Night in Canada viewership has remained steady since the Jets left in 1996, TSN in particular has successfully become an alternative source of TV games, on the back of unquenchable fan interest.

Granted, one might question the skills of some highly paid CEOs (whose companies perform terribly), but the same could be said of some highly paid hockey players (who individually perform poorly - I'm a leafs fan, take your pick)

Kraft Heinz will also leverage its diverse portfolio of products to help unite hockey fans in their celebrations of the sport and their communities.

During the program, Kraft Heinz will feature its diverse portfolio of products to unite hockey fans in their celebrations of the sport and their communities, including Planters, Kraft Natural Cheese, Maxwell House, Oscar Mayer and Kraft Macaroni & Cheese.

He is also a fan of the Edmonton Oilers hockey staff and Everton Soccer Club.

I was never a fan of hockey until I got to Cornell, then everything changed... those games were sweet!!

I am a huge sports fan.I love nfl and college football i never get enough of it.I am a big soccer [the other football] fanatic.I like basketball, hockey, some baseball and rugby.I am a big jersey buyer i have a lot of jerseys mostly of american football and soccer.I love the strategy of football i think it is fascinating.I have been a falcons fan since 1990 when the went to all black helmets and jerseys i was a fan because of that and because of primetime deion sanders.I have been a falcons fan through thick and thin win or lose they are my team regardless of how they do.I hope to one day visit Atlanta and see them play at home in Georgia.I hope to one day see them bring back black jerseys as the home colors.I am still a fan of the run n shoot offense i truly believe it can work in the nfl if ran and merged with some two back formations and a one back three wide one tight end formation.

While strolling the Yaletown district after the U.S.'s 6 — 1 semifinal dismantling of Finland last Friday, Kesler says he was, in that fabulous hockey phrase, chirped by fans.

Fans have been asked to be patient for a long time, and if the team isn't winning or at least entertaining, they choose other ways to spend hard - earned dollars, which inevitably leads to photos of empty seats on the internet, and flight - tracking private planes between Raleigh and Quebec City, and expert opinions that hockey doesn't work in the South.

Despite my deep involvement in the business of hockey, I'm really just a true fan of the sport.

This is a great time of the year for sports fans — and especially sports investors — as the baseball season is starting up, the hockey playoffs are heating up, and NBA teams are jockeying...

Nashville hockey fans began throwing the fish on the ice as a rallying cry and homage to the Detroit Red Wings, whose fans routinely throw octopus on the ice to satisfy the «Legend of the Octopus.»

This is a great time of the year for sports fans, with Saturday's and Sunday's filled up with football — combined with daily activity in hockey and basketball.

Home of the last two Stanley Cup champions, most of the NHL's leading scorers and a fan - friendly, up - tempo style, the oncelowly Southeast is hockey's best, most raucous division

But many big names, media members, and fans across the country (including me) didn't think Vegas could field a team like this in its first year of hockey life.

It's just an eye ball test after watching and being a fan of a team for 25 years, but they just don't look like they are having much fun playing hockey out there, Jamie Benn first and formost.

And, as any hockey fan can tell you, there just happens to be a good number of Hawk fans in Detroit.

Obviously there is a lot of hockey left to play, but Oilers fans have to be encouraged by their team's start this season.

I follow a lot of hockey and there's this thing that happens often that gets casual fans all riled up.

Although Lauren is not the biggest sports fan, my sister considers herself a fan of soccer and of women's sports in particular (she played field hockey in college).

At the age of 25, Bobby Hull has enthralled the casual hockey fan, the nonfan and the fanatic fan as few, if any, hockey players have before.

As Ken Dryden, a six - time Stanley Cup — winning goalie and now Canada's Minister of Social Development, said, «There are a number of fans in this country who have sensed over the last... months that maybe [NHL hockey] was more habit than it was passion.»

In fact, SI receives more comments about its cover choices than any other subject, and write - in campaigns are mounted at least once a year — most recently for Iowa State wrestler Cael Sanderson, who was worthy but overtaken by difficult hockey news (THE DEATH OF A FAN, 2002) the week he won his 159th straight match and his fourth NCAA title.

The most recent image of him in the minds of many North American hockey fans is the thundering open - ice check Alex Ovechkin laid on him at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Still, you can kind of tell when someone is really only a casual hockey fan.

Fans thrilled to be back in the midst of playoff hockey but teased with so much more.

Aside from following the Bucks, I'm a fan of the Brewers, Packers and FC Barcelona, and also enjoy indie rock concerts, Mountain Dew, and being a mediocre hockey player.

Guys like Mikael Granlund, Matt Dumba, Charlie Coyle, and Hockey Wilderness fan favorite Nino Niederreiter have all showed sparks of greatness, but the development had plateaued under Yeo, along with the under - utilization of the young guns became a sore spot for fans.

The attention of the entire sports world has shifted to Sochi, Russia and the 2014 Winter Games and for many hockey fans, this will be the highlight of the sports calendar as Olympic Hockey is renowned for it's high level of play and brings back fond memories like the incomparable 1980 Miracle ohockey fans, this will be the highlight of the sports calendar as Olympic Hockey is renowned for it's high level of play and brings back fond memories like the incomparable 1980 Miracle oHockey is renowned for it's high level of play and brings back fond memories like the incomparable 1980 Miracle on Ice.

My dad was a Islander fan, and my earliest memorirs of hockey were the pitiful displays of hockey the Islanders put on following the end of their dynasty.

The Montreal Arena housed 7,000 hockey fans as the home of the NHL's Canadiens and Wanderers in the league's inaugural, before a blaze sent it all up in smoke.

Sir: It can easily be argued that for every fan who comes to hockey games because of the brawls, there are two who stay away for the same reason.

As far as the home / away splits, it's that type of public perception that makes home field advantage overrated in sports with loud, passionate fans like basketball, football and hockey.

But as many hockey fans know, a hot goalie or power play can turn cold with the blink of an eye: oftentimes it just comes down to the bounce of a puck.