Posts About "Gary Roberts"
Last Flame to Win Each NHL Award
July 18th, 2020 While the Calgary Flames do not have the most decorated history, they have still had some good teams and players since joining the NHL in 1980. As a result of those players, they have won numerous individual awards over the years. Related: Calgary Flames' Best All-Time As is the norm, the NHL has begun to announce the nominees...
One for the Ages: Gary Roberts' 1997-98 NHL Season
March 26th, 2020 Gary Roberts is a physical specimen if there ever was one. He is world-renowned for his intense training regiment, and has been highly sought after by athletes at all levels to better themselves - both in terms of lifestyle and performance. A visit to Roberts' Gary Roberts High Performance Training (HPT) website shows this message...
Jason Allison: a Forgotten Leaf Gem
January 4th, 2015 For many Leaf fans the drought between the team’s playoff appearances in 2003-04 and 2012-13 was a real rough patch. A time where it was hard to watch the performances the team strung together during those seasons. What was kind of interesting during those dark days though, was the plethora of big names the team brought in to try and...
Stamkos Reached New Heights Training with Gary Roberts
January 2nd, 2015 Happy New Year and 2015! One of the most popular New Year’s Resolutions each January usually is fitness related. Everyone wants to get into better shape for the summer and upcoming year. For hockey players, getting into shape for the fall is what the goal is. Summer is the time to recover from the season, build muscle, improve...
Q & A With Olli Jokinen of the Winnipeg Jets
November 27th, 2013 Olli Jokinen is in his second season with the Winnipeg Jets, which is his seventh NHL team spanning 16 seasons; probably not the way the third overall pick (Los Angeles Kings) in the 1997 NHL Draft envisioned his career back then. Having said that, he has had a productive career with 711 points (303g-408a) in 1,113 games, but because he...
Rock Out for the Lockout: The Calgary Flames are "Red Hot"
November 3rd, 2012 With the NHL lockout firmly in place and both sides entrenched for what may be a long, drawn out battle, we're taking this opportunity to explore the musical side of the National Hockey League. Each week, we'll see what happens when hockey and music collide. Join us as we Rock Out for the Lockout. The 1987 Calgary Flames - "Red...
Quinn's Maple Leafs: Most Memorable Playoff Moments
October 19th, 2012 Sadly for LeafNation, playoff memories are not recent at all. They pre-date the 2004-05 NHL lockout. They don't include any Stanley Cup final appearances, let alone championships in the last 40-plus years. Still, LeafNation is a passionate group that cherish memories, no matter how many years removed. Though the players in these most...
Ray Shero's Pittsburgh Penguins: Ready for Another Stanley Cup Run?
July 28th, 2012 When Ray Shero first arrived on the scene from the Nashville Predators, he brought a hockey mindset of toughness and grit to the Pittsburgh Penguins. He signed players who brought their hard hat and lunch pail to the rink on a nightly basis. In Shero's 1st year as general manager of the Penguins, he signed Jarkko Ruutu and Mark...
Haliburton’s Hodgson gets an assist from Claude Lemieux / Gary Roberts
August 30th, 2011 BY TERRANCE GAVAN – HALIBURTON, ON We see it all the time in tennis. An older retired player lending some one on one coaching to an up and coming or struggling player. Jimmy Connors almost got it going with struggling former US Open champ Andy Roddick, until AR decided that Jimbo’s coaching technique was, ahem, a little...
Eric Cornel at the Allstate All-Canadians Mentorship Camp
August 10th, 2011 Last week, the 15-year-old Kemptville resident got an education like no other at an elite hockey camp in Mississauga, ON. Cornel was one of 42 bantam all-stars selected from across the country to spend five days skating alongside current NHL players and learning the ins and outs of nutrition, fitness and sports psychology at the...
Is James Neal the Real Deal?
April 20th, 2011 If Pittsburgh blows a 2-1 series lead and Neal can’t find the back of the net, he won’t be able to sidestep comparisons to last year’s deadline-dud Alexei Ponikarovsky.
