SOC 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sidney Crosby, Hoodie, Ray Rice
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Crosby entered the nhl in 2005, the same year as alexander ovechkin, a russian player. Naturally then, disputes arise as to representing hockey the right way (don cherry) Slide 12: who beat him for the calder memorial trophy, given to the top player in his rookie season who is the better player. Its crosby obviously but see 2005 as point of discussion. There has been fierce debate among fans, the media, and hockey commentators regarding. Slide 13: constructed as the other to canadian hockey since the early 1950s, ovechkin satisfies a need for a cultural other and helps to solidify the place of crosby as a canadian star and model of national identity. Ovechkin was an outsider and not welcome, the notion of other . Given canadian hockey history, specifically, the fact that russian hockey has been. For allain, crosby was a bit screwed from the start.