Informative Speech: The Great Sport Of Ice Hockey
INFORMATIVE SENTENCE OUTLINE: ICE HOCKEY
PURPOSE: At the end of my speech, the audience will be able to understand more about the great sport of ice hockey.
INTRODUCTION: I’m a huge ice hockey fan, from college to the professionals. I feel as if people in the United States don’t know much about this beloved sport, therefore they cannot appreciate it as well as other sports like football. Tonight, I plan on changing that.
CENTRAL IDEA: Tonight I will inform you about the greatest sport ever to be played on ice. Hockey. I will also be providing you with a timeline of how ice hockey began, what it’s like now, and how it became to become “the great game”.
PREVIEW: In this speech, I’ll go over the major elements of hockey. From its birthplace …show more content…
ORIGIN OF ICE HOCKEY A. 17th Century a. In the Middle Ages ice hockey was called colf, golf on an ice covered surface. i. Wooden curved bat, wooden leather ball, and two poles. ii. The objective of the game was to hit a chosen point using the least number of strokes. B. 19th Century b. Colf evolved to create the sport of golf, but the element of ice remained. iii. Colf was then transformed in to outdoor stick-and-ball games adapted to icy conditions in Canada brought about by immigrants from the Netherlands. c. Late 19th Century iv. The idea of Hurley was adapted from immigrants of Ireland * Hurley is played as a field game in the summer, but in the winter the Irish immigrants took the game to the ice and the name Ice Hurley was created. * Through the game of Hurley the puck was also created to provide a smoother and easier direction for the players to handle. C. 20th Century d. The term, ice hockey was not used until the 20th century. Up until then it had many other names from other immigrants. The term was created in Montreal, …show more content…
MAJOR EVENT IN HOCKEY L. “Miracle on Ice” w. Team USA faced the Soviet Union in the semi-final game of the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. x. The Soviet team had gone undefeated and had won gold medals in the 1964, 1968, 1972, and 1976 Winter Olympics. In addition to that, the Soviet Union had gone to win the World Cup, and the World Championships, defeating the United States 10-3 y. The rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union was so strong that the United States wanted nothing more than to win and beat them. However, the United States was not favored in this game and many doubted their success over the Soviet team. z. In something out of a fairytale, the United States held on to their 4-3 lead they had acquired with only 10 minutes left in the third period and won the game. {. To this day many hockey fans regard that game as one of the greatest games played on the ice and possibly one of the greatest sports moments of all time.
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PURPOSE: At the end of my speech, the audience will be able to understand more about the great sport of ice hockey.
INTRODUCTION: I’m a huge ice hockey fan, from college to the professionals. I feel as if people in the United States don’t know much about this beloved sport, therefore they cannot appreciate it as well as other sports like football. Tonight, I plan on changing that.
CENTRAL IDEA: Tonight I will inform you about the greatest sport ever to be played on ice. Hockey. I will also be providing you with a timeline of how ice hockey began, what it’s like now, and how it became to become “the great game”.
PREVIEW: In this speech, I’ll go over the major elements of hockey. From its birthplace …show more content…
ORIGIN OF ICE HOCKEY A. 17th Century a. In the Middle Ages ice hockey was called colf, golf on an ice covered surface. i. Wooden curved bat, wooden leather ball, and two poles. ii. The objective of the game was to hit a chosen point using the least number of strokes. B. 19th Century b. Colf evolved to create the sport of golf, but the element of ice remained. iii. Colf was then transformed in to outdoor stick-and-ball games adapted to icy conditions in Canada brought about by immigrants from the Netherlands. c. Late 19th Century iv. The idea of Hurley was adapted from immigrants of Ireland * Hurley is played as a field game in the summer, but in the winter the Irish immigrants took the game to the ice and the name Ice Hurley was created. * Through the game of Hurley the puck was also created to provide a smoother and easier direction for the players to handle. C. 20th Century d. The term, ice hockey was not used until the 20th century. Up until then it had many other names from other immigrants. The term was created in Montreal, …show more content…
MAJOR EVENT IN HOCKEY L. “Miracle on Ice” w. Team USA faced the Soviet Union in the semi-final game of the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. x. The Soviet team had gone undefeated and had won gold medals in the 1964, 1968, 1972, and 1976 Winter Olympics. In addition to that, the Soviet Union had gone to win the World Cup, and the World Championships, defeating the United States 10-3 y. The rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union was so strong that the United States wanted nothing more than to win and beat them. However, the United States was not favored in this game and many doubted their success over the Soviet team. z. In something out of a fairytale, the United States held on to their 4-3 lead they had acquired with only 10 minutes left in the third period and won the game. {. To this day many hockey fans regard that game as one of the greatest games played on the ice and possibly one of the greatest sports moments of all time.
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