Yukon Joe
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Yeah I would but don't have the time to drive an hour to the next closest rink anymore. This is the only rink 20 minutes or less from my house. The next closest rink is at least an hour away depending on traffic. I agree no one should be trying to hurt someone in a beer league non-checkingeague and especially cross checked them from behind head first in the boards at full speed. It all goes down to if the rink isn't protecting or policing the player, then the players end up policing themselves. The refs are not calling blatant penalties and letting games get out of hand by repeat offenders.
So I have two thoughts:
1. It's always interesting how different Edmonton is from (checks your account) Florida. Within a 20 minute drive of my house I can count 8 rinks with 16 sheets of ice (one 4 sheet, a couple single sheet, and several doubles). Within an hour I can't even really count. And at a quick count there's about 5 different leagues I could play in (CCRHL, NCHL, AMHL, RCHL and SSCHL) just in Edmonton alone.
2. I just profoundly disagree with what you're saying though. Not trying to mis-characterize your point, but you seem to be saying "no one should try to hurt someone in beer league - unless the refs aren't doing their jobs". And I 100% believe "no one should try to hurt someone in beer league no matter what".