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Hockey and Medicine

A 2002 Study published in the Canadian Medical Journal studied the cardiovascular effects of the game on adult players.

[The Study's] Interpretation: The physical activity pattern that occurred during recreational hockey caused cardiac responses that might be dangerous to players’ health.

More specifically, the players exceeded target and maximum heart rates, had poor heart rate recovery after exercise, and had episodes of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia and ST-segment depression of uncertain clinical significance.

Get the study here.

Sunday Pioneer Press

Across the Twin Cities, women are lacing up skates and joining
men on the ice. Read the article by Kay Harvey from
Sunday’s Pioneer Press here.

Twin Cities Adult Hockey Leagues

There is now an AHA Twin Cities Scoreboard link down the left-hand
side of the page.

That link will take you here for area scores and schedules.

St. Paul Winter Carnival

This winter, WCCO Radio, Fox Sports Net and KSTC 45 are sponsoring the 2007 Minnesota Wild Pond Hockey Championships on Lake Phalen in St. Paul, as part of the Minnesota Winter Carnival. The tournament will be held January 27th & 28th.

The competition is four-on-four, with round-robin play on Saturday, with the winners advancing to a single elimination round on Sunday.

This year’s tournament will include the 32-team adult tournament, and adds a 32-team PeeWee tournament. Tournaments will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

• $300 per team adult

• $150 per team pee wees

• all games 4-on-4 (no goalies)

• minimum of 4 players per team / maximum 6 per team

• adult participants 21+

• pee wee participants must be on a registered Minnesota Hockey team

• games are two 20-minute periods (running time), 5-minute intermission

For more information, call 651-222-WILD.

Adult Entry Form.

PeeWee Entry Form.

USA Hockey announced last week that Eagle River Wisconsin will host the second annual Labatt Blue USA Hockey Pond Hockey Championship, February 16-18, 2007.

The tournament was held on Dollar Lake in Eagle River in 2006. The championship is a round-robin, no-check tournament, made of up players 21 and older. Games consist of two 15-minute halves.

Registration forms and rules can be found at:

http://www.usahockey.com/adult/

Headlines posted on the Twin Cities Adult Hockey Blog.

• Metro Hockey League Ready for Fall
• Goalie Boot Camp
• WHAM C3 Team Looking for Players

Headlines posted on the Twin Cities Adult Hockey Blog.

• Adult Hockey Association Open Ice, July 24-August 8, Drake (St. Paul Academy) Arena
• WHAM C3 Womens Fundamentals Class
• Minnesota Wild Adult Fall Hockey League at the National Sports Center.
  Read the full article here.