The recent charges against five members of Canada's gold medal-winning 2018 world junior hockey team in connection with an alleged sexual assault has thrust Hockey Canada and its issues back into the public eye.
Social Sciences
Feb 14, 2024
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As the Toronto Maple Leafs recently limped to a third straight defeat to the Florida Panthers, Leafs fans experienced the dreaded rat trick. In this ritual, Panthers fans throw plastic rats onto the ice to summon the energy ...
Social Sciences
May 11, 2023
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Hockey fans everywhere love a good slap shot. It is one of the most widely used tools in the game, responsible for some of the sport's most memorable moments.
General Physics
Feb 13, 2023
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In the era of today's heated culture wars, the concepts of academic freedom and freedom of expression have become increasingly conflated. Divisive political debates around critical race theory, Québec's Bill 32 and talk ...
Social Sciences
Sep 2, 2022
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Children's outbursts of rage while playing digital games are causing both concern and public debate around the topic. Taking a novel approach to gamer rage, a new study conducted at the University of Eastern Finland examines ...
Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2022
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A team of Russian researchers affiliated with the HSE University, RANEPA, and NES has found professional athletes to perform better against their former clubs. At least in some circumstances, emotions seem to have a greater ...
Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2022
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Research about men's ice hockey has consistently revealed that the culture is saturated in sexism, misogyny, homophobia and hypermasculinity.
Social Sciences
Jul 6, 2022
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Towering Squaw Peak has groomed generations of America's most elite winter Olympians, from racer Tamara McKinney and freestylist Jonny Mosely to six members of this year's Alpine Team U.S..
Environment
Jan 31, 2022
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Researchers have made a key advancement in the development of technology to automatically analyze video of hockey games using artificial intelligence.
General Physics
Oct 4, 2021
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The overriding threat of becoming a distraction is the main barrier keeping professional hockey players from identifying publicly as gay, even though such an admission would likely accelerate a more tolerant hockey culture, ...
Social Sciences
Feb 15, 2019
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