What Does Friend Mean Now by John Wedrickas

What Does Friend Mean Now?

By: John Wedrickas

Comp 101

Lora Strey

The article What Does Friend Mean Now?  by Joseph Kahn shows how the word 

friend has changed over the generations that have lead to present times. In this 

blogpost I will be explaining how friendships in hockey have changed since the 

hockey began in Canada in 1877. Ever since the beginning hockey has been a 

friend and foe sport; you have to protect your friends, also known as your 

teammates, from the foes, also known as your opponents. Over the years I 

believe that friendships in the sport of hockey have remained close to the same 

as they started out in 1877. This is a very cool discovery because even with the 

rise of technology in the last century and the ways that Americans have began 

to live differently over the last century, hockey is still one of the sports that has 

not changed much. The sport of hockey shows you need to make friends with 

your teammates and coaches because if your team lacks communication and the 

coach doesn't teach your group how to become one on the ice, your team will 

not win as many games. The key to team success is communication on the ice. 

If a hockey team doesn't communicate with each other well they will not 

perform well. Everyone can agree it is easier to communicate with your friends 

that it is to communicate with strangers which is why when your whole team 

can bond with one another, the result will be more games won. 

Works cited:
http://www.fih.ch/en/fih/history

http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/tp/2004e0304tp.htm