CYBERSPORT.If this time of year, you find yourself stuck between the blue lines, tucked in the crease or crushed against the boards, your best resource for all things puck is NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there .com. Yes, it's the league's official site, and official usually means watered down and uninteresting. But the good folks in the commissioner's office have put together a nice compendium of vital info. The site's top feature (www.nhl.com) is the ``Listen to the Games'' area, which offers real-time broadcasts of every NHL game, every day. You can choose to listen to either team's home radio station. A 28.8-baud modem, at minimum, is needed, plus the NetShow player plug-in. If you're tired of blowing the sports category in Trivial Pursuit Trivial Pursuit is a board game where progress is determined by a player's ability to answer general knowledge, and popular culture questions. The game was made in 1979 by Scott Abbott, a sports editor for the Canadian Press, and Chris Haney, of Welland, Ontario, a photo because the only hockey names you know are Gordie Howe Noun 1. Gordie Howe - Canadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the most games (born 1928) Gordon Howe, Howe and Wayne Gretzky Noun 1. Wayne Gretzky - high-scoring Canadian ice-hockey player (born in 1961) Gretzky , read ``Where are They Now?'' a nifty feature profiling players from throughout the league's 81-year history (because you're dying to know what became of Lanny McDonald Lanny King McDonald (born February 16, 1953 in Hanna, Alberta, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey player and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Playing career and Mike Bossy Michael Dean "Mike" Bossy (born in Montreal, Quebec, on January 22 1957), is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played for the New York Islanders during their four-year reign as Stanley Cup champions in the early 1980s. ). ``Hockey 101'' with Brian Mullen, aimed at beginning hockey players, offers worldly advice on skating and other elements of the game (``because no one, not even Wayne Gretzky, were great skaters the first time on the ice.''). A daily video clip from every game can serve as your own personal ``SportsCenter'' studio, although each clip takes up to 5 minutes to download and as of now, they lack audio. The basics are all there as well: links to individual team sites, commentary from former Rangers goalie and TV broadcaster John Davidson and daily updates on every NHL game. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Site: www.NHL.com |
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