Express_2015_11_13

SPORTS

Entrée en vigueur du règlement de stationnement d’hiver

Les Bears, toujours les Bears

Kevin Groulx a marqué un but et a obtenu trois passes la victoire sur Hawkesbury.

C’est à compter de ce dimanche 15 novembre que le règlement de stationnement d’hiver entrera en vigueur dans les rues de Hawkesbury. À partir de cette date, et ce jusqu’au 15 avril, il sera interdit de stationner les véhicules dans les rues entre minuit et 7 h. Ce règlement a pour but de faciliter les opérations de déneigement et pour limiter les possibles accrochages en raison de la chaussée glissante et autres intempéries. À noter que ce règlement s’ajoute à ceux déjà existants sur certaines rues et il est important de bien lire les panneaux pour éviter de malencontreuses contraventions. (SL)

STÉPHANE LAJOIE stephane.lajoie@eap.on.ca

Après une première période plutôt tran- quille avec seulement six lancers, les Bears ont sorti les griffes en deuxième, bombar- dant le gardien Andrew Tucci de 15 lancers et touchant la cible à deux reprises au cours des deux premières minutes de jeu, pour ainsi prendre les devants 3 à 0. Au dernier vingt, Matthew Kenney a fait mal aux Hawks en se faufilant derrière les défenseurs pour ensuite s’emparer d’un retour de lancer pour son dixième filet de la saison. Smiths Falls a ajouté un autre but moins de trois minutes plus tard et a fermé les livres en fin de match sur un revirement en zone centrale, ce qui a permis à Nicolas Coates de prendre bien son temps pour décocher un lancer du poignet qui a eu raison d’An- drew Tucci. Ce dernier connaît une période creuse, ayant perdu trois de ses quatre der- niers départs. Ce blanchissage permet aux Bears de grimper au deuxième rang de la division Robinson, tandis que les Hawks dégringolent au cinquième rang, derrière les Braves de Brockville et les Colts de Cornwall. Les trois formations sont à égalité avec 30 points, mais Brockville a trois matchs en mains et Cornwall deux. Ce soir, les Hawks sont à Hawkesbury et il y aura du monde au complexe puisque le match sera présenté aumêmemoment que le grand spectacle country Blast from the Past. Les 73 de Kemptville seront donc en terrain connu avec les cowboys et fermiers et ils voudront venger leur défaite de 6 à 2 du 2 octobre. Cette saison, les Hawks ont battu Kemptville deux fois sur trois et les 73 sont bons derniers dans la division Robinson avec une maigre récolte de 20 points. Les Hawks seront également à domicile pour le match de dimanche, accueillant les Braves de Brockville pour unmatch très important à l’approche de la mi-saison.

Les Bears ont battu les Hawks de Hawkes- burypour une septième fois enhuit parties le 10novembre et unedeuxième fois par blan- chissage cette saison, infligeant uncinglant revers de 6 à 0 à la troupe de Rick Dorval.

player broke a skate lace and he refused to go out until the other player did before him! I have seen a player throw out four sticks they were cutting because each time they were one or two millimetres off! I have seen a player eat the same pre game meal every time on the road for two years (Salad, spaghetti and meat sauce, one roll with butter and a glass of water) even though they were serving Steak, Chicken, Fish, Baked Potatoes and ice cream for dessert. I enjoyed the complete buffet! The list of routines, habits and superstitions I witnessed from players over a span of eighteen years was both entertaining and in some cases disturbing. I personally never got to a point with superstitions or habits where they completely took over my life during my hockey career but I did have some routines and things I liked to have a certain way. My hockey stick length when I played had to be 60 inches exactly and I always took the cap out of the end of the aluminum and carbon sticks from 1993 to 2004. Before 1993 I used wood sticks with no caps! I always got dressed into my hockey equipment a certain way which I may be able to answer a question people have on why a lot of hockey player’s pants are torn on the back bottom part of their pants. Many hockey players put their skates on before their pants and it is almost impossible to get your skates through your pants without tearing them! I always wet my hockey gloves before I played yet I had them dried in between periods. I never wore a mouth guard or visor because I couldn’t breathe or see properly. Then when it became mandatory to wear a visor in Europe and I had to put one on I won the league scoring as a defensemen. I then believed I should always wear one. Some of my routines, habits and superstitions were in place from the beginning and others found their way in and out of my career over the course of eighteen years. The life of a hockey player, as I have mentioned in previous Hockey Talks, is not all fun and games. As you can see even in this aspect of routines, habits and superstitions it can almost become a stress. I lied in the previous line about this aspect not effecting my life as the list above is about 20 items longer of routine, habits and superstitions. It was a sort of check list which over time became easier and easier to manage. It wasn’t a bad thing for me and for the most part I do feel it helped me, but when I retired I was glad these routines, habits and superstitions could be put to rest and I no longer had to cut my stick at all! I believe routines, habits and superstitions are good to have as long as they are kept in line with them making you feel good and help you to prepare for your games. Try not to become too obsessive with them as they could end up hurting you more than helping you.

WI TH

HAWKESBURY HAWKS hockeytalk@eap.on.ca Shawn Anderson

Habits and Superstitions This week I thought it would be interesting to talk about a hockey player’s routine which may also involve habits and superstitions! Many hockey players develop these routines as they grow up in a hockey playing environment. I am not sure at what age routine’s start but it can start as young as four years old. They may not realize it at the time as they cry and pout to have their favourite hockey socks put on in a certain way, but that is exactly the start of a routine or superstition! It’s not about comfort or look….. It just about the way they like it and they like it like that way every time! Some of the younger player’s routines will start out with getting to the practice and games at certain times, having a certain snack before every game, playing with a certain stick and being first in line for practice drills. What these routine’s do is give that player a sense of feeling good associated with playing the game they love. Until the age of midget hockey these routines do not really effect the players ability to perform and they will not be completely thrown off their game if they have the wrong snack before their game! Once you enter midget level hockey and higher, routines, habits and superstitions take on a new meaning. These routines in some player’s cases can take over completely, both mentally and physically. A player can get to a point that they will convince themselves that they will fail if their routines, habits and superstitions are disrupted. Some of these players I have personally seen take on symptoms similar to Obsessive Compulsive Disease (OCD) and when disrupted they get aggressive and unpleasant. I have seen players who have to be the last one out of the dressing room and last one off the ice. I once witnessed a player miss half of a pre-game warmup because another

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