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The T-Birds will wear special Seattle Metropolitans jerseys in the game against the Americans. Fans will be able to own the jerseys the T-Birds wear as they will be auctioned off during the game. |
The Hockey Hall of Fame is providing Seattle Metropolitans artifacts that will be on display at the ShoWare Center during the course of the game. These artifacts include a Metropolitans jersey, skates and photos. |
The Stanley Cup will be at Seattle Metropolitans Night. The Stanley Cup will be set up near the Heritage Club entrance at ShoWare Center for fans to get their picture taken with the Stanley Cup. T-Birds season tickets holders ONLY will be able to enter ShoWare Center at 5pm, a hour before normal doors open, to start lining up to take pictures with the Stanley Cup. Season ticket holders must possess a season ticket to enter prior to normal doors. Season ticket holders will NOT be allowed to bring friends or |
family with non-season tickets into ShoWare Center early. Non season ticket holders will enter ShoWare Center at normal doors opening, which is 6pm. |
There will be a T-Birds or ShoWare Center staff member to help faciliate the taking of pictures with the Cup. We ask that all fans help make the photo process as orderly and efficient as possible for all involved. We want to make sure all those that want a picture with the Cup are able to get a picture taken. |
The Hockey Store at ShoWare Center will have special Seattle Metropolitans merchandise for sale at the game. This merchandise includes t-shirts, hats, and hooded sweatshirts. |
Seattle Mayor Edward B. Murray has signed a City of Seattle Proclamation declaring December 7, 2015, to be Seattle Metropolitans Day. View the City of Seattle Proclamation (PDF) |
The Seattle Metropolitans were the first hockey team in Seattle. The Metropolitans beat the Victoria Aristocrats 3-2 on December 7, 1915, which was their first game of their first season. |
The Metropolitans went on to win the Stanley Cup in 1917. The 1917 Stanley Cup Final was contested by the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) champion Seattle Metropolitans and the National Hockey Association (NHA) and Stanley Cup defending champion Montreal Canadiens. Seattle defeated Montreal three games to one in a best-of-five game series to become the first United States-based team to win the Stanley Cup. |
If fans have a unique hockey artifact or piece of hockey memorabilia they would like to donate to the Hockey Hall of Fame they can do so at Seattle Metropolitans Night. Izak Westgate from the Hockey Hall of Fame will be on-hand at the game to collect donated items. |
There are additional dates the Stanley Cup and the Metropolitans artifacts can be seen in Seattle. On Friday, December 4, the Angry Beaver bar in the Greenwood area of Seattle will be displaying the Seattle Metropolitans artifacts, but not the Stanley Cup. Hockey fans can head to the Angry Beaver in the evening to see these items. On Sunday, December 6, the Stanley Cup and Seattle Metropolitans artifacts will be at Sno-King Ice Arena Renton from 10am to noon. There is no charge for fans to stop by Sno-King |
Ice Arena Renton to see the items. The Stanley Cup and Seattle Metropolitans artifacts will then travel to Seattle Children’s Hospital and join team mascot Cool Bird from 2-4pm. |
The game against the Americans starts at 7:05pm at ShoWare Center. Fans can purchase tickets for Seattle Metropolitan Night online at the T-Birds website and at the ShoWare Center box office. The ShoWare Center Box Office is open Monday through Friday 10 am to 5 pm, Saturday game days at 10 am and Sunday game days at noon. |
T-Birds season tickets are currently on sale. Season tickets can be purchased by calling the T-Birds office at 253-239-7825. |
CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland State University will discontinue funding its 52-year-old wrestling program in fall 2016. |
The world's oldest sport will be replaced by men's lacrosse - the fastest growing college sport in the last decade. Its first season will start in the spring of 2017. |
The moves are a result of a "program prioritization process" led by Athletic Director John Parry that explored factors including funding, competitiveness and national trends, the university said in a statement. |
The 25 members of the wrestling team were told the news at 3:30 p.m. Coach Ben Stehura, in his fifth season at CSU, wasn't immediately available for comment. |
"The decision to no longer fund wrestling at CSU was a very difficult one," Parry said in a news release. "The athletes, coaches and support staff have shown exceptional dedication to their sport and the university." |
CSU will seek external funding to continue the program, officials said. |
Wrestlers competed at Fenn College, which in 1965 became CSU. Its team competes in the Eastern Wrestling League. |
Redshirt senior Ben Willeford and junior Riley Shaw recently competed in the NCAA tournament in St. Louis. They led the Vikings to 7-3 overall and 4-2 in the league, and the team finished fourth at the league championships. |
CSU did not want to drop a sport but cannot afford the additional cost of about $900,000 a year to add two sports, because if it added lacrosse it would have to add a women's sport to meet federal Title IX requirements, officials said Monday. |
CSU would become only the second public university in Ohio to offer lacrosse. Ohio State University has men's and women's teams. |
The team will play at Krenzler Field, and games are expected to attract students and community members, the university said. |
The university began discussing adding lacrosse in fall 2014 and had hoped its first team would be on campus this fall and compete in the spring of 2016. |
At that time it had planned to add a women's sport, either lacrosse or indoor/outdoor track and field, said Parry and President Ronald Berkman. |
Public colleges are following the lead of their private counterparts in adding lacrosse, which in recent years has become the latest recruitment tool. |
Relatively inexpensive to start, the sport has grown in popularity at high schools, especially those with middle-class students. |
By offering the chance to play at the next level, colleges hope to attract students who otherwise wouldn't have considered those campuses. |
CSU added men's lacrosse as a club sport in 2013. |
No sport has grown faster at the NCAA level over the past decade than lacrosse, said US Lacrosse, the national governing body of the sport. |
It said a record 170 teams played NCAA Division I lacrosse (67 men's, 103 women's) in 2014. It said nearly 30,000 players are playing collegiate lacrosse each year. |
A Division I men's team has about 45 members. |
Parry played lacrosse while at Brown University and completed football and lacrosse coaching stints at Brown while working as the assistant athletic director between 1975 and 1979. |
He served two stints on the NCAA men's lacrosse committee. His wife, Candis, is an assistant women's lacrosse coach at Baldwin Wallace University. |
One day after he announced he was leaving the Conservative caucus to better defend his religious beliefs, Nanaimo-Alberni MP James Lunney attempted to do just that from his new seat in the corner of the House of Commons reserved for independent MPs. |
But despite his best efforts, he was unable to convince House of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer that the "cyberbullying" and "crowd-shaming" that he claimed to have experienced after questioning the science behind evolution constituted a breach of his parliamentary privilege. |
Several colleagues on both the government and opposition sides of the House supported his question of privilege. |
The Speaker allowed Lunney just over 10 minutes to deliver a a wide-ranging speech on religious freedom, the history of chiropractic therapy and the "false construct" of evolution, but Scheer eventually shut down the newly independent MP on procedural grounds after Lunney failed to garner the necessary unanimous consent to continue. |
On Wednesday, Lunney revealed he had decided to leave the Conservative caucus in order to defend his religious beliefs against what he described as "deliberate attempts to suppress a Christian world-view from professional and economic opportunity in law, medicine, and academia." |
In a written statement, he pointed to the "firestorm of criticism and condemnation" triggered by media coverage after he came to the defence of an Ontario Tory MPP who caused an uproar at Queen's Park when he told reporters he doesn't believe in evolution. |
"My remarks were inflated by media, blended with other unrelated but alleged heretical statements and became a top story on national media," the chiropractor-turned-MP noted. |
Speaking to CBC News Power & Politics host Evan Solomon on Wednesday evening, Lunney said that he was tired of seeing his faith community bullied. |
"There are concerns about the law grads trying to be shut down ... concerns about conscience provisions in medicine ... academia is gagged on this false construct related to evolution," he explained. |
"I got dragged into it with a few short words." |
He noted that, as he is in his last term, he has other things to be concerned about. |
Evolution a 'theory in crisis': Lunney |
"But since it's become an issue, it's perhaps an opportunity to address an issue that people really do want to talk about." |
Lunney described evolution — or, as he calls it, "macro-evolution" is "a theory in crisis." |
"Scientists are not able to speak their mind on that — at least half of them who feel this way, they're gagged by an old construct," he argued. |
"There's a whole generation of kids being taught that what they're taught in Sunday School or in church is garbage, it's wrong, it's false, and it's simply a form of bullying that's no longer acceptable. It's not scientifically tenable, it's a disservice to science… it's not freedom of religion if your views are put down by your peers." |
Lunney's defence of religious freedom does not extend to supporting the right of Muslim women to wear the niqab when being sworn in as citizens, however. |
After initially avoiding the question, he eventually confirmed that he shares the views of his former party and the prime minister that those seeking to become Canadian citizens should show their faces. |
"I'm not going to get tangled up in that argument," he said. |
"That's not what I'm here to talk about." |
Christian group lauds 'move for freedom' |
Lunney's decision to leave caucus was heralded by MY Canada, a faith-based advocacy group. |
In an email headlined "Christian MP makes move for freedom," the group called on the Canadian Christian community to support his "principled decision." |
"Please keep Dr. Lunney, his family and staff in prayer at this important time where they will undoubtedly receive some persecution for their stance," the email advised. |
It also suggests that supporters send email to not only Lunney, but also Prime Minister Stephen Harper, "to let him know that you fully support Dr. Lunney's decision and that you hope that he will work to ensure Canada remains a nation where Christians' rights are protected in the same way other religions' and people groups' are." |
Lunney, who was first elected as a Canadian Alliance member in 2000, had previously announced that he did not intend to seek re-election in 2015. |
Until then, he says he will "continue to vote alongside my colleagues in the Conservative caucus." |
Asked for comment on Tuesday by CBC News, Harper's office offered a terse reply. |
"This member voluntarily removed himself from caucus," Stephen Lecce told CBC News in an email. |
"This member was not seeking re-election." |
This weekend, protesters will be heading to the streets to participate in March in March across the country. Organisers have said the weekend of protest “signifies the people’s vote of no confidence in policies of the government that go against common principles of humanity, decency, fairness social justice and equity, democratic governance, responsible global citizenship and conserving our natural heritage.” |
With the election of Tony Abbott to the lodge, the left seems to have adopted many of the right’s oppositional tactics. There is the same heavy focus on “lies”, “broken promises” and “secrecy” – a focus on Abbott’s character and not much in the way of presenting new policies. These are linked to similar destabilisation tactics – highlighted by a recent petition which has gained over 60,000 signatures – calling on the governor general to sack the government. |
All of this is based on an ongoing claim, yelled very loudly, that the Abbott government is illegitimate due to his apparent reliance on the Murdoch media to get elected. This argument, whilst as weak as Abbott’s claims that the Gillard government was illegitimate, but seem to be just a fervently believed. |
Instead of licking our wounds and creating an alternative approach, we have focused on tearing the government down, and using whatever arguments and tactics we can find to do so. After years of hammering Abbott for this brand of politicking, one could ask why the left is following suit – it seems like a rather hypocritical move. |
Investigate further though, and you can see that the use of these tactics is a worrying symptom of a fundamental crisis in politics. Over the past decades the left has lost its social base, leaving it weak as it faces the Abbott government. Union membership is at an all time low, a drop in numbers that is being met with a significant drop in influence. The environment and climate movement is facing similar problems, struggling heavily to deal with recent political realities. The neoliberal agenda is slowly |
crushing progressive politics, leaving us stuck with these sorts of attack-based campaigns to beat our opponents. |
The crisis represents an overarching general dissatisfaction with politics and politicians, and a strong dislike of our political system and processes. A recent Newspoll survey highlights this really well: on nearly every issue both major parties have gone backwards in recent months, signifying a shift away from any trust of our political leaders. And the left has been just as culpable. |
And this is where adopting Abbott’s tactics becomes problematic. In the short term, it seems like a good strategy, but the long term damage will be real. In using this strategy, the left have failed to understand this anti-politics sentiment. We have in fact bought into it - playing an insider game focusing on broken promises, parliamentary tactics and media games, whilst effectively ignoring any real and substantive issues. |
A new approach needs to be found. We need to recognise that this dislike of politics is actually a good thing: the rejection of a system that now largely serves the interests of the upper classes. The left now needs to tap directly into this sentiment. |
There are plenty of successful examples of this. Russel Brand’s comments last year, for example, struck a chord largely because of his anti-establishment or anti-politics tone. The same can be said for the success of the Occupy movement. A bit closer to home and the climate movement has managed to gain significant momentum recently through going around standard political channels and directly taking on the power of the fossil fuel industry. The asylum seeker movement is also shifting its course - with the |
successful boycott campaign over the Sydney Biennale growing new energy for the campaign. |
These tactics are about tackling the system from a different angle. They’re about challenging the power systems that are stacked up against us, and building a sustainable social base to do so. They are about doing the hard work of rebuilding our social movements, and rebuilding them to take on the systems that underpin our political system. |
March in March doesn’t do this. Neither does attacking Abbott’s broken promises, calling for him to be sacked, or claiming his government is illegitimate. We have to do better than this. |
Right now there are three big stories dominating CONCACAF talk: the World Cup bid, CPL, and the Nations League. While the first two have gotten a great deal of ink, the third has mainly been relegated to articles explaining why it is “bad for CONCACAF” or will “kill US soccer”. I’ve decided to explain why the league isn’t bad but I fact a great thing for the region and Canada. |
Firstly let’s talk about why this is happening: nations struggle to secure games during international windows. As a result of this they not only lack the chance to improve on the field but they also lack the ability to attract sponsor dollars that could go to improving their FAs. Bermuda (who have played 11 games since 2012) have one main sponsor. The lack of games does interfere with the ability to attract new ones. |
So why don’t they arrange friendlies? Partly because of the tourism industry. In order to host a friendly, you need to provide accommodation and many nations can’t because all the hotels are booked during international windows. Finding accommodation becomes a matter of chance. A number of CONCACAF nations face this issue. |
Another is the lack of facilities. Anguilla FA president Raymond Guishard informed me that the nation has one field shared by both the men’s and women’s leagues along with the youth and school leagues. In order to arrange a friendly everything needs to stop and the field needs to be tended to prior to an international match. This situation is shared by a number of nations in CONCACAF. |
Canceling every soccer event in your nation when you can’t guarantee you’ll be able to host doesn’t make sense. |
The creation of a Nations League would provide nations like Anguilla a window well in advance to prepare for games. The risk of a lack of field readiness and hotel rooms is almost completely removed. |
Guishard is excited by the prospect of the Nations League and believes it will help nations like Anguilla improve. |
“It could really help us get better,” said Guishard. |
The second big issue is that nations (eg. The United States) will be playing in groups that are too weak to help them improve. This point is easily debunked. The Nations League will be tiered with pro/rel. Guishard explained that teams will be broken into groups based on strength and the best teams will move up from their group. A nation like the US will not be playing Anguilla or Turks and Caicos, as many American writers fear, but instead Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago. There is no reason for the |
larger FAs to fear. |
Canada falls into an interesting place. It’s not quite a regional power but it’s not a minor nation either. It’s likely Canada will play the role of a yo-yo nation (if the league is set up like UEFA’s), hovering between the top and second tier. While some might not see playing the second-tier nations aiding Canada’s improvement, it’s important that we remember Canada’s track record against these nations isn’t that great. Canada was unable to beat either El Salvador and Belize on their turf and had to settle |
for a tie with the former in the 2015 Gold Cup, where Canada lost to likely fellow yo-yo nation Jamaica. The Nations League will offer Canada a chance to improve on its weaker elements against the appropriate competition. |
Canada also goes through long periods without meaningful soccer. The creation of the Nations League will possibly end that as it has been suggested the league would be used to decide who is in the Gold Cup and even when a nation enters World Cup qualifying. This would mean players could be capped locked and Canada could benefit from a massive boost. |
It will also offer more games played in Canada, thus growing the team’s popularity and generating revenue. |
It builds the sport across the continent, adds matches to the calendar (Bermuda could go from 11 matches in five years to 36 in four), generates money (both from ticket sales and sponsorships), eases the technical issues many nations face and gets everyone playing all the time. There really is no reason to not want this tournament. |
The Nations League will be starting up in 2018 according to Guishard and we should all be excited for this new chapter in CONCACAF history. |
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Matthew Rooney Matthew Rooney is the TFC reporter with RedNationOnline. He can also be found on twitter. |
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If This Then That (IFTTT), one of our favorite automation services, introduced support for both the iOS Calendar and App Store today. That means you can do cool things like add events to your iPhone calendar from Alexa, integrate weather reports, and more. |
The new integration gives you a slew of new cards in Calendar. Some of my favorites aside from the Alexa integration include adding Fitbit logs, tracking work hours based on location, and a tool to automate Do Not Disturb. The App Store also gets some tools, like notifications for specific app types, notifications for updates, or even better, emails when the price of an app drops. If you’ve been using the iOS Calendar app or you just use the iCloud backbone with another third-party calendar, this is a great |