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Stanley Cup : the complete history
\"A year-by-year breakdown of every Stanley Cup-winning team, complete with rosters, scoring tables, playoff summary anecdotal stories and complementary stat boxes.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Road to gold : the untold story of Canada at the World Juniors
\"From bestselling author Mark Spector comes the behind-the-scenes story of the Canadian World Junior program's journey from obscurity to the international powerhouse that it is today. On the world junior hockey stage today, Canada is known as the team to beat. They hold the record for the most gold medals won (seventeen since the tournament's inception), their games draws millions of fans each year, and the tournament serves as a showcase for each year's best talent. But things weren't always so rosy. For years, Canada languished in obscurity at the World Juniors. Wearing the red-and-white wasn't a mark of honour but merely a sideshow to the players, owners resented the interruption to their league operations, and Canada was an afterthought at the tournament. Canada was supposed to be better at hockey than any nation on earth--how could the team languish in such obscurity? So, the team set out on a reclamation mission. The Program of Excellence was born, and with it, a new hope for hockey's future in Canada. No more would Canada be content with merely showing up. Instead, each year, the country would send its best talent--from Gretzky to Lemieux to Crosby to McDavid--to reclaim its spot at the top of the hockey world. Tracing the owner disputes, off-ice antics, and riveting on-ice action of nearly forty years at the World Juniors--and full of inside stories from hockey greats--this is hockey history as you've never seen it before. Funny, smart, and clear-eyed, Mark Spector traces the remarkable rise of the Canadian World Junior program and shows how the World Juniors created not just a new team, but a new dream for the sport.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The relative age effect reversal among the National Hockey League elite
Like many sports in adolescence, junior hockey is organized by age groups. Typically, players born after December 31st are placed in the subsequent age cohort and as a result, will have an age advantage over those players born closer to the end of the year. While this relative age effect (RAE) has been well-established in junior hockey and other professional sports, the long-term impact of this phenomenon is not well understood. Using roster data on North American National Hockey League (NHL) players from the 2008-2009 season to the 2015-2016 season, we document a RAE reversal-players born in the last quarter of the year (October-December) score more and command higher salaries than those born in the first quarter of the year. This reversal is even more pronounced among the NHL \"elite.\" We find that among players in the 90th percentile of scoring, those born in the last quarter of the year score about 9 more points per season than those born in the first quarter. Likewise, elite players in the 90th percentile of salary who are born in the last quarter of the year earn 51% more pay than players born at the start of the year. Surprisingly, compared to players at the lower end of the performance distribution, the RAE reversal is about three to four times greater among elite players.
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Hockey Hall of Fame book of players
\"Individual profiles, stories, stats and artifacts documenting the careers of the players enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame [Toronto, Ontario, Canada]\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Consensus statement on concussion in sport: the 6th International Conference on Concussion in Sport–Amsterdam, October 2022
For over two decades, the Concussion in Sport Group has held meetings and developed five international statements on concussion in sport. This 6th statement summarises the processes and outcomes of the 6th International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Amsterdam on 27–30 October 2022 and should be read in conjunction with the (1) methodology paper that outlines the consensus process in detail and (2) 10 systematic reviews that informed the conference outcomes. Over 3½ years, author groups conducted systematic reviews of predetermined priority topics relevant to concussion in sport. The format of the conference, expert panel meetings and workshops to revise or develop new clinical assessment tools, as described in the methodology paper, evolved from previous consensus meetings with several new components. Apart from this consensus statement, the conference process yielded revised tools including the Concussion Recognition Tool-6 (CRT6) and Sport Concussion Assessment Tool-6 (SCAT6, Child SCAT6), as well as a new tool, the Sport Concussion Office Assessment Tool-6 (SCOAT6, Child SCOAT6). This consensus process also integrated new features including a focus on the para athlete, the athlete’s perspective, concussion-specific medical ethics and matters related to both athlete retirement and the potential long-term effects of SRC, including neurodegenerative disease. This statement summarises evidence-informed principles of concussion prevention, assessment and management, and emphasises those areas requiring more research.
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Does disallowing body checking in non-elite 13- to 14-year-old ice hockey leagues reduce rates of injury and concussion? A cohort study in two Canadian provinces
ObjectiveTo compare rates of injury and concussion among non-elite (lowest 60% by division of play) Bantam (ages 13–14 years) ice hockey leagues that disallow body checking to non-elite Bantam leagues that allow body checking.MethodsIn this 2-year cohort study, Bantam non-elite ice hockey players were recruited from leagues where policy allowed body checking in games (Calgary/Edmonton 2014–2015, Edmonton 2015–2016) and where policy disallowed body checking (Kelowna/Vancouver 2014–2015, Calgary 2015–2016). All ice hockey game-related injuries resulting in medical attention, inability to complete a session and/or time loss from hockey were identified using valid injury surveillance methodology. Any player suspected of having concussion was referred to a study physician for diagnosis and management.Results49 body checking (608 players) and 33 non-body checking teams (396 players) participated. There were 129 injuries (incidence rate (IR)=5.52/1000 hours) and 54 concussions (IR=2.31/1000 hours) in the body checking teams in games. After policy change, there were 31 injuries (IR=2.50/1000 hours) and 17 concussions (IR=1.37/1000 hours) in games. Policy disallowing body checking was associated with a lower rate of all injury (adjusted incidence rate ratio (IRR)=0.45; 95% CI: 0.27 to 0.76). The point estimate showed a lower rate of concussion (adjusted IRR=0.59; 95% CI: 0.30 to 1.17), but this was not statistically significant.ConclusionPolicy change disallowing body checking in non-elite Bantam ice hockey resulted in a 55% lower rate of injury. There is growing evidence that disallowing body checking in youth ice hockey is associated with fewer injuries.
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Scotty : a hockey life like no other
\"From bestselling author and Hall of Fame player Ken Dryden comes the unparalleled life story of the greatest coach in hockey history, Scotty Bowman. Scotty Bowman is universally heralded as the greatest coach in hockey history, and is widely regarded as one of the best coaches in all of sports. He holds the record for most wins and most Stanley Cups as a head coach and is the only NHL coach to lead three different teams to a championship. He has seen all of hockey's great players--from \"The Rocket\" to Gordie Howe to the young stars that play today--and has witnessed firsthand what makes a team click. However, for all of his accomplishments and his legendary stature in the game of hockey, we know very little about who Scotty Bowman is. Now, Hall of Fame player and the former goaltender of Scotty's Montreal Canadiens team, Ken Dryden, takes us inside the mind of hockey's ultimate coach. We see Scotty as a child in his hometown of Verdun, Quebec, as a teenager racing to a spot in the old Montreal Forum to witness Richard's scoring prowess, and as an up and coming hockey mind, tapped on the shoulder to follow in the footsteps of the legendary Montreal coach Toe Blake. Interwoven through the narrative of Scotty's life story are the profiles of the eight best teams in NHL history in Bowman's eyes, as the coach describes what makes these particular teams stand out from the rest. And, because it's in a coach's competitive nature, these eight teams are pitted against one another in a winner-take-all tournament, where Scotty will determine once and for all which team is the greatest team in NHL history, and why.\" -- Provided by publisher
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26 (17B) Test-retest reliability of the SCAT6® cognitive and tandem gait components among professional hockey players
PurposeTo examine the test-retest reliability and reliable change of the Sports Concussion Assessment Tool-6 (SCAT6®) cognitive and tandem gait components in a large sample of multi-cultural professional ice hockey players.MethodsNational Hockey League (NHL) and American Hockey League (AHL) players undergoing medical evaluations prior to the 2023/2024 (time 1) and 2024/2025 (time 2) seasons completed the NHL Modified SCAT (n=1388), which includes an expanded digits backward and tandem gait with an option to wear skates. Data were extracted from an existing clinical database of players. Test-retest reliability was examined with Pearson correlations and reliable change metrics (RCI) were developed. Regression-based norms were created for the Total Cognitive Score.ResultsPlayers were assessed on average 353.69±46.01 days following their baseline. A regression-based reliable change model incorporating baseline scores and word list form explained 40% of the variance in time two SCAT6® Total Cognitive performance (r=.64). Test-retest reliabilities and practice-corrected .90 RCIs denoting decline included: English-language preference concentration (r=.56; reliable decline=-2), tandem gait fastest time with skates (r=.69; reliable decline=+3.60), tandem gait average time with skates (r=.72; reliable decline=+3.53), tandem gait fastest time without skates (r=.51; reliable decline=+4.20), and tandem gait average time without skates (r=.44; reliable decline=+4.68).ConclusionsThese findings highlight the importance of considering practice effects when determining reliable change from baseline on the new SCAT6® components in professional hockey players. These findings also provide initial evidence that test-retest reliability of new SCAT6® components is improved compared to prior research and earlier iterations of the SCAT®.
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