The same question was raised time and time again when tennis and ice-hockey were introduced.
The crowning triumph had come with victory over the United States in the men's ice-hockey final.
He writes social messages, such as commentaries on ice-hockey matches (he was a sportscaster before he became a politician).
He took ice-hockey players to visit the troops and installed an all-Canadian doughnut shop on the army's base in Kandahar.
Three-time major winner Padraig Harrington has broken the mould after experimenting with a devastating ice-hockey swing as used in the cult U.S. comedy sports film Happy Gilmore.
The film's plot centers of the fortunes of failed ice-hockey player Happy Gilmore, played by Adam Sandler, who masters a powerful and dangerous slap shot which he converts to golf with devastating effect.
He owns soccer, ice-hockey and basketball teams including the LA Lakers, as well as thousands of cinemas, and it's believed Qwest will be at the forefront of the move to distribute films via satellite.
The hosts hit back, though, and enjoyed a spell of mounting pressure late on, with 22-year-old Canadian ice hockey pin-up Crosby narrowing the gap to 4-3 on a power play with four minutes left.
His friends would ask him about "the game with the fishing net" and he would explain it was like ice hockey - fast and hazardous.
The pressure is very much on for Canada's men, with the ice hockey-mad nation desperate for the Olympic gold medal they last won in 2002.
BBC: Canada set up ice hockey final clash with United States
Top-flight ice hockey has been played in Braehead before, in 2002, but the Scottish Eagles pulled out of the old Superleague due to financial problems.
The Russian complaints about their treatment in the ice hockey and cross-country are arguably less concrete.
However, as more evidence mounts on the long-term effect of concussions, there may well be more pressure from some in the medical community, AAP or not, to take children out of football, ice hockey and other head-shot-risky sports entirely.
Later, Kerry -- wearing a University of New Hampshire hockey jersey -- greeted fans and players at a hockey game, then got out on the ice and skated.
News of the tragic accident of a mid-sized Yak-42 Russian aircraft sent shockwaves throughout the global ice hockey community.
FORBES: Names Of Deceased KHL Hockey Players Released In Russia
The US and Canadian ice hockey league cancelled the additional games after rejecting three counter-offers from the players' union.
The final word goes to recently-retired NHL goaltender Kevin Weekes, now the Gary Lineker of ice hockey on CBC television.
Even better, Lundqvist has a legendary foil across the ice: Martin Brodeur, the 40-year-old certain Hall of Famer and another unpretentious hockey star whose greatness has been swamped in a distracted sports metropolis.
The Penguins tied the second-longest winning streak in league history by playing responsible hockey at both ends of the ice.
Trout Lake Ice Rink, used for Olympic athlete training last year, was also converted into a regulation-size NHL hockey rink.
There are "plus-minus" numbers in hockey (the measure of how many goals a player is on the ice for, both for and against), fumbles in football and earned run average in baseball.
应用推荐