News: Hockey Match 2011

News: Hockey Match 2011: If you adjust the figures slightly for Vancouver’s population growth and look at the annual playoff progress of the city’s beloved Canuc...

Hockey Match 2011

  

If you adjust the figures slightly for Vancouver’s population growth and look at the annual playoff progress of the city’s beloved Canucks, what you’ll find is that you can’t use these numbers to prove much of a link between NHL hockey and sexual violence. But if there is one, it’s probably negative. July is (at a high level of statistical significance) the worst month for sexual offences; it’s also the only one of these months in which hockey is never played. In months during which the Canucks were eliminated from Stanley Cup contention, the rate of sexual offences was, on average, more than 20% lower than in other months. There were more sex offences in months with less hockey even if you correct for pure date effects, and the lockout year (2005) had a higher rate of sex offences than either the year following or the year prior
 


Last Sunday, I saw a very interesting hockey match. It was played between the Khalsa School and Guru Har Krishan Public School. Mr Dhyan Chand and Balbir Singh acted as referees. It was played at Ram Lila Grounds.

A large number of students and teachers had come to see the match. The referee gave long whistles and the captains of both the teams forward. A coin was tossed in the air. The ralsas won the toss and chose their favourable side. Both the teams were in their proper uniforms. The Khalsa players of had blue shirts and white shorts while the players of Guru Har Krishan Public School had white shirts and white shirts.
The match started at 3 PM. It was quite brisk from the very beginning. The Khalsas pressed hard but could not score a goal They got two short comers but failed to score. Their centre forward rushed at an amazing speed. But he was! checked by the full-backs of the competitors. The ball was passed and re-passed like a shuttlecock. Neither side could score a goal. So, the first half was eventless.

                                   
After the half-time interval, the teams changed their sides. The game began again. The players of Guru Har Krishan Public School got a short corner and scored a goal. There were shouts of joy from the supporters of Guru Har Kishan Public School and also, from the spectators. Sticks went up in the air. But during the next few minutes, the Khalsas scored an equaliser. Shouts of joy from the Khalsa side dominated the sky. The game became more interesting. The Khalsas rushed forward. Their captain played very nicely. He ran with the ball into the D and hit it hard. But the goalkeeper of rivals was very active and alert. He checked the ball and therefore, foiled all the attempts of the rival team. The spectators raised shouts of joy.
                               
Now, the time was almost over. Each side tried it hard to win the game. But all their efforts came to a naught. The referee blew long whistles and declared that the game was over.

They were given extra time to play. Now, each side tried hard to score a goal. But neither team could succeed. Thus the match ended in a draw. It was really a well-contested match.