Ice Hockey

version

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I was watching European ice hockey last night and could barely see the puck. I don't know how anyone can really follow a broadcast, you're constantly looking for the thing based on the players' movements and now and then you'll notice this small black object pinging about somewhere for about a second before losing it again. It's almost unwatchable in comparison to something like football or basketball.
 

Leo

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My first real part-time job while in college was covering high school hockey for a local newspaper. No one really cared about hockey, so the sports editor didn't want to waste his own time going to games, hired me instead. Then one day he was sick and I had to cover a local high school basketball game -- which everyone in town cared a lot about -- in his place. The basketball team was always really good, would win state championships...and of course they lost for the first time in about 20 games on the night I had to cover them. It was a huge local story that I was totally under/unqualified to write.

Just FYI.
 

version

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yeah its impossible to see the puck. comedy sport.
You can't always tell if someone's even scored until it gets called or they start celebrating. It's often just a load of bodies in front of the goal then you'll see a replay of the thing in the back of the net.
 

linebaugh

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thats a really awful camera angle to take for hockey. NHL does it a little better. Still tough to follow but not impossible

 

linebaugh

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looks like the nhl uses a much smaller field aswell.

I dont care about or follow hockey but Ive been to a few games and they were fun
 

Leo

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Not sure about nowadays but used to be a wise move to steer clear of Penn Station area when there were Rangers' games at MSG. Even worse if they were playing the Islanders or Devils.
 

version

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I still don't know whether the fights are an actual part of the sport or have just become a feature which they allow.

 

Leo

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when men were men...

David William Schultz (born October 14, 1949) is a Canadian businessman and former professional ice hockey coach and player. Nicknamed "The Hammer",[1] Schultz is renowned as one of hockey's greatest enforcers and holds the NHL record for most penalty minutes in a single season, at 472.[2]

Schultz earned the nickname "The Hammer" for his aggressive style of hockey. He was one of the most notable enforcers on the Philadelphia Flyers' famous "Broad Street Bullies." [3]. Schultz was also able to capitalize on his popularity as a player when he recorded a local Philadelphia hit song called "The Penalty Box" in the mid 1970s.[4]

After injuring his wrist in a fight, Schultz once put boxing wraps on his hands for protection. As things usually went, Dave had several fights in ensuing games, while wearing the wraps. However, soon after, enforcers in both the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association started wearing similar hand protection. This was not to protect an already injured hand/wrist, but to prevent themselves from injury in a fight. Soon after this trick became popular, both the WHA and NHL passed what became known as the "Schultz Rule" — thus banning the boxing wraps' temporary involvement in professional ice hockey.
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version

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It's probably the closest sport we have to one of those dystopian sci-fi ones like in Salute of the Jugger and Rollerball.

There's a famous picture of Terry Sawchuk with all his facial injuries highlighted and it's just nuts;

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Leo

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Every time Bruins' goalie Gerry Cheevers was hit in the face with the puck, he'd add stitches to his mask to mark what he would have had.

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