Hockey

[ila]

Originally Posted by shadows

I guess I should elaborate. By goons, I don't mean the players that play a particular role(every team has one or two players of that type) but I mean the players that try to hurt other players deliberately and take them out of the game for good. That is not sportsmanship at all. I like watching hard hits and I like watching fighting, but I do not like people trying to cripple other players every time they are on the ice. Thankfully, players like that are rare otherwise the teams would be shorthanded all the time.

There is nothing wrong with a good clean body check. You're right that hard clean hits are part of the game. If done right a good clean hit will not injure another player, but it does have the potential to change the game in favour of the team doing the hitting.

I don't like to see fights and I don't like to see one player deliberately injuring another. I agree with criminial charges being pursued in cases of deliberate injury. However, one must take into account intention and method when deciding on criminal charges resulting from a hockey injury.

[shadows]

Originally Posted by ila

There is nothing wrong with a good clean body check. You're right that hard clean hits are part of the game. If done right a good clean hit will not injure another player, but it does have the potential to change the game in favour of the team doing the hitting.

I don't like to see fights and I don't like to see one player deliberately injuring another. I agree with criminial charges being pursued in cases of deliberate injury. However, one must take into account intention and method when deciding on criminal charges resulting from a hockey injury.

One thing I disagree with you about is fighting, Ila. I enjoy watching a good fight in hockey, but it cannot be started by one person attacking the other from behind. They both have to be willing to "go at it" to be a good, clean fight(well, relatively clean anyhow). It's hard when the player is someone like Sean Avery, a player that will antagonize and then either turtle right away or scamper away onto the bench.

Some things that I think constitute assault would be:

1. Using your stick like a weapon(such as McSorley did on Brashear a few years ago).

2. Attacking an unsuspecting player or a player that is not involved in the play whatsoever(such as the gutless son of Patrick Roy when he attacked the opposing goalie for NO FREAKING reason at all). Sucker punches are not cool.

3. Attacking someone with your skate. As evidenced by the injury to Cam Ward, the skate blade can cause massive injuries. Players who stomp on other players should be charged as there is NO call for that BS. Look at what happened to the Detroit player last year(or was it the year before?), for example. He was accidentally nicked in the neck area with a skate and he bled everywhere. If he hadn't had the presence of mind to cover the cut with his hand and skate immediately to the bench, a lot of experts say he could have easily bled to death. That was a scary sight to see(there was a huge trail of blood leading from where he got cut to the bench), and it looked like something out of a slasher movie.

There may be a couple of other things that players could do that would warrart an assault charge, but it usually goes by a case-by-case scenario.

[ila]

Originally Posted by shadows

One thing I disagree with you about is fighting, Ila. I enjoy watching a good fight in hockey, but it cannot be started by one person attacking the other from behind. They both have to be willing to "go at it" to be a good, clean fight(well, relatively clean anyhow).

I will always argue that fighting is not a part of hockey. I can understand tempers flaring, but it doesn't have to result in a fight. I don't recall Wayne Gretzky ever getting in a fight and even though he never played for the right team I respect his ability and the fact that he never had a fight.

Watch some of the classic games from the 50s and 60s on the NHL channel. Sure there is the occasional fight, but nothing like what happens now.

[ila]

Calgary at Montreal tonight. SportsNetWest is showing the game live. Six minutes into the second period and Calgary is winning 1 - 0. Does Montreal not realize that they are playing at home?

Later tonight the TorontoSportsNetwork is showing the Boston - Philly game. I won't be watching that one though.

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Originally Posted by ila

Calgary at Montreal tonight. SportsNetWest is showing the game live. Six minutes into the second period and Calgary is winning 1 - 0. Does Montreal not realize that they are playing at home?

Later tonight the TorontoSportsNetwork is showing the Boston - Philly game. I won't be watching that one though.

While I do not necessarily agree with your opinion, I certainly respect it.(the above post)

Montreal lost 1-0! Argh! Kiprusoff got a shutout which really puts me in the hole in my hockey pool.

(And it's Boston vs Pittsburgh, Ila.:D)

And to add insult to insult, Boston shut out Pittsburgh 3-0(second game in a row that Pittsburgh has gotten shut out. They NEED Malkin back.), and one person who has Kiprusoff also has Thomas as their second goalie choice(so, there is 14 points right there!).

Looking at the Toronto score tonight I thought for sure that "Glove Side" Toskala was in net, but he wasn't... They should have feasted on Minnesota, but they didn't. Show some consistency ALL the time guys, not just when it's losing games!

St. Louis smoked Vancouver 6-1. Raycrap...er, I mean Raycroft showed the Vancouver fans why Toronto got rid of him.

Ottawa snuck by Edmonton 4-3 in Jen's favourite part of hockey...the shootout!

Nashville and San Jose are tied 1-1 after 1 period.

[transjen]

Congrats this thread broke a hundred :D
Jerseygirl Jen

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Originally Posted by transjen

Congrats this thread broke a hundred :D
Jerseygirl Jen

Thank you. I couldn't have done it without my fellow fans(of all the sports mentioned in this thread). We're a team! *groan* Yep. That sounded cheesy.:D

Maybe some congratulatory Reputation could be thrown my way?

:D

Looking ahead to the next games that our teams play, I will say:

For Jen: Philadelphia will beat Ottawa 4-2 and win their 5th in a row.

For Ila: Montreal is in tough against Phoenix. Montreal doesn't seem to be able to score a lot of goals and Bryzgalov is playing great this year. This one is a toss up, too close to call. I think it will be a 2-1 score either way.

For Me: We're playing Chicago. Man, I have no idea! They kicked Detroit's ass(a team they should have lost to) yet got humbled by Minnesota(a team they should have beat)! Chicago is a great team, but if Toronto can ratchet up their intensity they may pull off an upset. I predict, however, that Chicago will win 3-1.

I know that there are some Colorado fans that have posted in this thread. They don't play until Saturday against Vancouver. Colorado may suffer for having to sit for so long between games, but they will probably take it 3-2.

[ila]

Originally Posted by shadows

(And it's Boston vs Pittsburgh, Ila.:D)

Oops, it looks like I need to pay more attention to what I'm reading when I go throught the tv listings. :D

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Originally Posted by ila

Oops, it looks like I need to pay more attention to what I'm reading when I go throught the tv listings. :D

We all make those kinds of mistakes, Ila. Shows us that we're fallible.

Six games on tap tonight.

Detroit beat Columbus 9-1. That was a butt-kicking if I've ever saw one!

New Jersey beat Anaheim 3-1. They are really clicking right now. If they win their next road game, they will either be 9-0 or 10-0 on the road!

Buffalo beat Edmonton 3-1(I know we've got a Buffalo fan or two here, so let us know what you thought of the game.).

Washington beat the Islanders 5-4 after 11 rounds of shootout action! Ila and Jen would have been climbing the walls if they had to go through watching that, right? At least Semin got me a couple of points(about time nose-picker!)

LA beat Carolina 5-2. Not much to say about this game except to say that Carolina is in a HUGE tailspin. I can't imagine Paul Maurice being around too much longer now(which is a shame as he's a nice guy and a decent coach).

Chicago beat Colorado 3-2 in the shootout. Close game.

Flyers play Thursday night, and Ray Emery will be facing his old team...Ottawa! That should be a good game! Let me know what you thought of the game, Jen, please.