Katie King

Salem, New Hampshire
by Leanne


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Beginnings: - Born on May 24,1975  Salem, New Hampshire 
Family: - Brother David King
Education: - Brown University, Rhode Island  graduated in 1997  
- Degree in organizational management
Sport(s): - Softball, basketball, hockey, which she plays on an Olympic team
Interests: - Hockey, softball, basketball, field hockey
Accomplishments: - She wants to become an ice hockey coach and wants to stay in the Olympics where she won a gold metal in 1998, in Nagano
Interesting Facts: -  She was the top pitcher for the Brown University softball team
-  Named the 1996 Ivy League player of the year. 
- She is nicknamed " Kinger" 
- She played women's ice hockey and was one of the top players
- She is 5'8", weighs 165 pounds
- Her position is forward
- All together in her college years she has scored 123 goals
- On the USA team she has scored 2 goals and 1 assist


  
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    History and Rules of Hockey

        Ice hockey began in the middle ages.  At the time people in Europe played games with ice skates and old things that they did not need anymore.  They could of had an old boot, put it on their foot, and put an old blade on the boot, and then might use an old rope for laces.  The first players used field tools with curved ends.  The French people who watched called it hoqet.  The first game of ice hockey was played in Kingston, Ontario, in 1855.  A committee met and made the positions.  They were one goalie, two defenders, three forwards, and a rover, who moved from midrink to defense.  In 1893, the Stanley Cup was created.  When they first started playing the puck was square, not round like it is now.  There were nine people on a side.  The puck could move over one hundred miles per hour.  The puck was  three inches in diameter and one inch thick.  Hockey became an Olympic sport in the 1920's.  The 1924 Boston Bruins became the first NHL hockey team.
 

    The game of hockey starts at the center spot with a face off.  The referee drops the puck and the two centers try to control the puck.  There is a rule called icing.  It is when a player stands by the goal waiting for the puck, when it is not in the attacking zone.  When icing is called a face off will occur.  A foul is also a rule - you may not do it.  If you do holding, sticking, or tripping you have to leave the game for 2-5 minutes.  If you fight with an opponent you will have to leave the game for 5-10 minutes.  If anyone on your team has to leave the game you have to play without a player.  The other team will have an extra player, which is called a power play.  If the other team scores a goal, the penalized player will be able to go back in the game.  There are three periods in the game.  If it is a tie then you have a ten minute overtime.  Whoever scores the first goal is the winner of the game.
  

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       Geography

            My athlete represents the country of the United States of America.  The population of the USA is 250,000,000.  It is located in the northern hemisphere.  My athlete lives in the USA.  She lives in a state called New Hampshire.  It has a population of 920,000.  It has a special name which is the " Granite State."  In the USA there are many special places.  Some of them are the White House and the Statue of Liberty.  The United States of America is the forth largest.  The United States of America has many special birds, flowers, and has a special dollar.  The bird's name is the bald eagle.  The flower's name is the rose, and the dollar is special because no other country has a look like that.  The United States' Flag has thirteen stripes - seven red and six white stripes.  It has fifty stars.
  
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