Thread: Any Hockey Fans Out There????

Originally Posted by Otto

Stavanger Oilers and Norway fan
Watching Norway playing GBR right now

I've gotten some notifications about the IIHF games but haven't had a chance to watch any yet. I have been working or engrossed in the NHL playoffs but I want to catch some of those games. Sometimes I will watch KHL games on Hulu. It's interesting how different their games are from NHL games. As far as I can tell the rules are mostly if not all the same but the style of play is a little different. The NHL game seems more aggressive, more hitting and I don't think I have ever seen a fight in a KHL game. Of course I haven't watched that many. I think there's a beauty to the game.which the fighting and hitting interrupts. Also there don't seem to be as many penalties called as a result. That makes for more flow to the game and less interruptions.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

I've gotten some notifications about the IIHF games but haven't had a chance to watch any yet. I have been working or engrossed in the NHL playoffs but I want to catch some of those games. Sometimes I will watch KHL games on Hulu. It's interesting how different their games are from NHL games. As far as I can tell the rules are mostly if not all the same but the style of play is a little different. The NHL game seems more aggressive, more hitting and I don't think I have ever seen a fight in a KHL game. Of course I haven't watched that many. I think there's a beauty to the game.which the fighting and hitting interrupts. Also there don't seem to be as many penalties called as a result. That makes for more flow to the game and less interruptions.

Yes, the NHL games are more aggressive as in hitting and that obviously causes delays as penalties are called. Overall, I'd say international hockey is a faster more graceful game than the NHL version. I guess which you prefer to watch depends on whether you want to go and see a fight or an actual hockey game. The ice rinks are different sizes too.

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Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Yes, the NHL games are more aggressive as in hitting and that obviously causes delays as penalties are called. Overall, I'd say international hockey is a faster more graceful game than the NHL version. I guess which you prefer to watch depends on whether you want to go and see a fight or an actual hockey game. The ice rinks are different sizes too.

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Bob

Toe to Toe, gloves off, teeth on the ice for me please.

Originally Posted by STF

Toe to Toe, gloves off, teeth on the ice for me please.

Each to their own. One thing for sure is that if people keep paying for that, through the nose at current ticket prices, you will continue to get that.

Bob

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I've never been to a live hockey game, just see it on telly sometimes.

I was never brought up on Ice Hockey, I was a hooker in the school Rugby team though.

I can ice skate but in the UK we use the skates with the teeth on the toe (rented them actually) so compared to most of the N Americans my ice skating skills are not that great, especially now I'm 60 and don't bounce like I used to.

The last time the leafs won the cup….my GTO was Brand New….1967

Sweet ride! My brother had a 65 (pretty sure it was 65. This was back in the 60s) that looked just like that, same color and everything. 389, 6 pack, 4 speed, Hurst shifter, positraction I'm pretty sure. He said it would boil the tires right off the rim. I was a little kid and I remember it scared me because it was loud although he.tells me that was probably his Chevy II with the 327.

Originally Posted by BobH

Each to their own. One thing for sure is that if people keep paying for that, through the nose at current ticket prices, you will continue to get that.

Bob

Hockey is a rough game anyway even without intentional hitting. I think the hitting and rough stick play adds another dimension to the game. If a player thinks he's going to be hit or stick checked it can change the way they handle to puck and cause them to lose advantage. On the other hand, if you foul another player then you go on the penalty kill which is another skillset as is the power play. Generally the PP works against a team so they want to stay out of the box. So they have to balance how much force they use. Then there's the aspect of drawing penalties to gain the advantage. It's another series strategic layering. I don't like the rough play for the sake of it necessarily but more because of how it affects the play of the game.

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

Hockey is a rough game anyway even without intentional hitting. I think the hitting and rough stick play adds another dimension to the game. If a player thinks he's going to be hit or stick checked it can change the way they handle to puck and cause them to lose advantage. On the other hand, if you foul another player then you go on the penalty kill which is another skillset as is the power play. Generally the PP works against a team so they want to stay out of the box. So they have to balance how much force they use. Then there's the aspect of drawing penalties to gain the advantage. It's another series strategic layering. I don't like the rough play for the sake of it necessarily but more because of how it affects the play of the game.

Why don't we just call the intentional hitting, rough stick play and outright Donny brooks what they are, criminal assault and charge them with it after arresting them. That would add another aspect to the "strategic layering" to consider.

Bob