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Topic Sentence: Outline of Michael A. Robidoux’es “Imagining a Canadian Identity Through Sport: A Historical Interpretation of Lacrosse and Hockey.” Thesis: Michael A. Robidoux’es “sports” article, Imagining a Canadian Identity Through Sport: A Historical Interpretation of Lacrosse and Hockey, is concerned with how Hockey and Lacrosse typifies Canada’s United peacekeeper image. Hockey is a peaceful modern Canadian sport. 1. The modern sport of hockey contradicts the very picture of Canadians being peacekeepers.

Hockey contradicts the Canadian’s politeness image. The national sport, modernized Hockey game, does not depict Canadians as violent individuals.2. Further, to incorporate Canada’s peacekeeper image, Canada introduced Amateurism to Hockey. Amateurism includes playing Hockey in a gentlemanly manner. Players were ejected for violating game rules. Amateurs did not play intensely for pay, but for peaceful fun. 3. The author states Hockey metamorphosed into a modern sport. Hockey, like modern sports, is bound by game rules.

Hockey, like modern sports, is highly organized. Hockey, like modern sports, uses standard game equipments. 4. Further, Hockey’s modernization is grounded on the Canadian peacekeeper image. Game rules penalize violence. Rules reduce disorder in the game. Mass rowdiness is reduced to “peaceful” levels.Hockey is a physical game.5. Further, Lacrosse, similar to Hockey, defies the British bourgeois sensibilities. Hockey defies British sensibilities of refinement. Hockey runs counter to British sensibilities of gentlemanliness.

Hockey is a physical sport, not a refined sport. Resisting an Imported Canadian Identity.6. Sports focused on resisting imported sports. Baggataway, a local sport is the national sport. The sport includes speed, skill, and violence. Baggatway was renamed Lacrosse. George Beers formulated the Lacrosse game rules ensure fairness.