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Cammi
Montreal, Quebec
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| Beginnings: | - born 1972, Downers Grove, Illinois |
| Family: | - Father - Mr. Granato
- Mother - Natalie Granato - Brother - Rob - Brother - Tony - Brother - Don - Sister - Christina |
| Education: | - Providence College on a hockey scholarship
- Attended Concordia University |
| Sport(s): | - Hockey
- Played baseball on a boys' team - Played soccer on a boys' team - Played on a girls' basketball team in high school - Festival Handball team |
| Interests: | - Cammi has her own clinic for girls and her brothers Don
and Rob help.
- She also does the radio announcing for the L.A. Kings. |
| Accomplishments: | - Captain of the U.S.A. Olympic women's hockey team, won
gold
- One of the top 5 in the world - 3 time ECAC women's player of the year - On the IIHF women's world championship team |
| Interesting Facts: | - She is just as good as her brother Tony and 4 pros
- Cammi thinks she is so popular because her brother plays pro - She is popular all on her own |
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History of Hockey |
Hockey started in the Middle Ages with makeshift
skates. Even though people believed the North Americans
were the first hockey players ever, it started in Europe. One thing that
helped hockey form was that the Romans played '''Panganica'', which
is similar to hockey. This helped because people started to enjoy
hockey. So when it got really popular this is what happened. First,
there was the first ever game of hockey played. The game was played with
McGill students on the Montreal campus in 1865. In that game a man
named W.F. Robertson realized that the game needed more rules. So he made
the first ever set of hockey rules. Then in 1908, the game of hockey
appeared in the Olympics for the first time ever and it was in London.
Then surprisingly, the National Hockey Association was formed with the
agreement that there would be 3 forwards, 2 defense men and 1 goalie on
the ice at the same time. This was all in the year 1909. The Stanley
Cup was created in 1893, and it was given to the best Canadian team.
It was presented by Mr. Lord Stanley.
The rules of hockey are very interesting.
Here are two very important rules of hockey. The first one is off sides.
Off sides is when you go into the zone before the puck and then the puck
goes in after you. The second rule is the in the crease rule. The in the
crease rule is when you are in the crease and you score - it does not count,
but if the puck was already in the crease it still counts. The crease
is a shaded blue area in front of the net to protect the goalie.
It protects the goalie because you can't go in the crease. Another big
part of hockey is the penalties. Some of the penalties are hooking,
tripping, and slashing. Another two, are holding and roughing. When you
commit a penalty you have to go into the penalty box and your team is down
a man. The time given for penalties is 2 minutes, but if blood is drawn
it is 4 minutes. When you are fighting, both players get 5 minutes and nobody
is down a player, and that is the same for matching penalties.
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U.S.A.
Cammi
Granato represented the U.S.A. women's hockey team. She was the captain
of the United States women's team. She competed in the 1998 Olympics
in Nagano, Japan. The U.S.A. is in the Northern Hemisphere between Canada,
and Mexico. Its population in 1998 was 280,000 (rounded). United States
of America took a long time to get together. The U.S. battled in so many
wars to prevent and gain a variety of laws. Some of the wars were the Revolutionary
War ,and the French and Indian War. Right now I would like to thank the
people who fought the wars for our country. They also formed a great country
and improved it as well.
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