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Each Saturday I like to research and share a little hockey trivia with all my fellow Hockey Chumps out there. During the playoffs, though, I’m heading to limit the facts to stuff specifically having to accomplish with either the Stanley Cup, playoff matchups, or the remaining playoff teams themselves.

All you have to have is your hockey stick and a ball – preferably a street hockey ball, but if you’re in a bind, a baseball or tennis ball will do.

This exercise will help your stickhandling greatly. If you’re just starting out, start by taking a stance that has your feet positioned shoulder length apart. Now, whilst wearing your typical hockey gloves and employing your standard hockey stick (to aid construct comfort with your own equipment), begin stickhandling the ball back and forth between your two feet; that means that the ball must by no means travel further than either foot in going back and forth. Do this 100 times and repeat more than the coming days and weeks right up until comfortable.

Pretty difficult to grasp, especially whenever you consider how great – or a minimum of competitive – both teams have been around all these years.

32 many years ago it was the Big Poor Bruins v. the Broad Street Bullies, when both teams have been more so known for their ability to bash opponents up and down the rink, rather than their playing the additional “skillful” parts from the game.

Doing this drill won’t only enhance the speed with which you are able to stickhandle, it will also assist assemble up your level of comfort in stickhandling with your equipment and hockey stick.

In fact, the Bruins had four players on their roster that year that accumulated – at minimum – 116 PIM every single during the typical season. On the other side of the faceoff dot, the Flyers had five players with at least 119 PIM each. The Bruins won in 5 games and moved on towards finals, where they were promptly disposed of by the quicker and more skillful Montreal Canadiens.

For comparison’s sake, this season’s Bruins have just 1 player with more than 100 penalty minutes (Shawn Thornton at a “healthy” 141 PIM) whereas the Flyers have four players with at least 126 PIM.

You might like to read more research on my site on Sherwood Hockey Equipment.

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