Welcome back to the 06/07 Friday Night Hockey session. Hope everyone had a good summer. We already had our first game on the newly renovated ice rink. Personally, I like it. Ice seems more consistent and harder, no ponds, and the gap where pucks tend to get stuck aren't there anymore. Some of the doors still seem a little stiff and don’t lock properly, but I’m sure they’ll be fixed in time.
Way to start off a session. For the first game, the pace was pretty good and the teams were fairly even. A reminder, players should get into shape to play hockey, not play hockey to get into shape. Was sent this artical a while back.
In March 2005, the Ottawa Citizen newspaper ran an
article on the importance of staying in shape during
the off-season. This was then later published in the
Vancouver Sun around the same time.
This 3 part article discusses several heart
related issues primarily identifying symptoms related
to heart attacks and ways to avoid it. As the article
states, "we want to strongly encourage adult
recreational hockey players to get into shape to play
hockey, not to get into shape by playing hockey."
In June Canlan Ice Sports North Shore took
precautionary measures and have installed an A.E.D.
(Automatic External Defibrulator) in the event of a
medical emergency. This policy was recently
implimented at all Canlan Ice Sports facilities in North
America and already 1 life was saved in our
Saskatoon facility as a result of having the A.E.D. on
site.
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