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CAMP Info !!!!!

The August camp schedule is now posted. Camp runs August 19-21 with the orientation meeting Aug 18th at ODU.
Go here to check it out http://odhc.goalline.ca/news2.php?news_id=269294〈=

cause i can't figure out how to get it blog style yeeeee!
Looks like the circus, IN TENTS!

Also got the summer workout plan yesterday and Im going to have to get my self right. We are expecting 35-40 cats at the start of practices...Damn. Which means I have some competition for one of those fresh bench spots!

The ODU 2010-2011 schedule has been posted too. This is not the final schedule...

Date	TYPE	Day	TIME	Team	Location
17-Sep-10	Non-leag	Friday	10:00PM	ODU BLUE/WHITE	ICELAND
24-Sep-10	Non-leag	Friday	TBD	ROANOKE	ROANOKE	CONFIRMED
25-Sep-10	Non-leag	Saturday	TBD	ROANOKE	ROANOKE	CONFIRMED
1-Oct-10	Non-leag	Friday	11:00PM	WILLIAM/MARY	ICEPLEX	CONFIRMED
2-Oct-10	League	Saturday	4:00PM	ECU	GREENVILLE	CONFIRMED
8-Oct-10	League	Friday	11:00PM	CNU	ICEPLEX	CONFIRMED
9-Oct-10	League	Saturday	9:15PM			OPEN
15-Oct-10	League	Friday	10:00PM			OPEN
16-Oct-10	League	Saturday	9:15PM	CATHOLIC	ICELAND	CONFIRMED
22-Oct-10	League	Friday	10:00PM	VCU	ICELAND	CONFIRMED
23-Oct-10	League	Saturday	9:15PM			OPEN
29-Oct-10	League	Friday	9:15PM	CATHOLIC	FT DUPONT	CONFIRMED
30-Oct-10	League	Saturday	8:45PM	SALISBURY	DELWARE	CONFIRMED
5-Nov-10	League	Friday	10:00PM	RICHMOND	ICELAND	CONFIRMED
6-Nov-10	League	Saturday	9:15PM			OPEN
12-Nov-10	Non-leag	Friday	10:00PM	WILLIAM/MARY	ICELAND	CONFIRMED
13-Nov-10	Non-leag	Saturday	2:30PM	LIBERTY	ICELAND	CONFIRMED
19-Nov-10	League	Friday	10:00PM	LOYOLA	ICELAND	CONFIRMED
20-Nov-10	League	Saturday	9:15PM			OPEN
3-Dec-10	League	Friday	10:00PM			OPEN
4-Dec-10	League	Saturday	9:15PM	SALISBURY	ICELAND	CONFIRMED
Winter Break
14-Jan-11	League	Friday	TBD	RICHMOND	RICHMOND	CONFIRMED
15-Jan-11	League	Saturday	9:15PM	CNU	ICELAND	CONFIRMED
21-Jan-11	League	Friday	10:45PM	LOYOLA	MT PLEASANT	CONFIRMED
22-Jan-11	Non-leag	Saturday	TBD	GETTYSBURG	GETTYSBURG	CONFIRMED
28-Jan-11	League	Friday	10:00PM			OPEN
29-Jan-11	League	Saturday	9:15PM	AMERICAN	ICELAND	CONFIRMED
4-Feb-11	League	Friday	TBD	VCU	RICHMOND	CONFIRMED
5-Feb-11	Non-leag	Saturday	9:15PM	ECU	ICELAND	CONFIRMED
11-Feb-11	League	Friday	10:00PM	GMU	ICELAND	CONFIRMED
12-Feb-11	Non-leag	Saturday	9:15PM	GMU	ICELAND	CONFIRMED
17-Feb-11	ACHA	Thursday	TBD
18-Feb-11	ACHA	Friday	TBD
19-Feb-11	ACHA	Saturday	TBD
25-Feb-11	BRHC	Friday	TBD
26-Feb-11	BRHC	Saturday	TBD

A Message From President "Ducci Mane"

Good morning gentlemen.

As many of you are aware, Coach Appleby and myself traveled to Naples, Florida this past weekend for the annual ACHA summit. All implications of being in Florida aside, it was a great success. I have been high on hockey since I arrived on Friday. If you would have all seen the amount of time and effort put into this meeting to make it what it was, you would all understand exactly where our coaches are coming from. We are not a "club" regardless of our university-appointed labels. We are an ACHA team, and we represent our school on the national (and potentially international) stage. Attending the same meetings as the presidents and coaches of Saginaw Valley and Florida Gulf Coast made me realize just what we can achieve with the right amount of determination, effort, and pride. With that being said, our season starts in August when we will be holding the camp. It is very important that you attend. Although work and school obligations are very much understandable, I need to know very soon, if not now, who can commit to the August camp. As said before, it will be held August 19-21, and will take up the majority of each day.

Based on the measures taken by successful schools around the ACHA, this camp is a vital step towards a national championship. It is up to you guys to work for it, knowing that it is a very attainable goal for us. The coaches, the executives, and myself have great confidence in our team, and we look forward to seeing each of you in August.

While our season starts in August, your season starts now. Make sure you are each staying physical during the Summer. Don't hurt yourselves, but consider what each of you can do to elevate your game, whether it be lifting weights, sprinting, or shooting 500 pucks a day.

Have a great summer guys.

--
Tyler Duchaine
President
Old Dominion University Ice Hockey

Year End Awards

The ODU Ice Hockey Team ended the year by attending the Sports Club Dinner and announcing the year end awards.

Adam Kosna-ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Dan Rall-MOST IMPROVED

Tyler Duchaine-ODU TEAM MEMBER OF THE YEAR

Lance Hebert-ODU HONORARY MEMBER OF THE YEAR

Red Wings Pull It Out?

This Video of an octopus attacking a camera gives me this strange feeling that the Red Wings might dig out of their 1-2 series and beat the Coyotes.


For those of you who don't know why an octopus is significant to the Detroit Red Wings, Andi, I have a short sweet story for you from About.com.

The Motor City's proud tradition of saluting the Detroit Red Wings with slimy creatures of the deep dates back over half a century.

The first octopus landed on the ice during the Red Wings' 1952 Stanley Cup run, courtesy of brothers Pete and Jerry Cusimano, who owned a fish market. If you know your cephalopods, you will know that an octopus has eight tentacles. In those days it took eight playoff wins to claim the Cup, hence the supposed symbolism of the gesture.

The Red Wings were perfect in the '52 playoffs, sweeping the semifinal and the final in straight games. The octopus has been a good luck charm ever since.

By 1995, the team had adopted the tradition by introducing a mascot, Al the Octopus. Al is raised to the rafters of Joe Louis Arena before every home playoff game, and used in team merchandising and promotion.

Al the Octopus High above the ice in Detroit

Whose Town Nation Update

Waffletown USA has the week off. Coming off a heated shootout loss to the Blue Ducks. It was a tough battle by both teams. In the shootout their goalie had our number stuffing three good attempts while Krus and I had him beat but couldn't hit the net. Waffletown is now 4-2-1 and awaits its next opponent to be announced. In the mean time the Waffletown softball team ends spring training this week and has the one and only preseason game May 6, 8:45/9:45 against the Weapons of Mass Consumption.

Boyle Scores in OT....oops!

After Ave goalie Craig Anderson shut down the Sharks 51(!) shots Dan Boyle decided to turn around and try scoring on a different goalie, his own. This is one of the worst moments I have ever seen in any professional sporting event. Somebody better gettcha boy a new curve cause that aint cuttin it. It is such a shame due to how it seemed more or less obvious that the Sharks were going to win, which most likely would have come in the second overtime at the 75 shot mark. You know when Anderson finally passed out.
I know I picked the Sharks to choke in this series and it was more of a joke on them, but this is just outrageous.

#41 Craig Anderson

Canucks Do Not Provide Sex Therapist

VANCOUVER — On the eve of the playoffs, Vancouver Canucks coach Alain Vigneault said players will be expected to stick to their usual healthy living routines, at least those that the team can control.

Sex is not one of them as players have varying attitudes toward whether it is useful to abstain or not on — or before — game days, based on dressing room interviews today with The Vancouver Sun's health reporter.

A post-practice press conference with the coach was a fairly dull affair until a Sun reporter included sex in a list of routines discussed with players.

"Coach, what are your expectations, and in fact your advice to players, with respect to daily health routines whether it is sleep, eating habits, training, recovery, diet, sex, you know all the normal things people do every day?" was the question posed to Vigneault.

"Sex every day?" he responded, with an incredulous expression, drawing extended laughs from journalists present.

"I think for all the other things, before the sex, we do a real good job making sure of the conditioning and nutrition and in my time here, we've had a sleep (expert) individual so everything we can control, that we should control, we do. And I believe that's probably one of the reasons this year why our record in the third period has been so solid and so strong.

"As far as the sex goes, that's none of my business, they can do what they want. I like to have a lot of control but (not) that part there," Vigneault said.

In a jocular manner, a reporter then said: "What, no sex therapist?"

"Not there yet," a good natured Vigneault responded, before taking further questions in French.

Read Thursday's Vancouver Sun for dressing room interviews with players asked the same questions.

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The One Person In The Building Not Expecting A Sharks Choke

Deadspin

Of all four playoff games yesterday I only got to watch the last three minuets of the Sharks/Aves game because I worked and went to a pickup gettig home at like 12 something or another. The game winner was totally a NHL10.............I have been sitting here for awhile trying to come up with a joke about how this situation is like the fact that no matter what one team will score in the last min of the damn game and it drives me nuts. There I said it if you play the game you most likely get it if not whatever its not funny anyway. If you wanna giggle do it about how relaxed yet angry that woman? looks.

NHL Stanley Cup Conference Quarterfinals Picks

East:
#1 Caps vs. #8 Canadians: Winner Caps!

#2 Devils vs. #7 Flyers: Winner Devils

#3 Sabers vs. #6 Bruins: Winner Sabers

#4 Pens vs. #5 Senators: Winner Pens

West:
#1 Sharks vs. #8 Aves: Winner Aves

#2 Hawks vs. #7 Predators : Winner Hawks

#3 Canucks vs. #6 Kings : Winner Kings

#4 Coyotes vs. #5 Red Wings: Winner Coyotes

So I made a bunch picks that I think are risky, but I got a feeling about this. I am most likely going to be totally wrong but who cares? I picked the Sharks to fall cause I just don't think they are gonna be able to get that hump off their back not because I like the Aves. My kings over the Canucks pick is shaky but I think they can do it because I think the Canucks are not that good. I don't have any upsets in the East. The only series I think might be a shocker would be the Flyers beating the Devils, but I do like the devils to bounce back hard from their loss in the first game. I have the Caps coming out of the East and I really want that road to go through Pittsburgh because I just love those teams playing. The Hawks will be repping the West in my mind but they have that Hossa curse so no worries there.

Pro Skater Mike V Hockey Stick Incident

Check out this article about the situation if you feel like reading!

Adult Spring/Summer League: Whose Town?

Through four games Waffletown is 3-1 and playing some competitive hockey. Former ODU forward and current Waffletown Alternate Captain Ryan Walter #5 is leading the team in goals (3). Ryan Krus #9 leads in assists(6), points (8) and is currently number 6 in points in the league. ODU supporter and team Captain Evan Knox #43 leads all league players in penalty minuets (30), 14 minuets more than the next player inn the league. Ryan Walter is trying his hardest to catch up to Evan with 12 penalty minuets and both of them have been kicked out of two games apiece. The ultimate utility player, Alternate Captain William Viola #2, has dropped back to fill a gap on D. On the move Viola had to say:

"It's sweet, just wait till I start skating up in that space makin dudes look foolish, and these reffs need to stop missin my assists. I want my points!"

As Waffletown sits in 4th place in the very tough National division we continue our schedule Thursday night at 9:30 p.m. against The Convicts, #2 in the American division. Our ODU brother Dan Clover is the star D man for the Convicts so this game has an automatic air of rivalry surrounding it. This should be a tough game against two talented teams so come out and be apart of the Whose Town Nation!

N.J. High School Championship Game Played 21 Years Later

Players, families show emotions at Frozen Flashback

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The 2010 Presidents' Trophy

Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals keep adding to their historic season.

Washington locked up its first Presidents' Trophy in franchise history Sunday after San Jose lost in overtime to Colorado.

On Saturday, the Caps set a franchise record with their 51st win, scoring three first-period goals in a 3-2 victory at Columbus. They also added to their franchise record for points in a season (114) and set a new mark for road wins (23).

"Well, it's nice to set records," coach Bruce Boudreau said. "It gives us a goal to shoot for for next year. And it's nice to get the 51st win. We were stuck on 49 there for a while."

But winning the Presidents' Trophy doesn't necessarily equate to winning it all in the NHL.

No team that has locked up the Presidents' Trophy for the first time has gone on to win the Stanley Cup in the same season.

The last team to win its first Presidents' Trophy and at least reach the Stanley Cup finals was the Detroit Red Wings in 1994-95.

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Wowzzer! That kinda sucks I had never even thought of that little fact when thinking about that little trophy. Soooo I had to go look that up Wikipedia style:

Year	Winner	Points	Playoff Result	Win #
1985–86	Edmonton Oilers	119	Lost Division final (CGY)[11]	1
1986–87	Edmonton Oilers	105	Won Stanley Cup*	2
1987–88	Calgary Flames	105	Lost Division final (EDM)[12]	1
1988–89	Calgary Flames	117	Won Stanley Cup*	2
1989–90	Boston Bruins	101	Lost Stanley Cup final (EDM)^	1
1990–91	Chicago Blackhawks	106	Lost Division semi-final (MIN)#[13]	1
1991–92	New York Rangers	105	Lost Division final (PIT)[14]	1
1992–93	Pittsburgh Penguins	119	Lost Division final (NYI)[15]	1
1993–94	New York Rangers	112	Won Stanley Cup*	2
1994–95	Detroit Red Wings	070	Lost Stanley Cup final (NJ)^	1
1995–96	Detroit Red Wings	131	Lost Conference final (COL)[16]	2
1996–97	Colorado Avalanche	107	Lost Conference final (DET)[17]	1
1997–98	Dallas Stars	109	Lost Conference final (DET)[18]	1
1998–99	Dallas Stars	114	Won Stanley Cup*	2
1999–2000	St. Louis Blues	114	Lost Conference quarter-final (SJ)#[19]	1
2000–01	Colorado Avalanche	118	Won Stanley Cup*	2
2001–02	Detroit Red Wings	116	Won Stanley Cup*	3
2002–03	Ottawa Senators	113	Lost Conference final (NJ)[20]	1
2003–04	Detroit Red Wings	109	Lost Conference semi-final (CGY)[21]	4
2004–05	No winner because of the 2004–05 NHL lockout	-	-	-
2005–06	Detroit Red Wings	124	Lost Conference quarter-final (EDM)#[22]	5
2006–07	Buffalo Sabres	113	Lost Conference final (OTT)[23]	1
2007–08	Detroit Red Wings[24]	115	Won Stanley Cup*	6
2008–09	San Jose Sharks	117	Lost Conference quarter-final (ANA)#[25]	1
2009–10	Washington Capitals	TBD	TBD	1