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Hockey Fights Cancer

Hockey Fights Cancer is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Hockey Fights Cancer rather than just read about it. In short: Hockey Fights Cancer is a charitable initiative of the US and Canadian National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) dedicated to raising money and awareness toward cancer research. It was founded in 1998 as an outgrowth of a similar program instituted by the Tampa Bay Lightning after former player John Cullen made a brief NHL comeback after suffering from non-Hodgkin lymph…

Key takeaways

Hockey Fights Cancer belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Hockey Fights Cancer to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Hockey Fights Cancer from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Hockey Fights Cancer is a charitable initiative of the US and Canadian National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) dedicated to raising money and awareness toward cancer research. It was founded in 1998 as an outgrowth of a similar program instituted by the Tampa Bay Lightning after former player John Cullen made a brief NHL comeback after suffering from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The program had raised over US$14 million according to its Web site in 2015.

Founding Tampa Bay Lightning forward John Cullen was leading his team in scoring late in the 1996–97 NHL season when he was forced out of the lineup after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He missed the remainder of that season and all of the following season as he suffered from the disease. Cullen attempted a comeback in 1998–99, but chose to retire after four NHL and three minor league games. In recognition of his comeback attempt, the NHL named him the 1999 winner of the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for dedication and perseverance. Cullen's cancer inspired Timm Harmon of the Moffitt Cancer Centre at the University of South Florida to partner with the Lightning to raise awareness and money for cancer research. By December 1998, both the NHL and its union had joined themselves to the cause, creating the Hockey Fights Cancer initiative. Hockey Fights Cancer is also supported by the National Hockey League Officials Association, the league's professional trainers' association and media and business partners.

Initiatives

Coinciding with Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Hockey Fights Cancer Month is held in October/November. During the month, players, teams, fans and corporate partners combine to raise money via a variety of means, including auctions of team branded and player autographed merchandise and equipment. Game-worn jerseys are popular at the auctions; Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby's All-Star Game jersey sold for $47,520 in 2007, while that year's jersey auctions raised over $140,000 in total. A Hockey Fights Cancer night in Pittsburgh on November 5, 2018 was especially memorable; cancer survivor Brian Boyle of the New Jersey Devils, who had been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia in September 2017, scored his first NHL hat trick as the Devils defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1. During the month, some players wear equipment specially painted purple to raise awareness for the initiative. In addition, each of the league's 32 teams designates at least one of their home games as "Hockey Fights Cancer Awareness Night/Day" to raise money. During these host games, the teams donate proceeds from 50/50 raffles, offer numerous promotions and donate tickets to hospitals and causes that support the fight against cancer. $1.1 million was raised in October 2010, bringing the charity's 13-year total to over $12 million.

References

External links Hockey Fights Cancer at nhl.com

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Hockey Fights Cancer

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Hockey Fights Cancer claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Hockey Fights Cancer before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Hockey Fights Cancer ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Hockey Fights Cancer

In research: Hockey Fights Cancer appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Hockey Fights Cancer in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Hockey Fights Cancer is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Cancer awareness, National Hockey League, Organizations established in 1998, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Hockey Fights Cancer outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Hockey Fights Cancer in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Hockey Fights Cancer means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Hockey Fights Cancer out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Hockey Fights Cancer in simple terms?

Why does Hockey Fights Cancer matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Hockey Fights Cancer?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Hockey Fights Cancer.