Let me get this straight you don’t think players should set up to screen in front of the net and shouldn’t be battling for position, but you’re going to cross check a “net front hero” as hard as you can. The only “net front hero” is the guy who talks like he thinks beer league is his road to the NHL… you.
I'm 48 Chuck... i play old man hockey where the idea is to play as well as we can for our age but not try to hurt anyone... You want to get under my feet, try to knock me down, get in an old goaltender's crease, slash, hack and whack at them? Play somewhere else... I've played all the competitive hockey I need to play... don't need anymore... this is all I have now.
Oh, I get it. You didn’t actually read the story and just got angry about it since you are a big tough guy beer league D. Makes sense.
Your a complete fool if you think you won’t get a penalty in beer league if your using your stick to “make it hurt” and give me “shots in the kidney” because I’m screening your goalie.
Well I’m sitting dead on 20 games played this year and having a whopping 5 penalties, none for roughing or cross checking - 41 games last year, 10 penalties and 1 for roughing so I can promise you I am not being penalized for it. Sounds more like you’re one of those clowns who can’t play hockey and still thinks he might make the nhl so you stand right infront of the goalie and pretend you’re helping.
I’d say it says absolutely everything about you as a player that you consider screening the goalie is “being a dickhead to the goalie.”
I’d say it says absolutely everything about you as a player that you consider screening the goalie is “being a dickhead to the goalie.”
You mention Panini and do exactly what he did…prove that you didn’t actually read what I wrote. Both of you are obvious beer league tough guys, who don’t actually know the sport and have to make things up in order to be right.
What a waste of time it is discussing hockey with such beer league tough guys, who can’t handle being wrong about anything.
Later, Dave Manson.
I know I said “later” but then you posted more idiocy and I just had to respond.
If going in the crease in the NHL was an automatic stoppage. Every Hyman shift would be blown down. If going in the crease was a big issue Hyman would be sat on his ass every shift regardless of rules.
You have to understand, these guys are beer league tough guy D. In my story there was nothing about going into the crease, but they have changed it to that so that they can show how tough and mean they are in beer league. Maybe an LNAH scout is coming to their games.
Seen way worse injuries where you help the injured off the ice. Then someone else gives a ride to the hospital. No need for an ambulance in that instance imho. But if the injured player didn't want to be touched. There was no choice.
The crew in our league has guys that mostly reffed minor hockey and we even have some junior guys who work games in between their Junior A. There is certainly an epidemic of guys quitting reffing and less kids are sticking it out. Not surprising. I have heard this year of tournaments being cancelled due to lack of officials.
Been refereeing for almost 20 years, started when I was 17, and I can say with great confidence that the lack of respect comes directly from the coaches on the bench. A good coach who respects the refs and knows how to talk to them professionally will also make sure their players do as well and I never have any issues with those teams/players. But if you get the lunatic behind the bench that is screaming the whole time about calls, then guess what, the kids follow suit and do it on the bench and on the ice as well and the game can turn into a shit show.The crew in our league has guys that mostly reffed minor hockey and we even have some junior guys who work games in between their Junior A. There is certainly an epidemic of guys quitting reffing and less kids are sticking it out. Not surprising. I have heard this year of tournaments being cancelled due to lack of officials.
Two nights ago, in a Division 17 game. (Out of 20), a player that received a 2 minute minor for interference yelled at me "Call it both ways you Pejorative Slur." not that it matters but for context the penalties call were 3 minors each in the game.
People wonder why there are no officials.
From having played in the same league (and on the same team) as Tarheel for a while, the crews are pretty consistent about the more black and white rules in the USA Hockey rulebook. Stuff like hooking or interference might be a bit variable from official to official but stuff like an attacking skater entering the crease is as black and white as it gets for them.
Some guys do this, and as their partner it frustrates me. And in the lower divisions it is more prevalent because a puck goes within 2 feet of a player and he doesn't stick out his stick. Or a guy skates parallel to the puck instead of trying to retrieve it, or he pinches on a player instead of playing the puck.
More often than not "questionable" icings are often waived off in our league. It's an ongoing joke with our refs regarding a 3 icings max per period unwritten rule.
All of our slots are 1.5 hours with a flood every two periods. We run with a 5 and 2 rule like minor hockey that with 5 minutes left in the slot the clock drops to 2 minutes. It happens so rarely and it usually is in low divisions because line changes take much longer.
