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Remembrance Day NHL Memories

come to watch and admire could leader with 273. He scored twice in Doug Jarvis getting the only hat
By Thom Racine perform and create these memories. a 5-2 win against the Islanders. Tony trick of his career and Denis Herron
Have a read and when you are Esposito recorded his 40th career
and Richard Sevigny splitting the
finished, think for a minute how shutout in a 3-0 win over the Kings.
shut-out. Bobby Smith scored four
insignificant these moments really In 1978 the Minnesota North Stars
times and had three assists as the
are in comparison to the date they allowed Marcel Dionne to record his
were achieved. 13th career hat trick as the Kings won North Stars whipped Winnipeg 15-
In 1943 while the war was raging 8-1 in LA. A year later in Philadelphia 2. In 1985 former Cornwall Royal
in Europe, Clint Smith scored the first Rick Macleish helped the Flyers edge Richard Brodeur blanked the Red
t is always poignant at this time ever empty net goal in NHL history at the Canucks by scoring three times Wings for his fifth shut-out. The next
Iof year to remember our war 19:12 of the third as the Blackhawks while registering his 550th career year rookie Gary Roberts scored
dead and the sacrifices they made beat the Bruins 6-4. point. Montreal’s “big bird” had four his first NHL goal as the Flames
throughout the last century and yes, Fast forward to the seventies. In points in an 8-2 win over the Rockies
beat Vancouver. 1990 saw former
even today. Over the years I have 1970 Gary “suitcase” Smith of the in Colorado in 1980. 1981 was the
‘Miracle on Ice’ team member Dave
collected historical notes and wrote Golden Seals shut out the Montreal busiest November 11th, starting with
Christian play in his 1000th NHL
about Remembrance Day, featuring Canadiens 2-0 in Oakland. I found the Flyers picking up Mel Bridgeman
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soldiers who left our fair city and two notable 1973 moments, Rod for Brad Marsh. It was a high scoring game. Remembrance Day moments
never came home. Because of their Gilbert passed Andy Bathgate as night on two fronts. The Habs were from the NHL. Remembrance Day,
sacrifices, the great athletes we have the all-time Rangers goal scoring in Colorado again and won 9-0 with lest we forget.
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The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo are only nine months away and park terrain skateboarding competition is
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making its debut at the games. What do you think about skateboarding in the Olympics?

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Gilles Gaudet - Sports Enthusiast - We should never forget that the Olympics, both summer and winter are billion dollar industries. To that end, the Olympics
like all other businesses, is looking at ways to increase its customer base. That valuable customer base is known as the ‘millennial’s’, aka Gen Y. FYI, other
sports making their debut this summer are surfing and sport climbing. Yes, that’s right! Surfing and sport climbing! So when you think about it, it’s not such
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a reach for skateboarding to debut in the summer of 2020. We should have seen this coming when snowboarding was added to the winter Olympics in 1998.
Snowboarding without the snow, then add the wheels, is basically skateboarding. Here’s a number that may explain the addition of skateboarding as an Olympic
event: eleven million. Yes, it’s estimated that there are eleven million skateboarders in the world. That is, minus those who are laid up injured! So if you think
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that skateboarding is an unusual Olympic sport, what about skeleton racing? You know, the daredevils that go 80 mph down an icy track, looking like they’re
out of control, but wearing helmets. I’m guessing the number of skeleton racers is a lot less than eleven million participants. How about the next time you’re out
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cross-country skiing, check and see if any of your fellow skiers are sporting a small-bore rifle. If they are, stay out of their way, because maybe they’re practising
for that popular Olympic sport of biathlon. Watch out! Maybe in 2024 in Paris, we’ll see athletes running around under the Eiffel Tower chasing Pokémon. Eh
bien oui!
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Jake Lapierre - Conditioning Coach - Unique from its inception, skateboarding was known as an activity that rebellious youths took up to
escape the boredom and home life laden with rules. Skateboarding (formally known as sidewalk surfing) began in California where
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young surfers picked up on the idea of slapping a set of wheels on a platform and gliding along on sidewalks or roadways to get around.
No guidelines, no rules, skateboarding morphed into a cult all its own and celebrated individuality and its own lifestyle. In 1995,
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ESPN’s Extreme Games competition made the sport much more appealing with a more dangerous and adrenalin fueled attitude. Kids
were mastering incredible moves and wowing crowds around the world. The IOC has made the decision to introduce park terrain
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skateboarding into Tokyo’s 2020 Olympics. My question is: what took so long? Yes park terrain skateboarding deserves to be part of
the Olympic program. I’m looking forward to it!
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Jim Riddell - Seaway Karate Club -Skateboarding is something that I had never really thought much about until a few years ago when in
San Francisco, I had the opportunity to watch several boarders exhibit their expertise doing stunts and “hill bombing” on the very steep
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Dolores Street. Although I had to question their wisdom, some of these skateboarders were definitely athletes with some high-end
skills. Skateboarding has a similar culture to that of snowboarding which made its Olympic debut in 1998 at Nagano Japan and became
an instant success. With the proper format and marketing, skateboarding will appeal to the millennial market and has the potential to
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become as popular at the summer Olympics as snowboarding has at the Winter Olympics.
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