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National Hockey League
|Current season, competition or edition:
2016–17 NHL season
|Ice hockey
|November 26, 1917 (100 years ago),
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
|Inaugural season
|Gary Bettman
|No. of teams
|Canada (7 teams)
United States (23 teams)
|New York City, New York, U.S.
|North America
|Most recent champion(s)
|Pittsburgh Penguins (4th title)
|Most titles
|Montreal Canadiens (25)[nb 1]
|TV partner(s)
|Official website
The National Hockey League (NHL; French: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH) is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 member clubs: 23 in the United States and 7 in Canada. Headquartered in New York City, the NHL is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world,[2] and one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. The Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America,[3] is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season.
The National Hockey League was organized on November 26, 1917, in Montreal, Quebec, after the suspension of operations of its predecessor organization, the National Hockey Association (NHA), which had been founded in 1909 in Renfrew, Ontario.[4] The NHL immediately took the NHA's place as one of the leagues that contested for the Stanley Cup in an annual interleague competition before a series of league mergers and folds left the NHL as the only league left competing for the Stanley Cup in 1926. The NHL started with four teams (all based in Canada) and, through a series of expansions, contractions and relocations, is now composed of 30 active franchises. The "nation" referred to by the league's name was Canada, although the league has now been binational since 1924 when its first team in the United States, the Boston Bruins, began play. After a labour-management dispute that led to the cancellation of the entire 2004–05 season, the league resumed play under a new collective agreement that included a salary cap. In 2009, the NHL enjoyed record highs in terms of sponsorships, attendance, and television audiences.[5]
The league draws many highly skilled players from all over the world and currently has players from approximately 20 different countries.[6] Canadians have historically constituted the majority of the players in the league, with an increasing percentage of American and European players in recent seasons.
- 1 History
- 2 Organizational structure
- 3 Teams
- 4 Game
- 5 Hockey rink
- 6 Rules
- 7 Season structure
- 8 Entry Draft
- 9 Trophies and awards
- 10 Origin of players
- 11 Television and radio
- 12 Popularity
- 13 See also
- 14 Footnotes
- 15 References
- 16 Further reading
- 17 External links
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Early years
The National Hockey League was established in 1917 as the successor to the National Hockey Association (NHA). Founded in 1909, the NHA began play one year later with seven teams in Ontario and Quebec, and was one of the first major leagues in professional ice hockey. But by the NHA's eighth season, a series of disputes with Toronto Blueshirts owner Eddie Livingstone led the other team owners, representing the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, and Quebec Bulldogs to meet about the league's future.[7] Realizing the NHA constitution left them unable to force Livingstone out, the four teams voted instead to suspend the NHA, and on November 26, 1917, formed the National Hockey League. Frank Calder was chosen as its first president, serving until his death in 1943.[8]
The Bulldogs were unable to play, and the remaining owners created a new team in Toronto, the Arenas, to compete with the Canadiens, Wanderers and Senators.[9] The first games were played on December 19, 1917.[10] The Montreal Arena burned down in January 1918, causing the Wanderers to cease operations,[11] and the NHL continued on as a three-team league until the Bulldogs returned in 1919.[12]
The NHL replaced the NHA as one of the leagues that competed for the Stanley Cup, which was an interleague competition back then. Toronto won the first NHL title, the 1918 Stanley Cup.[13] The Canadiens won the league title in 1919; however their Stanley Cup Final against the Seattle Metropolitans was abandoned as a result of the Spanish Flu epidemic.[14] Montreal in 1924 won their first Stanley Cup as a member of the NHL.[15] The Hamilton Tigers, won the regular season title in 1924–25 but refused to play in the championship series unless they were given a C$200 bonus.[16] The league refused and declared the Canadiens the league champion after they defeated the Toronto St. Patricks (formerly the Arenas) in the semi-final. Montreal was then defeated by the Victoria Cougars for the 1925 Stanley Cup. It was the last time a non-NHL team won the trophy,[17] as the Stanley Cup became the de facto NHL championship in 1926 after the WCHL ceased operation.[18]
The National Hockey League embarked on rapid expansion in the 1920s, adding the Montreal Maroons and Boston Bruins in 1924. The Bruins were the first American team in the league.[19] The New York Americans began play in 1925 after purchasing the assets of the Hamilton Tigers, and were joined by the Pittsburgh Pirates.[20] The New York Rangers were added in 1926.[21] The Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Cougars (later Red Wings) were also added after the league purchased the assets of the defunct WCHL.[22] A group purchased the Toronto St. Patricks in 1927 and immediately renamed them the Maple Leafs.[23]
The Original Six
The first NHL All-Star Game was held in 1934 to benefit Ace Bailey, whose career ended on a vicious hit by Eddie Shore.[24] The second was held in 1937 in support of Howie Morenz's family when he died of a coronary embolism after breaking his leg during a game.[25]
The Great Depression and the onset of World War II took a toll on the league. The Pirates became the Philadelphia Quakers in 1930, then folded one year later. The Senators likewise became the St. Louis Eagles in 1934, also lasting only one year.[26] The Maroons did not survive, as they suspended operations in 1938.[27] The Americans were suspended in 1942 due to a lack of players, and never revived.[28]
The league was reduced to six teams for the 1942–43 NHL season: the Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs. These six teams remained constant for 25 years, a period known as the Original Six. The league reached an agreement with the Stanley Cup trustees in 1947 to take full control of the trophy, allowing the NHL to reject challenges from other leagues that wished to play for the Cup.[29]
Maurice "Rocket" Richard became the first player to score 50 goals, doing so in a 50-game season.[30] Richard later led the Canadiens to five consecutive titles between 1956 and 1960, a record no team has matched.[31] Willie O'Ree broke the league's colour barrier on January 18, 1958 when he made his debut with the Boston Bruins and became the first black player in league history.[32]
Post-Original Six expansion
By the mid-1960s, the desire for a network television contract in the U.S., and concerns that the Western Hockey League was planning to declare itself a major league and challenge for the Stanley Cup, spurred the league to undertake its first expansion since the 1920s. The league doubled in size for the 1967–68 season, adding the Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota North Stars, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, California Seals and St. Louis Blues.[33] Canadian fans were outraged that all six teams were placed in the United States,[34] and the league responded by adding the Vancouver Canucks in 1970 along with the Buffalo Sabres, who are located on the U.S.-Canadian border.[35] Two years later, the emergence of the newly founded World Hockey Association (WHA) led the league to add the New York Islanders and Atlanta Flames to keep the rival league out of those markets.[36] In 1974, the Washington Capitals and Kansas City Scouts were added, bringing the league up to 18 teams.[37]
The National Hockey League fought the WHA for players, losing 67 to the new league in its first season of 1972–73,[38] including Bobby Hull, who signed a ten-year, $2.5 million contract with the Winnipeg Jets, the largest in hockey history at the time.[39] The league attempted to block the defections in court, but a counter-suit by the WHA led to a Philadelphia judge ruling the NHL's reserve clause to be illegal, thus eliminating the elder league's monopoly over the players.[40] Seven years of battling for players and markets financially damaged both leagues, leading to a 1979 merger agreement that saw the WHA cease operations while the NHL absorbed the Winnipeg Jets, Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers and Quebec Nordiques.[41] The owners initially rejected this merger agreement by one vote, but a massive boycott of Molson Brewery products by fans in Canada caused the Montreal Canadiens, which was owned by Molson, to reverse its position, along with the Vancouver Canucks. In a second vote the plan was approved.[42]
Wayne Gretzky played one season in the WHA for the Indianapolis Racers (eight games) and the Edmonton Oilers (72 games) before the Oilers joined the National Hockey League for the 1979–80 season.[43] Gretzky went on to lead the Oilers to four Stanley Cup championships in 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1988, and set single season records for goals (92 in 1981–82), assists (163 in 1985–86) and points (215 in 1985–86), as well as career records for goals (894), assists (1,963) and points (2,857).[43] He was traded to the Kings in 1988, a deal that dramatically improved the league's popularity in the United States, and provided the impetus for the 1990s expansion cycles that saw the addition of nine teams: the San Jose Sharks, Tampa Bay Lightning, Ottawa Senators, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Florida Panthers, Nashville Predators, Atlanta Thrashers, and in 2000 the Minnesota Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets.[44] On July 21, 2015, the NHL confirmed that it had received applications from prospective ownership groups in Quebec City and Las Vegas for possible expansion teams.[45]
Labour issues
There have been four league-wide work stoppages in league history, all happening since 1992. The first was a strike by the National Hockey League Players' Association in April 1992 which lasted for ten days, but the strike was settled quickly and all affected games were rescheduled.[46]
A lockout at the start of the 1994–95 season forced the league to reduce the schedule from 84 games to just 48, with the teams playing only intra-conference games during the reduced season.[46] The resulting collective bargaining agreement (CBA) was set for renegotiation in 1998 and extended to September 15, 2004.[47]
With no new agreement in hand when the contract expired on September 15, 2004, league commissioner Gary Bettman announced a lockout of the players union and closed the league's head office.[47] The league vowed to install what it dubbed "cost certainty" for its teams, but the Players' Association countered that the move was little more than a euphemism for a salary cap, which the union initially said it would not accept. The lockout shut down the league for 310 days, the longest in sports history.[citation needed] The NHL became the first professional sports league to lose an entire season.[47] A new collective bargaining agreement was eventually ratified in July 2005, including a salary cap. The agreement had a term of six years with an option of extending the collective bargaining agreement for an additional year at the end of the term, allowing the league to resume as of the 2005–06 season.[47] On October 5, 2005, the first post-lockout season took to the ice with all 30 teams. The NHL received record attendance in the 2005–06 season: an average of 16,955 per game.[48] After losing a season to a labour dispute in 2005, the League's TV audience was slower to rebound because of American cable broadcaster ESPN's decision to drop the sport.[49] The league's post-lockout agreement with NBC gave the league a share of revenue from each game's advertising sales, rather than the usual lump sum paid up front for game rights. The league's annual revenues were estimated at approximately $2.27 billion.[49]
At midnight September 16, 2012, the labour pact expired, and the league again locked out the players.[50] The owners proposed reducing the players' share of hockey-related revenues from 57 percent to 47 percent.[51] All games were cancelled up to January 14, 2013, as well as the 2013 NHL Winter Classic and the 2013 NHL All-Star Weekend.[52][53][54][55] A tentative agreement was reached on January 6, 2013, on a ten-year deal.[56] On January 12, the league and the Players' Association signed a memorandum of understanding on the new deal, allowing teams to begin their training camps on January 13, with a shortened 48-game season schedule that began on January 19.[57]
Player safety issues
Player safety has become a major issue within the past five years and concussions, which result from a hard hit to the head, have been the biggest cause. With recent studies showing how concussions can affect retired players and how it has decreased their quality of life after retirement, concussions have become a very important topic of debate when it comes to player safety issues. This had significant effects on the league as elite players were being taken out of the game, such as Sidney Crosby being sidelined for approximately 10 and a half months, which adversely affected the league's marketability.[58] As a result, in December 2009, Brendan Shanahan was hired to replace Colin Campbell and given the role of Senior Vice-President of Player Safety. Shanahan began to hand out suspensions on high profile perpetrators responsible for dangerous hits, such as Raffi Torres receiving 25 games for his hit on Marian Hossa.[59]
To aid with removing high speed collisions on icing, which had led to several potential career ending injuries such as Hurricanes' Defencemen Joni Pitkanen, the league mandated hybrid no-touch icing for the 2013–14 NHL season.[60]
On November 25, 2013, ten former players, Gary Leeman, Rick Vaive, Brad Aitken, Darren Banks, Curt Bennett, Richie Dunn, Warren Holmes, Bob Manno, Blair Stewart and Morris Titanic sued the league for negligence on protecting players from concussions. The suit came three months after the NFL agreed to pay former players US$765 million due to a player safety lawsuit.[61]
Organizational structure
The Board of Governors is the ruling and governing body of the league. In this context, each team is a member of the league, and each member appoints a Governor (usually the owner of the club), and two alternates to the Board. The current chairman of the Board is Boston Bruins owner, Jeremy Jacobs. The Board of Governors exists to establish the policies of the league, and to uphold its constitution. Some of the responsibilities of the Board of Governors include:[62]
- review and approve any rule changes to the game.
- hiring and firing of the commissioner.
- review and approve the purchase, sale, or relocation of any member club.
- review and approve the salary caps for member clubs.
- review and approve any changes to the structure of the game schedule.
The Board of Governors meets twice per year, in the months of June and December, with the exact date and place to be fixed by the Commissioner.
The chief executive of the league is Commissioner Gary Bettman. Some of the principal decision makers who serve under the authority of the commissioner include:
- Deputy Commissioner & Chief Legal Officer: Bill Daly
- Executive VP & CFO: Craig Harnett
- Chief Operating Officer: John Collins
- Executive VP & Director of Hockey Operations: Colin Campbell
- NHL Enterprises: Ed Horne
- Senior Vice-President of Player Safety: Stephane Quintal
The NHL consists of 30 teams, 23 of which are based in the United States and seven in Canada. The NHL divides the 30 teams into two conferences: the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference. Each conference is split into two divisions: the Eastern Conference contains 16 teams (eight per division), while the Western Conference has 14 teams (seven per division). The current alignment has existed since the 2000–01 season.
The number of NHL teams has held constant at 30 teams since the 2000–01 season when the Minnesota Wild and the Columbus Blue Jackets joined the league as expansion teams. That expansion capped a period in the 1990s of rapid expansion and relocation when the NHL added 9 teams to grow from 21 to 30 teams, and relocated four teams mostly from smaller northern cities (e.g., Hartford, Quebec) to larger warmer metropolitan areas (e.g., Dallas, Phoenix). The league has not contracted any teams since the Cleveland Barons folded in 1978.
List of teams
|General Manager
|Head Coach
|Eastern Conference
|Boston Bruins
|Boston, MA
|TD Garden
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|Don Sweeney
|Claude Julien
|Buffalo Sabres
|Buffalo, NY
|First Niagara Center
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|Tim Murray
|Dan Bylsma
|Detroit Red Wings
|Detroit, MI
|Joe Louis Arena
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|Ken Holland
|Jeff Blashill
|Florida Panthers
|Sunrise, FL
|BB&T Center
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|Dale Tallon
|Gerard Gallant
|Montreal Canadiens
|Montreal, QC
|Bell Centre
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|Marc Bergevin
|Michel Therrien
|Ottawa Senators
|Ottawa, ON
|Canadian Tire Centre
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|Bryan Murray
|Dave Cameron
|Tampa Bay Lightning
|Tampa, FL
|Amalie Arena
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|Steve Yzerman
|Jon Cooper
|Toronto Maple Leafs
|Toronto, ON
|Air Canada Centre
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|Lou Lamoriello
|Mike Babcock
|Carolina Hurricanes
|Raleigh, NC
|PNC Arena
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|Ron Francis
|Bill Peters
|Columbus Blue Jackets
|Columbus, OH
|Nationwide Arena
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|Jarmo Kekalainen
|John Tortorella
|New Jersey Devils
|Newark, NJ
|Prudential Center
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|Ray Shero
|John Hynes
|New York Islanders
|New York, NY
|Barclays Center
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|Garth Snow
|Jack Capuano
|New York Rangers
|New York, NY
|Madison Square Garden
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|Jeff Gorton
|Alain Vigneault
|Philadelphia Flyers
|Philadelphia, PA
|Wells Fargo Center
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|Ron Hextall
|Dave Hakstol
|Pittsburgh Penguins
|Pittsburgh, PA
|Consol Energy Center
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|Jim Rutherford
|Mike Sullivan
|Washington Capitals
|Washington, D.C.
|Verizon Center
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|Brian MacLellan
|Barry Trotz
|Western Conference
|Anaheim Ducks
|Anaheim, CA
|Honda Center
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|Bob Murray
|Bruce Boudreau
|Arizona Coyotes
|Glendale, AZ
|Gila River Arena
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|Don Maloney
|Dave Tippett
|Calgary Flames
|Calgary, AB
|Scotiabank Saddledome
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|Brad Treliving
|Bob Hartley
|Edmonton Oilers
|Edmonton, AB
|Rexall Place
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|Peter Chiarelli
|Todd McLellan
|Los Angeles Kings
|Los Angeles, CA
|Staples Center
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|Dean Lombardi
|Darryl Sutter
|San Jose Sharks
|San Jose, CA
|SAP Center at San Jose
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|Doug Wilson
|Peter DeBoer
|Vancouver Canucks
|Vancouver, BC
|Rogers Arena
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|Jim Benning
|Willie Desjardins
|Chicago Blackhawks
|Chicago, IL
|United Center
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|Stan Bowman
|Joel Quenneville
|Colorado Avalanche
|Denver, CO
|Pepsi Center
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|Joe Sakic
|Patrick Roy
|Dallas Stars
|Dallas, TX
|American Airlines Center
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|Jim Nill
|Lindy Ruff
|Minnesota Wild
|St. Paul, MN
|Xcel Energy Center
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|Chuck Fletcher
|Mike Yeo
|Nashville Predators
|Nashville, TN
|Bridgestone Arena
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|David Poile
|Peter Laviolette
|St. Louis Blues
|St. Louis, MO
|Scottrade Center
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|Doug Armstrong
|Ken Hitchcock
|Winnipeg Jets
|Winnipeg, MB
|MTS Centre
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|Kevin Cheveldayoff
|Paul Maurice
- Notes
- An asterisk (*) denotes a franchise move. See the respective team articles for more information.
- The Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers, Quebec Nordiques, and original Winnipeg Jets all joined the NHL in 1979 as part of the NHL–WHA merger.
Each National Hockey League regulation game is 60 minutes long. The game is composed of three 20-minute periods with an intermission between periods.[63] At the end of regulation time, the team with the most goals wins the game. If a game is tied after regulation time, overtime ensues. During the regular season, overtime is a five-minute, three-on-three sudden-death period, in which whoever scores a goal first will win the game.
If the game is still tied at the end of overtime, the game enters a shootout. Three players for each team in turn take a penalty shot. The team with the most goals during the three-round shootout wins the game. If the game is still tied after the three shootout rounds, the shootout continues but becomes sudden-death. Whichever team ultimately wins the shootout is awarded a goal in the game score and thus awarded two points in the standings. The losing team in overtime or shootout is awarded only one.[64] Shootout goals and saves are not tracked in hockey statistics; shootout statistics are tracked separately.
There are no shootouts during the Playoffs. Instead, multiple sudden-death, 20-minute five-on-five periods are played until one team scores. Two games have reached six overtime periods, but none have gone beyond six.[65] During playoff overtime periods, the only break is to clean the loose ice at the first stoppage after the period is halfway finished.[66]
Hockey rink
National Hockey League games are played on a rectangular hockey rink with rounded corners surrounded by walls and Plexiglas. It measures 200 feet (60.96 m) by 85 feet (25.91 m) in the NHL,[67] approximately the same length but much narrower than International Ice Hockey Federation standards. The centre line divides the ice in half,[68] and is used to judge icing violations. There are two blue lines that divide the rink roughly into thirds, delineating one neutral and two attacking zones.[68] Near the end of both ends of the rink, there is a thin red goal line spanning the width of the ice, which is used to judge goals and icing calls.
A trapezoidal area behind each goal net has been introduced.[69] The goaltender can play the puck only within the trapezoid or in front of the goal line; if the goaltender plays the puck behind the goal line and outside the trapezoidal area, a two-minute minor penalty for delay of game is assessed.[70] The rule is unofficially nicknamed the "Martin Brodeur rule".[71][72][73][74]
Since the 2013–14 season, the league trimmed the goal frames by 4 inches (10 cm) on each side and reduced the size of the goalies' leg pads.[75]
The National Hockey League's rules are one of the two standard sets of professional ice hockey rules in the world. The rules themselves have evolved directly from the first organized indoor ice hockey game in Montreal in 1875, updated by subsequent leagues up to 1917, when the NHL adopted the existing NHA set of rules. The NHL's rules are the basis for rules governing most professional and major junior ice hockey leagues in North America. Infractions of the rules, such as offside and icing, lead to a stoppage of play and subsequent face-offs, while more serious infractions leading to penalties to the offending teams. The league also determines the specifications for playing equipment used in its games.
The league has regularly modified its rules to counter perceived imperfections in the game. The penalty shot was adopted from the Pacific Coast Hockey Association to ensure players were not being blocked from opportunities to score. For the 2005–06 season, the league changed some of the rules regarding being offside. First, the league removed the "offside pass" or "two-line pass" rule, which required a stoppage in play if a pass originating from inside a team's defending zone was completed on the offensive side of the centre line, unless the puck crossed the line before the player.[76] Furthermore, the league reinstated the "tag-up offside" which allows an attacking player a chance to get back onside by returning to the neutral zone.[76] The changes to the offside rule were among several rule changes intended to increase overall scoring,[76] which had been in decline since the expansion years of the mid-nineties and the increased prevalence of the neutral zone trap. Since 2005, when a team is guilty of icing the puck they are not allowed to make a line change or skater substitution of any sort before the following face-off (except to replace an injured player or re-install a pulled goaltender).[77] Since 2013, the league has used hybrid icing, where a linesman stops play due to icing if a defending player (other than the goaltender) crosses the imaginary line that connects the two face-off dots in their defensive zone before an attacking player is able to. This was done to counter a trend of player injury in races to the puck.[77]
The league's rules differ from the rules of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), as used in tournaments such as the Olympics, which were themselves derived from the Canadian amateur ice hockey rules of the early 20th century.[78] In the NHL, fighting leads to major penalties while IIHF rules, and most amateur rules, call for the ejection of fighting players.[79][80] Usually a penalized team cannot replace a player that is penalized on the ice and is thus short-handed for the duration of the penalty,[81] but if the penalties are coincidental, for example when two players fight, both teams remain at full strength. Also, unlike minor penalties, major penalties must be served to their full completion, regardless of number of goals scored during the power play.[81] The NHL and IIHF differ also in playing rules, such as icing, the areas of play for goaltenders, helmet rules, officiating rules, timeouts and play reviews.
The league also imposes a conduct policy on its players. Players are banned from gambling and criminal activities have led to the suspension of players. The league and the Players' Association agreed to a stringent anti-doping policy in the 2005 bargaining agreement. The policy provides for a twenty-game suspension for a first positive test, a sixty-game suspension for a second positive test, and a lifetime suspension for a third positive test.[82]
Season structure
The National Hockey League season is divided into a regular season (from early October through early to mid April) and a postseason (the Stanley Cup playoffs).
During the regular season, clubs play each other in a predefined schedule. In the regular season, each team plays 82 games: 41 games each of home and road. Eastern teams play 30 games in their own geographic division—four or five against each of their seven other divisional opponents—and 24 games against the eight remaining non-divisional intra-conference opponents—three games against every team in the other division of its conference. Western teams play 28 or 29 games in their own geographic division-four or five against each of their six other divisional opponents-and 21 or 22 games against the seven remaining non-divisional intra-conference opponents-three games against every team in the other division of its conference, with one cross-division intra-conference match-up occurring in four games. All teams play every team in the other conference twice-home and road.[83]
The league's regular season standings are based on a point system. Two points are awarded for a win, one point for losing in overtime or a shootout, and zero points for a loss in regulation. At the end of the regular season, the team that finishes with the most points in each division is crowned the division champion, and the league's overall leader is awarded the Presidents' Trophy.
The Stanley Cup playoffs, which go from April to the beginning of June, is an elimination tournament where two teams play against each other to win a best-of-seven series in order to advance to the next round. The final remaining team is crowned the Stanley Cup champion. Eight teams from each conference qualify for the playoffs: the top three teams in each division plus the two conference teams with the next highest number of points.[84] The Stanley Cup playoffs are an elimination tournament where the teams are grouped in pairs to play best-of-seven series and the winners moving on to the next round.[84] The two conference champions proceed to the Stanley Cup Final. In all rounds, the higher-ranked team is awarded home-ice advantage, with four of the seven games played at this team's home venue. In the Stanley Cup Final, the team with the most points during the regular season has home-ice advantage.
Entry Draft
The annual NHL Entry Draft consists of a seven-round off-season draft held in late June. Amateur players from junior, collegiate, or European leagues are eligible to enter the Entry Draft. The selection order is determined by a combination of the standings at the end of the regular season, playoff results, and a draft lottery. The 14 teams that did not qualify for the playoffs are entered in a weighted lottery to determine the initial draft picks in the first round, with the 30th-place team having the best chance of winning the lottery. Once the lottery determines the initial draft picks, the order for the remaining non-playoff teams is determined by the standings at the end of the regular season. For those teams that did qualify for the playoffs, the draft order is then determined by the order in which they were eliminated, with the Stanley Cup winner getting the 30th and last pick, and the runner-up is given the 29th pick.
Trophies and awards
|Montreal Canadiens
|Toronto Maple Leafs
|Detroit Red Wings
|Boston Bruins
|Chicago Blackhawks
|Edmonton Oilers
|New York Islanders
|New York Rangers
|Pittsburgh Penguins
|New Jersey Devils
|Colorado Avalanche
|Los Angeles Kings
|Philadelphia Flyers
|Anaheim Ducks
|Calgary Flames
|Carolina Hurricanes
|Dallas Stars
|Tampa Bay Lightning
|* Includes one pre-NHL championship.
Further information:
List of Stanley Cup champions
The National Hockey League presents a number of trophies each year.
The most prestigious team award is the Stanley Cup, which is awarded to the league champion at the end of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The team that has the most points in the regular season is awarded the Presidents' Trophy.
The Montreal Canadiens are the most successful franchise in the league. Since the formation of the league in 1917, they have 25 NHL championships (three between 1917 and 1925 when the Stanley Cup was still contested in an interleague competition, twenty-two since 1926 after the Stanley Cup became the NHL's championship trophy). They also lead all teams with 24 Stanley Cup championships (one as an NHA team, twenty-three as an NHL team). Of the four major professional sports leagues in North America, the Montreal Canadiens are surpassed in the number of championships only by the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball, who have three more. The longest streak of winning the Stanley Cup in consecutive years is five, held by the Montreal Canadiens from 1955–56 to 1959–60.[85] The 1977 edition of the Montreal Canadiens, the second of four straight Stanley Cup champions, was named by ESPN as the second greatest sports team of all-time.[86] Montreal, however, has not won a Stanley Cup since 1993.
The next most successful NHL franchise is the Toronto Maple Leafs with 13 Stanley Cup championships, but they have not won one since 1967. The Detroit Red Wings, with 11 Stanley Cup championships, are the most successful American franchise.
The same trophy is reused every year for each of its awards. The Stanley Cup, much like its CFL counterpart, is unique in this aspect, as opposed to the Vince Lombardi Trophy, Larry O'Brien Trophy, and Commissioner's Trophy, which have new ones made every year for that year's champion. Despite only one trophy being used, the names of the teams winning and the players are engraved every year on the Stanley Cup. The same can also be said for the other trophies reissued every year.
There are numerous trophies that are awarded to players based on their statistics during the regular season; they include, among others, the Art Ross Trophy for the league scoring champion (goals and assists), the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy for the goal-scoring leader, and the William M. Jennings Trophy for the goaltender(s) for the team with the fewest goals against them.
The other player trophies are voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association or the team general managers.[87] These individual awards are presented at a formal ceremony held in late June after the playoffs have concluded. The most prestigious individual award is the Hart Memorial Trophy which is awarded annually to the Most Valuable Player; the voting is conducted by members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association to judge the player who is the most valuable to his team during the regular season. The Vezina Trophy is awarded annually to the person deemed the best goaltender as voted on by the general managers of the teams in the NHL. The James Norris Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League's top defenceman, the Calder Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the top rookie, and the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy is awarded to the player deemed to combine the highest degree of skill and sportsmanship; all three of these awards are voted on by members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association.
In addition to the regular season awards, the Conn Smythe Trophy is awarded annually to the most valuable player during the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs. Furthermore, the top coach in the league wins the Jack Adams Award as selected by a poll of the National Hockey League Broadcasters Association. The National Hockey League publishes the names of the top three vote getters for all awards, and then names the award winner during the NHL Awards Ceremony.[87]
Players, coaches, officials, and team builders who have had notable careers are eligible to be voted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Players cannot enter until three years have passed since their last professional game, the shortest such time period of any major sport. One unique consequence has been Hall of Fame members (specifically, Gordie Howe, Guy Lafleur, and Mario Lemieux) coming out of retirement to play once more.[88] If a player was deemed significant enough, the three-year wait would be waived; only ten individuals have been honoured in this manner.[89] In 1999, Wayne Gretzky joined the Hall and became the last player to have the three-year restriction waived.[89] After his induction, the Hall of Fame announced that Gretzky would be the last to have the waiting period waived.
Origin of players
In addition to Canadian and American born and trained players, who have historically composed a large majority of NHL rosters, the NHL also draws players from an expanding pool of other nations where organized and professional hockey is played. Since the collapse of the Soviet Bloc, political/ideological restrictions on the movement of hockey players from this region have disappeared, leading to a large influx of players mostly from Czech Republic, Slovakia and Russia into the NHL. Swedes, Finns, and other Western Europeans, who were always free to move to North America, came to the league in greater numbers than before.
Many of the league's top players today come from these European countries, including Daniel Alfredsson, Erik Karlsson, Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Lundqvist, Jaromir Jagr, Patrik Elias, Zdeno Chara, Pavel Datsyuk, Evgeni Malkin, and Alexander Ovechkin.[90] European players were drafted and signed by NHL teams in an effort to bring in more "skilled offensive players",[91] although recently[when?] there has been a decline in European players as more American players enter the league.[92] The addition of European players changed the style of play in the NHL and European style hockey has been integrated into the NHL game.[90]
Since 1998, during Winter Olympic years the NHL has suspended its all-star game and expanded the traditional all-star break to allow NHL players to represent their countries. Conversely, the IIHF World Championships are held at the same time as the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Thus, NHL players generally only join their respective country's team in the World Championships if their respective NHL team has been eliminated from Stanley Cup contention, or did not make the playoffs.
The NHL has players from 18 different countries, with over 50% coming from Canada and over 20% from the United States.[93] The following table shows the six countries make up the vast majority of NHL players. The table follows the Hockey Hall of Fame convention of classifying players by the currently existing countries in which their birthplaces are located, without regard to their citizenship or where they were trained.
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Television and radio
Broadcasting rights in Canada have historically included the CBC's Hockey Night in Canada (HNIC), a Canadian tradition dating to 1952,[104][105] and even prior to that on radio since the 1920s.
The current national television and digital rightsholder is Rogers Communications, under a 12-year deal valued at C$5.2 billion which began in the 2014–15 season, as the national broadcast and cable television rightsholders. National English-language coverage of the NHL is carried primarily by Rogers' Sportsnet group of specialty channels; Sportsnet holds national windows on Wednesday and Sunday nights. Hockey Night in Canada was maintained and expanded under the deal, airing up to seven games nationally on Saturday nights throughout the regular season. CBC maintains Rogers-produced NHL coverage during the regular season and playoffs.[106] Sportsnet's networks also air occasional games involving all-U.S. matchups.[107][108][109][110][111][112]
Quebecor Media holds national French-language rights to the NHL, with all coverage airing on its specialty channel TVA Sports.[113][114]
Games that are not broadcast as part of the national rights deal are broadcast by Sportsnet's regional feeds, TSN's regional feeds, and RDS. Regional games are subject to blackout for viewers outside of each team's designated market.[115]
United States
Historically, the NHL has never fared well on American television in comparison to the other American professional leagues. The league's American broadcast partners have been in flux for decades, ranging from such networks as CBS, SportsChannel America, the USA Network, Fox, ABC, and ESPN.
National U.S. television rights are currently held by NBC Sports; its current 10-year, US$2 billion contract, which began in the 2011-12 season, extended and unified rights deals that were first established in the 2005-06 season, when Comcast acquired cable rights to replace ESPN, and NBC acquired broadcast television rights under a revenue-sharing agreement to replace ABC.[116] NBC Sports Network and the company negotiated a new, 10-year, unified rights deal worth nearly US$2 billion.[117] Under this contract, NBCSN usually airs at least two regular season games per week, while NBC airs afternoon games on selected weekends. NBCUniversal holds exclusive rights to Wednesday night games, all games televised by the NBC network, and every game in the Stanley Cup Playoffs beginning in the second round. Coverage of the playoffs and the Finals is split between the two networks, with other games shown on CNBC, USA Network, and NHL Network.
As in Canada, games not broadcast nationally are aired regionally within a team's home market, and are subject to blackout outside of them. These broadcasters include regional sports network chains. Certain national telecasts on NBCSN are non-exclusive, and may also air in tandem with telecasts of the game by local broadcasters. However, national telecasts of these games are blacked out in the participating teams' markets to protect the local broadcaster.
NHL Network
The league co-owns the NHL Network, a television specialty channel devoted to the NHL. Its signature show is NHL Tonight. The NHL Network also airs live games, but primarily simulcasts of one of the team's regional broadcasters. The U.S. version simulcasts selected regular season games nationally that are not aired by NBC Sports, as well as be used as an overflow channel during the playoffs.
Out-of-market packages
The NHL operates two subscription-based services allowing access to live, out-of-market games. NHL Centre Ice in Canada[118] and NHL Center Ice in the United States[119] offer access to out-of-market feeds of games through a cable or satellite television provider. The league also offers NHL GameCenter Live (branded as Rogers NHL GameCentre Live in Canada), which allows the streaming of out-of-market games over the internet. In the United States, GameCenter Live does not carry national games or in-market games.
Outside of Canada and the United States, NHL games are broadcast across Europe, in the Middle East, in Australia,[120] and in the Americas across Mexico, Central America, Dominican Republic, Caribbean, South America and Brazil, among others.
NHL Gamecenter Live on NHL.com is also available for people outside Canada and the United States to watch games online.
The NHL is considered one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America, along with Major League Baseball, the National Football League, and the National Basketball Association. The league is very prominent in Canada, where hockey is the most popular of these four major sports as alongside CFL.[121] Overall, hockey has the smallest total fan base of the four leagues, the smallest revenue from television, and the least sponsorship.[122]
The NHL holds one of the most affluent fan bases.[122] Studies by the Sports Marketing Group conducted from 1998 to 2004 show that the NHL's fan base is much more affluent than that of the PGA Tour.[123][not in citation given] A study done by the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2004, found that NHL fans in America were the most educated and affluent of the four major leagues. Further it noted that season-ticket sales were more prominent in the NHL than the other three because of the financial ability of the NHL fan to purchase them.[122] According to Reuters in 2010, the largest demographic of NHL fans was highly sought after group males aged 18–34.[124] The NHL estimates that half of its fan base roots for teams in outside markets. Beginning in 2008, the NHL began a shift toward using digital technology to market to fans to capitalize on this.
The debut of the Winter Classic, an outdoor regular season NHL game held on New Year's Day 2008, was a major success for the league. The game has since become an annual staple of the NHL schedule. This, along with the transition to a national "Game of the Week" and an annual "Hockey Day in America" regional coverage, all televised on NBC, has helped increase the NHL's regular season television viewership in the United States.[citation needed] These improvements led NBC and the cable channel Versus to sign a ten-year broadcast deal, paying US$200 million per year for both American cable and broadcast rights; the deal will lead to further increases in television coverage on the NBC channels.
This television contract has boosted viewership metrics for the NHL. The 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs saw the largest audience in the history of the sport "after a regular season that saw record-breaking business success, propelled in large part by the NHL's strategy of engaging fans through big events and robust digital offerings."[125] This success has resulted in a 66 percent rise in NHL advertising and sponsorship revenue. Merchandise sales were up 22 percent and the number of unique visitors on the NHL.com website were up 17 percent during the playoffs after rising 29 percent in the regular season.[126]
See also
- List of American and Canadian cities by number of major professional sports franchises
- List of NHL records (individual)
- List of NHL records (team)
- List of professional sports teams in the United States and Canada
- List of TV markets and major sports teams
- Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada
- NHL outdoor games
- ↑ While the Montreal Canadiens have 24 Stanley Cup wins in their history, the Stanley Cup has not always been the NHL championship trophy. Prior to 1926, it was an inter-league championship. The Canadiens won one Stanley Cup championship prior to the formation of the NHL (in 1916 as a member of the National Hockey Association), and 23 Stanley Cups as a member of the NHL. Montreal also won the NHL championship on two occasions where they did not win the Stanley Cup: in 1918–19 when the Spanish flu cancelled the Stanley Cup finals against the Seattle Metropolitans of Pacific Coast Hockey Association and in 1924–25 when they lost in the Stanley Cup finals to the Western Canada Hockey League's Victoria Cougars. Thus, the team has a total of 25 NHL championships.
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Further reading
- Bass, Alan (2011). The Great Expansion: The Ultimate Risk That Changed the NHL Forever. Iuniverse Inc. ISBN 1-4502-8605-4.
- Fischler,, Stan & Shirley (2003). Who's Who in Hockey. Andrews McMeel Pub. ISBN 0-7407-1904-1.
- Holzman, Morey; Nieforth, Joseph (2002). Deceptions and doublecross : how the NHL conquered hockey. Dundurn Press. ISBN 1-55002-413-2.
- Weekes, Don (2005). The Big Book of Hockey Trivia. Greystone Books. ISBN 1-55365-119-7.
- Wright, Marshall D (2010). The National Hockey League, 1917–1967: A Year-by-Year Statistical History. McFarland & Co. ISBN 978-0-7864-4444-1.
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Categories: Estate Planning/Elder Law
Instructor(s) Shiller, Mark
Selected Topics in Estate Planning: Estate and Business Plg for the Closely Held Business. Prereq: T&E & courses in tax and bus orgs, or consent. This course will cover the planning needs of owners of privately held businesses. We will explore how various estate planning techniques are used in the context of planning for the estates of business owners, as well as the broader business and management planning issues especially succession planning that emerge in this area. One focus will be on the structure of buy-sell agreements and a critique of how they are commonly implemented. Grade will be based on a take home exam, plus class participation.


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Sample Tenancy Agreement
DATED 1st SEPTEMBER 2001
THIS AGREEMENT is made on the 1st date of September 2001 BETWEEN COUGAR LOGISTICS (M) SDN BHD (Company No. 211819K), Lot 16, Lebuh Sultan Muhammad 1, Kawasan Perusahaan Bandar Sultan Suleiman, 42000 Port Klang, Selangor Darul Ehsan (the "Landlord") of the one part and SUMISO (M) SDN BHD (Company No. 175561-H), B610, 6th floor, East Wing, Wisma Tractors, No. 7, Jalan SS 16/1, Subang Jaya, 47500 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan (the "Tenant") of the other part.
WHEREAS IT IS AGREED as follows:-
1. The Landlord is engaged in the business of operating a Public Bonded Warehouse at Lot 16, Lebuh Sultan Muhammad 1, Kawasan Perusahaan Bandar Sultan Suleiman, 42000 Port Klang, Selangor Darul Ehsan (the "Bonded Warehouse").
2. The Landlord lets the Tenant takes a tenancy of the following designated area of the Bonded Warehouse more particularly delineated and colored green in the layout plan annexed hereto and marked as "ANNEXTURE" (the "Demised Premises").
(1) AG1 to AG 21, BG1 to BG23, CG1 to CG23 and DG1 to DG23 measuring in area approximately 5,393.25 sq meters (the "Tenant Bonded Warehouse") at a monthly rental of RM53, 932.50 –(Ringgit Malaysia Fifty Three Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty Two and Fifty cent only): and
(2) A portion of the office measuring in area approximately 110.02 sq meters (the "Tenant Office") at a monthly rental of RM1,400/- (Ringgit Malaysia One Thousand Four Hundred only)
Payable on or before 5th of each and every succeeded month commencing on the 1st day of September 2001 to 31st day of August 2002 subject to the terms and condition hereinafter contained.
3. The tenant hereby covenants with the Landlord as follows:-
(a) To pay the rent reserved on the days aforesaid.
(b) To implement and observe the Landlord official working hours on the Demised Premises provided below:-
The Tenant Bonded Warehouse
Monday to Friday 8.00 am to 4.30 pm
Lunch Break
Monday to Thursday1.00 pm to 2.00 pm
Friday12.15 pm to 2.45 pm
Saturday8.00 am to 12.50 am
As and when Tenant desires to operate beyond the Landlord office working hours aforesaid ("Overtime"), the Tenant may seek written approval from the Landlord subject to the following conditions:-
(i) All applications for overtime work must reach the Landlord until 2.30 pm on that day to give sufficient time to enable the Landlord to make a similar application with the Custom Department; and
(ii) Approval from Custom ("Approval"). In the event Approval is rejected due to reason beyond the Landlord control, the Tenant agrees and undertakes to hold the Landlord harmless.
The tenant further agrees and undertakes to reimburse the Landlord and the Custom Department for due cost incurred on the Overtime work including staff overtime cost.
The Tenant Office (Reference Only)
Monday to Friday8.30 am to 5.30 pm
Lunch Break
Monday to Thursday1.00 pm to 2.00 pm
Friday12.30 pm to 2.30 pm
Saturday8.30 am to 12.30 pm
(c) To enforce the security management plan (Appendix A) and a relevant set of safely rules among the Tenant staff, and to observe all the security and safety measures enforced by the Landlord.
(d) To take all necessary fire protection measures in the Demised Premises and to restrict smoking except the Tenant's Office only.
(e) To arrange insurance coverage for all its staff stationed at the Demised Premises and insurance coverage for goods of all description and fixed assets owned by the Tenant.
(f) To pay electricity charges that is consumed for buttery forklift in the Demised Premises. A copy of the respective bill paid to the authorities shall be forwarded to the Landlord.
(g) To keep at the Tenant's own expense the interior and exterior of the Demised Premises (the main structure fair...
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EA To Get Aggressive with Marketing Key Holiday Games
Electronic Arts , despite being outdone in market share by Activision (after merging with Blizzard), has undoubtedly made a name for itself this generation. With major hit titles like Rock Band and Madden, to new and unique intellectual properties like Mirror's Edge and Dead Space, it's a shame that some of these titles aren't selling as well as their competition.
To combat this fatigue, EA is promising investors an "aggressive" marketing strategy for their holiday season lineup for 2009. According to CEO of EA, John Riccitello:
"With regard to Dragon Age, it's a title coming from BioWare. It's got a built-in audience given the strong reputation of BioWare, and Brutal Legend is one of the most unique franchises I've seen in a very, very, very long time. So we are stepping up marketing. We're going at it aggressively."
While this statement is potentially gratifying to gamers and especially investors, we hate to burst EA's bubble but Brutal Legends is releasing on the same date as the highly-anticipated Uncharted 2: Among Thieves on October 13. Regardless, it will be interesting to see how Dragon Age and Brutal Legends will fare this holiday season in the same month as Gran Turismo PSP, Tekken 6, and especially Uncharted 2.


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Welcome to the 21st Century.
Computers are commonplace in the American workplace; now they are entering the American art scene. More and more artists are turning to computers as a medium and Steve Eliot of Fort Lauderdale, an art teacher at Broward Community College in Davie for the past 16 years, is one of South Florida`s frontrunners in the new computer art.
Eliot will exhibit his computer art work and demonstrate how he creates it, June 19-22 as an artist-in-residence at the Discovery Center in Fort Lauderdale. Eliot also works with video equipment to create his computer art, using computer programs to enhance images.
``I don`t think computers will ever replace painting, but it is a different medium for the artist to work in,`` Eliot said. ``It`s just another tool that helps expand the definitions for an artist, providing other ways to communicate. It`s amazing what computers can do. I saw some of Andy Warhol`s recent computer work at a conference in Louisville and you should see what he`s doing with only two Commodore Amiga computers.``
During that national conference held on the University of Louisville Campus, Eliot, the only Florida artist or teacher in attendance, participated in a panel discussion titled, ``Application of Computer in Foundation Teaching.``
Eliot, 49, came to BCC with bachelor`s degrees in art from West Virginia Wesleyan College and Yale University and a master`s degree in art from the Maryland Institute College of Art.
``When I came to BCC, I was a painter,`` Eliot said. ``Then I began working in fiberglas resin, then I switched to making films, then to video and then to computer-generated images. Now it`s taken me full circle and I`m back to where I started, back to printed images. I`m drawing again, because I`m using colored pencils to color computer printout drawings I make with the computer.``


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The 8-run mercy rule work for and against Lady Argo softball in a doubleheader split against Northwest University. UGF struggled from the pitching circle 14-5 loss that only went five innings, but won Game 2, a non-conference contest, 11-3 thanks to an outstanding hitting display. UGF won the 4-game series with the NU Eagles 3-1.
From the start of play, UGF's pitching was suspect in Game 1. Senior Shelby Abeyta, who has been battling an illness for the last few days, walked the two of the first four batters she faced in the top of the first, and eventually let up two hits including a 2 RBI double.
Down 3-0 through half an inning, the junior duo of Bailey Henderson and Kyle Gonzales stepped up to keep the game close. Hitting second in the lineup, Henderson registered the Lady Argo's first hit of the day in the bottom of the first with a double to left field. The next batter was Gonzales who hit her fifth homerun of the season and second against NU to bring the score to 3-2.
UGF's leadoff hitter in the next inning followed Gonzales' s lead. That batter was senior Jocelyn Kaufman, who before the series against the Eagles had only hit two career home runs. She knocked her second home run of the series with a solo shot that evened the score at 3-3.
NU busted the game wide open in the top of the third. The Eagles got to the plate 11 times, and earned 6 hits and 6 runs in the inning. Part of the problem for UGF was a lack of control from its pitching staff. After allowing her fifth walk, seventh hit, sixth run, and first wild pitch in 2.1 innings of work, Abeyta was replaced by redshirt-freshman Mikayla Deigan.
Three more runs scored with Deigan to put UGF down 9-3. Singles from seniors Hali Gruntowicz and Jackie Thomas drove in Henderson and Gonzales to get the Lady Argos a little bit closer, but 5-run rally from Northwest in the top of the fifth eliminated all that progress.
Another single from Thomas was all the Lady Argos could muster in the bottom of the fifth to try and avoid an early end to the game due to the 8-run mercy rule. Thomas finished the inning still standing on first and UGF lost 14-5.
In the end, the many of the statistics in the game were much closer than the final score. The Eagles only finished with two more hits than UGF (11-9) and both teams left 5 runners on base. One of the major differences was 7 walks for NU, while UGF only walked twice.
With sophomore Brie Clifford on the mound to start Game 2, things didn't seem to get much better. The Eagles used a home run in the top of the second and a walk with the bases loaded in the third, to take a 3-0 lead.
For the third time in four games, the Lady Argos used the bottom of the fourth inning for a comeback rally. Thanks to 3 errors on the Eagle's infield and 1 single apiece for Thomas, senior Paige Bodner, and junior Gabrielle Canibeyaz, UGF scored 5 runs in the innings to retake the lead.
An RBI double from senior Kimberly McAdams and an RBI single from senior Morgan Robinson made the score 7-3 by the end of the fifth and set UGF's sights on some mercy rule revenge.
That was accomplished by a rally in the bottom of the sixth that started with Thomas. The senior continued her big day with a double to center field. Gruntowicz then singled to left to put Thomas on third with no outs. Senior Kyra Dorvall responded, getting her third hit of the season on a 2 RBI double to right.
Junior Mikaylee Jaussi, McAdams, and Robinson all hit consecutive singles to center to drive in two more runs. The rally only ended when Jaussi crossed home plate on Robinson's single, bringing UGF's lead to 8 runs and ending the game with only 1 out in the inning.
Clifford earned her second win of the season, allowing 3 hits, and 2 earned runs in 5 innings while striking out three batters.
McAdams finished the game with a career high of 3 hits, and 2 RBI while batting .750 and score twice in Game 2. Dorvall also had a career game at the plate, setting a new career high with 2 RBI while also scoring twice.
Thomas was superb in both games, finished the day 4-7 from the plate with 2 runs, 2 RBI, 1 double, and 6 put outs. She also played at first base and short stop in the course of the two games.
UGF's record now sits at an even 11-11 (3-9). They are now tied with Northwest for seventh in the Cascade Collegiate Conference standings. Next for the Lady Argos will be two road doubleheaders against the University of British Columbia, starting on March 31 at 3 p.m. MDT.
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Simple gameplay makes video games addictive. If you go back all the way to Pong, all you had to do was move a paddle and make sure you hit the ball. One-button games hold a similar charm, and developers have managed to make them devilishly difficult while still immensely entertaining.
Canabalt is known for being one of the best endless running games Love Temple Run? 5 Alternative Endless Running Games For Android Love Temple Run? 5 Alternative Endless Running Games For Android Call them run-from-the-screen or call them endless runners, games like Temple Run are amazing fun. Read More out there, but it's often overlooked for being a champion of the one-button game craze that followed. The world of browser games suddenly had a slew of super-addictive, super-tough, super-fun games.
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Space Is Key
If you love Canabalt, you need to try out Space Is Key and its two sequels. The graphics are as minimalistic as they come — you play as a little block and each level has different barriers that you need to jump over. And to jump, you press Space or tap the screen. Simple, right? Wrong. These barriers move, they are placed at intervals that makes it impossible to hit space correctly, and they even come in different heights where the perfect jump seems like it'd need a NASA scientist to calculate. Yet, play a level enough times and you get it almost right, and you are fooled into trying it again and again. Eventually, you will even get past it and think that if you could do that, you can obviously do the next level. And the cycle repeats. Before long, you've spent more time on this game than you intended and your boss is glaring at you! Free on the browser, but you'll need to pay a buck on mobile.
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Where Space Is Key is frantic and high-energy, Magnetized is serene and calming. A single metal block streams across the screen, minding its own business. But there are magnets along its path that you control. Hit 'Z' or tap the screen and the closest magnet will exert its force on the metal block and change the course of its path. Using this ability, you need to guide the metal block to the exit. It's surprisingly difficult since the physics of the game are pretty solid. Magnetized is all about getting the timing right in hooking your magnet to the block, and then getting it right in releasing your hook. It's free on the browser, but costs $3 on mobile — but with 80 levels, that's not a bad price to pay.
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Starting at the bottom of a shaft, you play as a ninja who wants to make his escape. Your only skill is the ability to jump from one wall to the other — a jump made possible by hitting the Esc key (or spacebar) on browsers and tapping the screen on mobiles. How long you hold the key or keep the screen pressed determines how high you will jump. A simple tap is a quick jump at almost the same height, while pressing and holding will jump much higher. You have to keep jumping because a laser beam is coming up to crush you from below, and there are spikes and other obstacles along the way. The worst part? The laser speeds up as you climb, so make sure you go fast!
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super hexagon is also a great one! only two buttons. you can play on iOS, Android, and PC.
You should check out Power Glove Monkey and Super Punch Bag for Android! Seriously frustrating!
Heard of Fastball and sequels? They are one of the best one button games i've ever played!!
I like better http://furg.net/the-impossible-game/


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Asphalt: Injection is a racing title with a complete multiplayer component, as in, you can race against other people online face to face. The trophy list make no effort to hide that as you have to win 100 races online among other things to get the Platinum. The list contains 1 Platinum, 5 Gold, 9 Silver and 19 Bronze trophies worth 1,185 PSN (or is that SEN now?) trophy points. It also appears that the game stacks, meaning you can get 2 Platinums for this game. One for the EU/US version and one for the Japanese version of the game.
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The lists keep rolling in today, and now I've got the list for A-men, a game… uh… I've never heard about. PSNStores.com however has a post about the game with a video. The list contains 1 Gold, 3 Silver and 8 Bronze trophies worth 300 PSN Trophy points.
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Rayman Origins has been out for a while on PS3, but it will also come out for PS Vita at launch. The list is pretty much the same as the PS3 version, but has at least 2 PS Vita specific trophies. I have also listed the hidden trophy from the PS3 version at the end as it's safe to assume it's going to be the same. It's a spoiler so for people never having played the game, you might not want to look at the last trophy in this post. The list contains 1 Platinum, 4 Gold, 6 Silver, 28 Bronze and 1 Hidden trophies (the hidden one is most likely a Gold one). If I assume correctly about the hidden one, the list is worth 1,230 PSN Trophy points.
"Stack, bust and groove as the king of rhythmic puzzle games makes its debut on PlayStation Vita". The list contains 1 Gold, 3 Silver and 9 Bronze trophies for a total worth of 315 PSN Trophy Points.
Yesterday I tweeted a link to a video made by mimihamburger that have filmed the list. Now I have seen the full list on PSN and here it is. The list contains 1 Platinum, 3 Gold, 10 Silver and 26 Bronze trophies worth 1,140 PSN trophy points.
I'm really looking forward to Unit 13. The game is made by SOCOM developer Zipper Interactive and is made specifically for the PlayStation Vita. It will be the first FPS game for the Vita and is designed to be pick up and play. There is no story in the game. You have 36 different missions and several different soldiers that each have their own strengths and weaknesses. There will also be special missions where you have to kill High Value Targets. They are unlocked when you rack up enough stars in the regular missions. The list contains 1 Platinum, 2 Gold, 17 Silver and 24 Bronze trophies worth 1,230 PSN trophy points.
Oh my oh my, this trophy list is all in caps. Try to imagine me yelling the list to you while you read it. The list contains 1 Platinum, 6 Gold, 10 Silver and 14 Bronze trophies worth 1230 PSN Trophy points.
I remember back when trophies first appeared on PS3. Super Stardust HD was the only game that had trophies, and some of them where really hard. I got 100% on that before the 2nd game got trophies for PS3. I loved that game, so the trophy list for Super Stardust Delta has been one of the lists I've been most eagerly anticipating. The list includes 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 13 Bronze trophies which gives a total worth of 315 PSN Trophy points. In the video by OmniOmegaOB on YouTube, you can see some gameplay and a trophy unlock.
Little Deviants is a PS Vita launch game and is pretty much a big collection of different mini games that uses most if not all of PS Vita's features. The list includes 1 Platinum, 1 Gold, 8 Silver and 45 Bronze trophies which gives a total of 1,185 PSN Trophy points.
Another list has gotten the english treatment by PSN and here I am to reveal it. BlazBlue: Continuum Shift EXTEND comes with 1 Platinum, 2 Gold, 6 Silver, 20 Bronze and 13 Hidden trophies. Enjoy.


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South Bend / Mishawaka, IN – For most Americans, it's hard to go even one day without having some interaction with the digital world. Whether it's reading an email, saving a document to a flash drive, or making an online payment, we all access a host of digital assets on a daily basis. However, when it comes to estate planning, it's not unusual to forget these valuable assets. We forget that our digital lives may live on without us, especially if we haven't planned for what will happen to each of our digital assets.
Making arrangements for digital assets should mirror the process of making arrangement for physical assets, however, greater complexity may be involved. It's not uncommon for an individual to have a hard time remembering where an important document is saved, what the password is to his or her online banking account, or where the flash drive with last year's tax documents is. Now, imagine how difficult it would be for someone else to locate this important information in the event of your incapacity or death. By creating a digital estate plan, you can better prepare your survivors to handle your digital assets after your passing.
To begin with, it's important to inventory all of your digital assets. Digital assets can include computer hardware, such as computers, external hard drives, flash drives, tablets, smartphone, and digital cameras; and online accounts, such as email, social media accounts, shopping accounts, online storage, websites, online banking, and online payment accounts. Your list should include the location of the asset, and the username and password needed to access the information. It should also include directions on what should be done with each asset.
You then want to give a chosen representative directions on how to access this list in the event of your incapacity or death. Because this digital assets inventory list includes very sensitive information, it's important to store the information in a secure place. One option is to formalize your digital estate plan by making it a part of your will or a codicil to will. This gives you the opportunity to name your chosen representative in the will and also specify the location of your digital assets inventory.
However you choose to store your digital assets inventory and directions for access, it's important to update the information as you open new accounts, purchase new devices, or change usernames and passwords.
By taking the time now to develop a digital estate plan–which can be done in connection with updating your current estate plan–it will make things easier for your survivors and increase the likelihood that your wishes are followed. At May Oberfell Lorber, our attorneys have experience working with clients to develop a personal estate plan. We'd be happy to assist you in developing a plan tailored to your specific digital assets.
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