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Playing hockey on sunday. I can't wait, going to be so much fun.
omg i accidentally clicked into this thread. i thought it was a new thread with no comments. imagine my surprise. *IMAGINE*
*puts head together with iwz *IMAGINING*
and you ACTUALLY lived to tell about it. CRAZY
i play hockey and id own all of you.
replaces own with sit on & fart
Nah he could never do that because he falls down way too much, he can't catch anyone to even attempt to sit on them.
oh whatever squirt i'd be checking you left and right!!!
Yeah you totally could. Mike's a wimp, got a big mouth but that's about it. lol
HA... maybe with my new skates cause im not used to them, but i can skate circles around you.... and my slap shot IS unstoppable.... like joshie well knows....
don't blame it on the skates M&M boy
when ur used to skating on wheels that are more metal than wheel... and you got to like the bestest skates ever... its hard to handle the change... i can actually skate and turn and stop now... lol
WHAT!!!! That's very hard to believe. :-P
i have a hockey stick. it says JAGR on it.
wow, did you get it from someone? thats most likely one of his personal sticks that he uses to play.
i got it from the sports authority. not expensive.
way cool. i had no idea he had his own "signature" stick out.
Yeah I saw them in the store the other day, I don't know didn't really appeal to me and too much money for it.
i dunno this stuff--how much is normal for a hockey stick?
You know the intimidation factor has been working great for me lately. I do this thing where i skate as fast as I can and slam myslef into the boards and then bounce off and skate full speed and then do the same thing on the other side and I just go back and forth for a while. Man oh man I intimidated some guys so badly the other day I felt kind of bad because they actually got their stuff together and were going to leave because of it.
I even had people asking the other guys that where with us what in the world is wrong with me that I just throw myself around like that, it's great. hehehehehe
HAHAHAHAHA
Well I've got to see from last week to this week I'm sure seeing improvement in my playing. Then again maybe it's just that everyone is rusty from the off season but man oh man I was skating around people like crazy this weekend and last.
i have nothing against hockey, but i'm happy to see that there is a lockout. I hope that MLB gets locked out too. These players are making WAY too much money. esp the NHL because over the past few years they've alienated so many fans (baseball is doing this now) with high ticket prices and other rubbish. they should be grateful they get to PLAY anything for a high paying living
MLB needs to disapear altogether...LOL
hockey is the lowest paid sport profession. the highest paid is $10 for 3 years compared to a basketball player who gets what $130 for 5 years. Uh yeah they don't deserve THAT much. No sportsman does.
To compensate for the low pay, they do raise the prices. Its sad but understandable.
i think the problems with both of those sports is that there is such disparity between the good teams and the bad teams. Where in the NFL any team has a chance each year to make the playoffs and win the superbowl, in the MLB and NHL the big money markets rule.
Actually that's not really true. In the NHL it isn't always the biggest money markets that win, look at the Rangers they have one of the highest salaries and they also have one of the worst teams year in and year out. That's one thing I love about hockey, you can have an group of amazing all stars play together but if they have no chemistry your team will stink. It's all about getting guys who play together well.
Well our hockey season has started once again and I hope people are ready to play because I sure am. Oh and Mike get ready to eat your trash talking. You better show up when we play. Might want to skate a round a bit to practice so I don't house you too badly. :-P
Hopefully we can have some good games this year. :-)
Man I can't wait for hockey season to start up again. I miss it.
LET THIS THREAD DIE!
Why?
NO WAY, don't give into the man spike....we'll keep this thread going....
Notice how quite Gina is now. :p
Yeah I've noticed. lol
OH STOP!!!!! there's still one CA team left, not a HUGE fan but they're CA - BLAH BLAH BLAH
Grasping at straws now aren't we. lol
Wait, I don't think their band wagon has been through your town yet, it's coming, just give it a minute. You can hop on then.
whatevah happa....i'm a hockey fan, i LUV the game. i do root for others but it aint gonna be a east coast team
Oh snap. Your just asking for me to pull a chelios on you. :-P
its all about the west coast or canada...LOL
aint no partee like a west coast partee cuase the west coast partee's right! LOL
Yeah well that's only because you've never been to a real east coast party so there. :-P
oh yeah i have....it's all about the west! LOL
You think you know but you have no idea. :-P
We have parties? Man, I never get an invite. :P
OK my team, the Avs is one game away from losing it all! GRRRRR how can they do that? "insider" info that i rec'd is that Granato hates Selanne therefore making a healthy scratch.....placing him on the 4th line...etc. WAKE UP TONY, you need the speed of Selanne....also they need Roy back =(
It seems both our dreams may be dashed to pieces this year. :(
mines 2 years in a row! i'm used to it, i'm a ducks fan too, remember??? lol
Good point. lol
This is new for me. :-P
rub it in HG! LOL
Yup I sure will it's my turn to now. :-P
WELLL WELLL WELLLL my little friend....the Avs made an amazing comeback last night (in your face ricci) and hopefully they can make a comeback adn take the series!
a little insight info i rec'd last night.....this is possibly Teemu Selanne's last experience in the NHL as he might go back home and play in the Finnish Leagues. he's over the NHL - =(
Wow that stinks he is such a great player what are they gonna do without him.
what am i gonna do without him! LOL
Yeah that's a pretty far distance to stalk someone from. :-P lol
psst, i have his phone #.....and i know where he lives when he's not in So Cal....lol
Oh man it's a good thing he doesn't have a restraining order on you well at least not yet anyway. lol
Kovalev is a moron.
The Devils have set yet another record. They allowed only 164 goals that's the fewest ever allowed in an 80 game season. Yet another amazing feat the Devils have accomplished. YAY!
GO DEVILS!!!!!
blah blah blah.....GO AVS!!!!!! :p
who?
Are you serious? lol
Don't make me have to pull a Chlios on you. :-P
::coughPAGANcough::
Oh snap I can't believe you went their Janine I may have to stop by your parents house after the bookstudy and pull a Chelios on you for that. :-P
Okay, with the Chelios...
NAH! It's too much fun to stop. I know it's getting old. I'll try and cut it back some. :-P
i still find it pretty funny
thats why YOU and HE are on the saaame lil list. boo-yeah!
WHO CARES
haha, relax, socalgal. now, i have to make a NEW list--Ezabelers Who Can't Take Jokes.
Good because so do I. lol
He doesn't have any idea what he is missing. lol
I think he's got a great idea of what he's missing. And notice we're so excited about missing it too! :P
Well that's your loss then and that means you really don't have any idea. :-P
it's really funny when someone angrily defends something so completely asinine and stupid.
*pulls away the dead horse before it can get beat any further*
You realize by saying that you give me another chance to say something about it.
It's the coolest.
the dead horse is nothing but hide and bone chips. beaten flat.
Oh man I just heard about what happened to Steve Moore in a hit from behind for seemingly no reason from Todd Bertuzzi. Man that guy got messed up bad.
Here's a link to the story.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=1754963
yeah aren't the police investigating it? like the brashear incident....crazy
he got his neck broked
It seems it was in retaliation for Steve Moore taking out one of his teams players.
Yeah he's been suspended for the rest of the year and possibly longer.
Steve Moore might be gone permanently. Man this is so messed up and is going to give hockey such a bad name when it gets around. BAH!
yeah jsut like with McSorley (sp?) they'll get over it fast....LOL
WOOOOOHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
I just found out I'm playing hockey on friday. I really hope it doesn't rain.
You are so easily amused.
Leetch got traded to toronto. NO Brian nooooooooooooooooo....oh man, what a sad thing to here first thing in the morning.
you're kidding? who'd they get for him?
I remember when they traded gretzky from the kings, my whole world was shattered
What? Why in the world would they trade him. That's so messed up. They better have gotten someone good for him.
Might not be such a bad deal actually leetch is getting kind of up there. They got 2 prospects so we shall ahve to see how good these guys are. On top of that they got some first round draft picks which they really need.
yeah i know they got 2 prospects but that is such an iffy thing. it's not like they traded him for someone they know is amazing. and he's been such an anchor for the team for a looooooong time. everyone respects him and he's mentored a lot of younger players. i know they need young blood, but why him? he was my fav.
Yeah I know it's kind of rough deal. It all depends on how those 2 prospects are. If they are amazing then it will be the greatest trade but if they are horrible it will be the worst trade. Prospects are just a rough thing to trade a veteran that you KNOW is going to give you a good game day in and day out.
Yeah, they need to totally restructure their team. They're in bad shape.
Yeah that and they need to get rid of their old players and get some younger talent.
well seeing how it was 60 degrees out today i can't play anymore.
Yeah I'd say your pond hockey is probably done for the season.
Oh man I just found out my favorite play Brian Rafalski is injury and will be out for a while. That really stinks.
hes one of my favorite players too. devil rule all. brouduer made some pretty crazy saves last night too.
i loved floor hockey back in middle school. i even fractured my left pinky finger and i continued playing haha. i came home and my mom was freaking out cuz it was like broke, and i thought it was just swollen. but i bet that's not the same on skates. i can't wait to learn how and play some hockey.
Yeah imagine how much fun you had on foot then multiply it by like 100 that's what hockey on skates is like.
OH YEAH, you'll never want to take them off!
Yeah well I don't even take mine off I just skae everyone though it's kind of rough giving a talk with skates on.
ok that made me laugh out loud!
man can you imagine if we had hover boots?! flying thru the air and stuff, aw man that'd be awesome!
ok but that would make it a little hard to have a rink or specified playing area and man would it hurt to get checked to the ground. lol
they could make a sphere bubble!
lol you just won't give up the idea will you.
:D you got it
Start playing on skates first then we will talk about hover skates. :-P
good thinkin lincoln
i'm AMAZING at hockey. and by that i mean "i've heard of eric lindros"
Jersey. It gets cold for a while here but the weather is so inconsistent around here ponds don't tend to stay frozen long.
Doh! this was supposed to be a reply to #177
ok, the ducks trade one of their 3rd line defenseman for Marty Skoula of the AVS, one of the best defensemen. Why would the Avs agree to the trade? They need Skoula since Blake is out for the season....so why would you trade one of the best when you need him?
*trades confuse me!
GO AVS
Yeah that doesn't make much sense. Sometimes teams make a trade and you just say to yourself what in the world are they doing. I think sometimes teams just make trades to make trades.
i love hockey. me and my friends play it every saturady on a pond. i've only played a few times but i'm pretty good.
It stays frozen?
i'm SO jealous! ;)
ya the ice is about a foot thick. it kinda stinks tho cause after we play we have to pump water where we played so the surface is clear. we got no zamboni
Where do you live that it stay cold enough for you to do that?
bangor, PA.
don't know how but it stays cold all the time
Wow. That's cool. I wish it was cold enough to do that here.
where do u live?
Jersey. It gets cold for a while here but the weather is so inconsistent around here ponds don't tend to stay frozen long.
I can't wait till next week. I'm going to a Devil's game the 25th. YAY!!!!!
COOL! Good seats?
Not great but decent. Right below nose bleed.lol. Not they are normally $52 seat but we got them for 26 someone else I know actually got them so I really am not sure exactly where they are.
seriously, you're at a game....thats the joy!
Yup sure is. It's always much better being at the game then watching on tv.
Me too! Love the smell of the ice, just when you walk in the arena! I LUVVVVV IT! lol
Isn't that just the best. Thef eel you get from sitting there watching a hockey game is just unlike any other sport.
Only 6 more days till the game. :)
It was such a great game. 8-2 was the final. They totally killed the Sabres. My 2 favorite players had great games too. Elias had 5 points. 2 goals and 3 assists and Rafalski my absolute favorite player had 1 goal and 1 assist and he was +3. Rafalski is just such a great defenseman.
I LUV patrick! he's the man!!! I'm stoked you had a great time and that was an AMAZING score!!! Who do the sabres have now in goal?
*Is Jeff Friesen still on the Devils? what about Oleg Tverdovsky?
Yeah Elias is just amazing. He made some really great moves last nite. He was so close to a hat trick. his line the Elias, Gionta and Gomez line has been playing amazing hockey lately. In the last seven games they have had 16 goals and 23 assists. Amazing line. The egg line. lol.
Yeah they still have Friesen but I think they recently traded Tverdovsky away, though I'm not totally sure though I do know he's not on the team anymore.
The Sabres had Martin Biron in goal last nite. though after the first 6 goals they brought in their backup not sure what his name was though.
The "egg" line, that's classic!
OMG I forgot about my man Gomes, how could i let that happen! when i was at mission I BEGGED the guys to get him to represent, didn't work though!
When Friesen would visit Mission me and my friend would joke with him "friesen is the reason for the season"
It's good that they let oleg go cause he was a selfish player! very handsome but selfish!
Yeah i would imagine they would pull the goalie!
Yeah I'm not really sure where that came from though. I just found out they called them that the other day.
Yeah Gomez is great. It's amazing how the Devil's over the last couple of years have had some great players brought up. I love the fact that the reason their team is so great is because of their great team development over the years. Drafting good players and bringing them up. I hate when teams just buy their way to being great.
RANGERS WIN!!! It was great going to Continental and cheering for the winning Blueshirts! Awesome.
Ducks acutally won last night too! so hard to cheer for a losing team! LOL
The Comcast Ducks!
ANAHEIM Comcast Ducks! LOL Maybe they'll do something great since Disney can't
What's that mean? Come on, they were good last year, they made it far!
Yeah I know, believe me no one was more stoked than i and was privledged to go to EVERY playoff game, butthey really I mean REALLY messed up by not keeping the team together etc and were CRAZY not to keep paul and sign Teemu Selanne and it was ALL Disney's power that kept them from keeping their winning combo.
Also i'm upset with Jiggy, he jsut wasn't gettin jiggy with it this year! =(
Yeah I can't believe they let both of those guys go either. They were just an awsome combo. They were amazing to watch play.
I am going to Rangers-Devils tommorow night! Let's see if we can start off the post-All star break on a winning streak, or just make it like every other year when we hover around the 10th spot in the East and never get any closer.
Man I wish I was going. I would love to see a Rangers Devils game. I can't wait till the 25th I'm going to a Devils-Sabers game.
The last Ranger-Devil game I went to was awesome. It was in the Garden and we got the Devils chant going!
It was so funny, I changed seats to a different area and these two guys were sitting in front of me all quite. The Devils scored and they didn't do anything until I jumped up screaming.
That's one of my favorite rivalries in sports. I just hate that when you go to a Devils Rangers game in NJ that it's like a 60/40 split in fans.
Game 6 was Messier's trick. Matteau put it away in game 7.
Yeah, it was 7 then. Mattau, Mattau! The announcer kept screaming it. Man, I was broken hearted.
I remember writing a report on Messier that year. I read a very intresting article about the influence he had on that team. The things he did to change, even in the locker rooms to make them more of a team. Without him they wouldn't have won the cup that year. It'd still be 1940.
Many people forget the Rangers' solid defense in 1994...on offense as well. Leetch was just in his prime, and what many forget is that Sergei Zubov led the team in points.
You know I still have that Game 7 (or did we lose in 6) Rangers Devils on tape from '94. Broke my heart.
Actually Beukeboom is my all time favorite Ranger defenseman...guess I just forgot him! He would have played a few more years until Matt Johnson sucker punched him in like 97...
Domi was not around for 93-94, he was before that. They did have Joey Kocur, another crazy fighter though
The Rangers have a bunch of superstars and no defense. And they're too old. Unfortunately, Messier is going to retire after this year, because he and Leetch are two of the old guys worth having. Maybe the rest aren't OLD, but they are past their prime. Case in point, Jagr, Lindros, Bure. And the other players who have been All Stars are way too inconsistent as Rangers, like Nedved and Kovalev. When you look at the 94 Rangers, they had beautiful team chemistry. You had tough wingers like Adam Graves and Steve Larmer, who could put the puck in the net, young gun Alexei Kovalev, the grizzled confident vets like Messier and Glenn Anderson, the solid D with Leetch, Kevin Lowe, and Sergei Zubov, and solid role players like Nemchinov, Tikkanen, MacTavish, and Matteau. And solid goaltending with my all time favorite goalie, Mike Richter, and my all time favorite backup goalie, Glenn Healy.
Now we have a bunch of superstars who can't co-exist on the ice. That's why our best line usually includes a group of blue collar guys like Holik, Messier, Lundmark, and Barnaby.
back in 94...my favorite (who you left out for some reason...whyyyy?) was definitely beukeboom. crazy guy, just hittin everyone, and didn't really care.
Was Domi on that team? That guy was a nut.
i love saying his name itss jsut sooo....booo-k-a-boom! lol
Yeah all the players they have gotten are past their prime. Not that they are bad but just not anywhere near as good as they once were. They just can't seem to play with each other either. I think they all just want to be the star and that causes problems as well. They just have no chemistry when they play. I think the Rangers should start from square one and start rebuilding their team instead of getting all these old all-stars. They aren't going to go anywhere if they keep doing that.
Yay. The snow in the hockey rink has finally melted. Since the other cong. that shares my hall has the CO visit we had our meeting tonight and don't have one tomorrow so we are going to play tomorrow afternoon. I can't wait to play.
well we put the rink to the test. very wet. it was like a game in slow motion. lots of fighting and rolling around in the slush near the boards. pretty funny actually. everyone was skating like 3 yr olds.
I was the last one to go down but after I did it was all over I was falling all over the place after that. I totally killed my wrist and knee. My knee has been killing me all morning and it was kind of swollen last night.
How is mickey's knee I heard he banged it up pretty bad?
mikey seemed ok yesterday, he didn't say anything about it. though my mom freaked about billy's eye. a little too close to the plate in the forehead. good thinking he put the helmet on. that was too close. weren't you wearing your shin guards?
the best goalie fight ever started off with pj stock and mariusz czerkawski, when pj was a ranger and mariusz an isle (still is...anyway). PJ first kicked the crap out of marisz, then isles goalie tommy salo came over to stick up for mariusz, and the rangers dan cloutier came over and absolutely unloaded on salo. absolutely pummelled him.
Yes I did know that Dunham was the Devils backup as a very young player, when the Rangers were actually half-decent (97 or so, their last playoffs year.) Brodeur is a very good goalie, but i'm just wondering what the big deal is about him. Richter, with that defense, I believe would have been even better than Brodeur, I think he was a better goalie, at least in his prime. The Devils have very good defensemen...they would have had Stevens, Niedermayer, and Rafalski in the All-Star game if Stevens wasn't hurt, and only Niedermayer and Rafalski really for the offense as well...so when you have d-men getting in on defense alone you got some good defensemen, especially when you know the fans want offense. Plus Neider and Rafalski are very good defensive defensemen.
Anyway, most shutouts per season, Brodeur does not have it. In fact he's not even close. He'd have to get 22, which George Hainsworth set in the 20's (forget year), in 44 games too. Finished with a 0.98 GAA I believe. Pretty sick, half your games you get a shutout! Tony Esposito, I think, holds the record for the last 50 years or whatever, and Sawchuk has the career shutout record with I think 103.
The Rangers are just stupid, I hate Sather. He doesn't understand we need defense. now he wants to trade our #1 prospect, DEFENSEMAN Fedor Tyutin, for the 1000 year old Sean Burke. Ugh.
Dunam actually played for the US Hockey Team before the Devils picked him up. As I said, Brodeur is talked about so much because he's compared to Roy, in just about every category.
Saying Richter in his prime was better then Broduer in his prime I don't know. Richter was a sick goalie in his hay day, and the Rangers did have a good team in the early 90's. After Gartner left the Rangers I felt the pressure off as a Devils fan, he was the real Devils killer. But I think you're right, if you take Richter and throw him on the Devils teams from the past few years, he would have been even better.
And I have to agree about Sather, the guy shouldn't be around anymore, he's destroying the Rangers organization.
Do u think Jagr is a good addition to the team?
Yeah, they need something in there. They're just sorry right now.
No. One of the problems the Ranger have is their team is just to old and their chemistry is not so great. Their team on paper is pretty good but their team is just to old and the guys they've gotten just can't seem to get the hang of playing with one another. they need to get some good younger talent.
I don't bash the devils...they are very good at what they do...and what they do is win, but also make hockey extremely boring to watch. I do bash their goalie... Martin Brodeur, talk about the most overrated goalie in hockey. The Devils' defense is amazing, I'm so sick of hearing Brodeur this and Brodeur that...if he played on the Rangers he would be splitting time with Dunham, he's about as good as Mike Dunham. He's an average NHL goalie with a Hall of Fame defense in front of him. Watching the Rangers with Richter in his last few years, there is no doubt that Richter was a better goalie. He had no defense and made the most spectacular saves I have ever seen. C'mon, Brodeur's backups, Corey Schwab, and Scott Clemmensen have lower GAA's than him. Schwab has a 0.68 GAA or something like that, and Clemmensen got a shutout in the only game he played this year. I can't stand Martin Brodeur and how he's so "great," the only thing he's an All-Star at is cheating on his wife with his wife's sister.
Ok, you obviously have NO IDEA of what your talking about. The only hall of fame defensemen in front of Brodeur now are Stevens and Niedermeyr. Richter was a great goalie, and he did have a great team in front of him, well in '94 anyway, but he's no Brodeur.
You need to look at stats. Patrick Roy is the best goalie to have played the game. Brodeur is talked about so much because he's on track to break all of Roy's records. Roy has won 4 cups (2 in Montreal 2 in Colorodo) while Martin has 3 already (all in NJ). I don't have the time right now, but I did in the past sit down and compare all the stats between the two. Broduer will break all of Roy's records, watch, it will happen. Most shutouts per season, I think he might already have.
You can't rag on Brodeur, he's one of the best to play that position. He's still young and has plenty of time to catch up to Roy, especially since Roy isn't playing any more.
Face it, the Rangers suck, and now they went out and picked up Jagr and they still can't score a goal. You're just jealous. :P /jk
I think you're being a little harsh there.
although i agree its a little harsh, but i must agree, Roy is one of the games BEST goalies ever!
Defenitly he was amazing. If I could make up my own dream team he would totally be the goalie I picked.
I'd pick Brodeur over Roy.
Imagine being able to see both of them in their prime head to head? That would have been a good patch up. We did see it but Roy was beyond his prime and Brodeur was just getting into it.
I don't know if you realized this or not but Duhnam was on the Devils and ever remained the backup goalie.
When's the next game Mike? I need to get back in shape...
Not sure yet. Have to wait for the snow to finish melting first.
Nah, hose it down, I got ice skates!
Yeah but unfortunaltly I don't. Plus Andrew and Janine and the rest of the fam who play with us will be gone next weekend so probalby the following week we will play.
i love Winger. rockin'.
at least pascal now gets to play in front of a capacity crowd every night supporting their 10th place team rather than a half empty arena (with an another half of the people at the game falling asleep from the neutral zone trap) supporting their stanley cup winners.
Oh yeah the bog bad rangers whp have scored .3 more goals per game than the Devils and lost almost twice as many games. Im sure it's much more exciting watching your team lose over and over and over year in and year out. On top of that the rangers have also given up 1 more goal per game more than the Devils that really causes an exciting game watching that.
I appriate the fact that your sticking with your team dispite the rough period they are going through but don't be bashing on a team just because they don't get the credit or recognition they deserve.
That truly is to be admired! I am the same way with the Ducks! LOL Although I'm a little partial to the AVS since they have 2 of my boys, Kariya and Selanne....
manon, yeah she played for tampa bay in an exhibition game i believe...and pascal is now a Ranger...a lot better than playing on the devils :)
Yeah if you want to be on a horrible team that can't even make the playoffs then you are right they are on a much better team.
i used to love floor hockey in high school. we played for the whole fourth marking peroid, junior year. i'd check kids so hard they didn't want to run down my side of the floor anymore.
I totally love that in Junior High too! That was the only thing I was good at playing in gym. I would just knock those girls over!
Yeah but playing on foot as fun as it may be is not nearly as much fun as playing on skates.
Not unless you have the balance of a two year old bobble head.
lol. Yeah well everyone is like that the first time they skate. You should have seen me the first time I played hockey on rollerblades. It was actually the first time I had ever rollerbladed. Man I fell all over the place. It stunk for me but it was a riot for everyone else.
I can rollerblade fairly well. I really just have no balance.
Oh. That's what pads are for. :)
i play every position. i used to be a goalie too, which i loved. now i like center the best, but also like defense, and wing is fine too.
Someone I play with did the same thing. He used to play goalie then he played a forward a couple of times and started playing center. After that he always wanted to play center. The only difference is that's pretty much the only position he plays anymore.
i tried to play goalie, the gear was jsut not me! lol, kept falling. I like defense too, i love getting in the mix
Yeah well most goalie equipment isn't shall we say made for girls to wear very comfortably.
exactly, but the best female goalie EVER - manon rheume....i got to play hockey with her and she's amazing!
Wow that's cool. I don't know who she's is I don't tend to get much news about womens hockey around here. Though the womens us olympic hockey team was amazing. It was just as good as watching the male team.
she's the first female to ever play an NHL game, it was back in the late 90's, i think 96, she played with one of the florida teams. her bro is Pascal Rheumme who plays on the NJ devils...
Oh that's right I remember that. I can't believe I forgot about that. yeah that was a big deal when it happened. Did you play in an actual game with her like a league game or what?
I used to work for Mission Hockey and she worked there also, starting the girls hockey line. Anyway, our team needed an extra player adn she said she would sub. needless to say we won and we always had a friday morning pick up game and she would play with us, along with some other NHLers, so it was always a fun time!
Now that's awsome. Not only did you get to meet them you actually got to play with them. Oh man I'm so Jealous.
I think the most stoked was getting a phone call from Jarri Kuri. The Intl sales Mgr set it up....
LOL well if y ou're ever in So Cal let me know and I'll take you to Mission. I've been fortunate in the industry(ies) i've been in. I jsut take it as it comes as one day it can be all gone, I appreciate what i have come across. I've been fortunate to be at the right place at the right time
She played the first game that the Tampa Bay Lightning ever played. It was a total media hype game, but she is a good goalie. It's a shame she was dropped.
She did play for the Jersey Rock'n Rollers roller hockey team for a bit. I don't know what she does now.
that's when i saw her ... at a signing for the rockin rollers. i think she got married to one of the players...or got pregnant or something...i can't remember the whole story
That team still exist? How were the games? Tickets Cheap?
We had season tickets to the XFL Hitmen, the experiance was a blast.
she got married adn is now divorced and has a little boy, like 4 or 5 years old and he speaks french....it's SO cute!
I don't know what she's doing as of this year but last year (ad the few years prior)she was working with Mission Hockey getting the girls line started, Mission Betty's and she wont dress up in goal, once she retired she retired in goal.
i tried it once also and the same thing happened. the equipment was like dripping off me. and it was scary gross inside my brothers goalie helmet. they did tell me i was the best smelling goalie they ever had though. haha
OMG I am DYING over that comment! You are so right, the gear stinks, guys gear stinks! Even though i play rough, i'm still girly, the guys gravitate to me when i'm on the bench, i'm like get away....they're like "you smell pretty" uh maybe cause i wash my gear and not jsut air it out!
Moral, even though we play with the guys doesn't mean we have to smell like them! lol
You wash your gear?!? LOL, that's so funny, when I played ice hockey I never washed my gear. My bag had that lovely aroma, it's quite enticing. They should make a colonge like that.
I wash ALL my gear, I don't wanna stink, i can't stand the thought.
We had stickers all over @ Mission that said "I love the smell of hockey" etc...
hahaha quite enticing-not exactly the word i would've used. the best bill did was spray lysol into the helmet every once in a while. but i don't think there was enough lysol in the world to kill what was in there.
LOL thats hysterical....
Yeah and it would be called Ureeka.
Yeah well by the time we are done playing I usually barely have enough energy to get my equipment off let alone clean all of it. Half the time I leave my stuff in my car because I'm just to tired to bring it into the house.
not me, it could be a late game (sometimes they can end around 12ish am) but i have to lug it in and wash....yeah i'm anal
We only play pickup games around here and they usually start around 2:00 and go till well past dark (that is of course if the lights bother to come on) and your playing the entire time so we are all pretty wiped by the time we are done.
wow so its not set times, like 8:00 game against blah blah blah? wow...
Yeah that's the way we work it none of us would have time to play in a league it's hard enough getting pickup games together as it is.
yeah it's more convenient to play at our own time schedule. then also we can play as long as we want, just switch up teams now and then. though we play serious, it's just for fun so it's not one set team against another set team.
Also that way you get to play with different people. It's fun when me and Bill are on the same team our chemistry on the ice is usually pretty good. It sure was yesterday.
true. although some people work better together than others. i hate when we've got a solid team that flows so well and then we have to switch
you have to be in leagues to play for ice there's pick up games on friday evenings, other than that you're outta luck, unlessw you play roller on the outdoor rinks.
I've been fortunate though cause the guys at mission skate on wed & friday mornings, so we either get the ice rink or the roller rink @ the gretzsky center
We actually do play at the outdoor rinks there are about 6 around here to play at.
we don't have many outdoor rinks that are "free" per se.
I lvoe playing in the early mornings when it's cool and you're SO hot you change and you feel the coolness...
One of the main reasons we play at outdoor rinks is because there are so many and it's free to play there. The one thing that stinks is that in the summer when it's really hot it's hard to play and if you do you die.
Nah, it can be really good!
It's got it's upsides and down sides. Though mostly downs. If it's like over 100 it's impossible to play the goalies get overheated and dehydrated in 2 minutes so when it's that hot we can't play.
10 years ago when I was playing regularly we always played ice hockey at midnight on Fridays. I still know a few who play in a league, but I don't have the time or the skill for that anymore. I don't even have my equipment anymore.
Those were pick up teams but there was always enough to play. On the rare occasion we'd even have 4 goalies show up.
Yeah well look who we played with that's really not saying much.
Wait a minute did I just accidently make a crack on myself......
hahaha yeah. that was back in the days when we played w/ steve, sean, manzi, and frankie danger.
Oh yeah I forgot about them. They were a riot. Franky (legs) Rafalko. Steve one handed ??(don't know last name) then there was Maznie aka Pocahontas. lol.
hahahaha pocahontas. i almost forgot about that. man he got amazingly good.
Yeah I know I was shocked the last time I saw him play. He's made vast improvements.
i can't remember steve's last name but it's on the tip of my tongue. i just remember me and bill always made fun of his ghetto car horn
Yeah that was pretty funny. You remember how he never used the back hand and he would just flip the stick around. It was very strange then the way he would always play with just one hand on the stick like all the time.
Ah the good old days. Good times.
Personally I love playing defense. I've always been a defenseman and always will be. I have more fun blocking shots and taking the puck from people who think they have me beat than I ever could playing offence and scoring. I'll admit it's fun scoring but so much more fun defending.
me too, i'm not aggressive enough to play a good offense though i get in there sometimes. but i like defense alot. it's like playing defend your castle.
Just pretend who ever is coming in is me and they have just talked to someone they weren't supposed to.
i play both ice and roller
Nice! I only play roller. I used to know quite a few people who played ice but I didn't have the money to buy skates then so I couldn't play. Now almost noone plays ice hockey around here so it's not even worth it to buy a pair of ice hockey skates.
where r u from?
I'm from the Jersey shore area. Exit 117 on the parkway. Holmdel.
I think we met on Sunday at Mike's house.
aw, you're not too far from me. everyone else from ezabel is light years away.
haha DUH socalgal wasn't there. she lives in CA. i was there. you were quiet.
I was saying that I met you not Socal girl. I know she wasn't there. My bad the way I posted it made it seem like I meant that. Sorry.
I was saying that I met you not Socalgal. I know she wasn't there. My bad the way I posted it made it seem like I meant that. Sorry.
I LUV, I mean LUV hockey! Its my fav sport next to surfing/skating! I play, roller and ice. Not on a girls team but with the guys! I used to work for Mission Hockey and let me tell you, when the pros would visit i was in awe!
Man, my dad never let me play with the brothers in my hall CUZ I WAS A GIRL. I could only play with my younger bro and hockey isn't as fun with just two ppl. Plus, I have yet to master the hockey stop (somebody help me!)
Janine plays hockey with us most of the time. We've actually had a couple girls play with us. We get some pretty good games together around here.
that is really cool! Some of the bros here don't like to let the girls play here. Too much competition i guess - lol!
yeah dawn cunninham, she's a brick wall. but she needs to get on skates. she's too good on foot.
Yeah we have to get that girl to play on skates to level out the playing field. So when are we gonna get a real game together. Yesterday was fun and all but I want a real game.
hm that is a tough one. a friday night would be better but who knows if the lights will actually be on. possibly the last sunday in feb. but, we may have to wait til march.
Bah. I want to play. We are going to be so rusty by the time we get a real game together.
My dad never had boys (only 5 girls) so he was adamant about us liking sports. LOL
*that song, just a girl, popped into my head - heehee
Beleive me, I still haven't mastered "the" stop. LOL I can do it when i don't think about it, like when i'm in the middle of a play, but if i think about it, i can't do it. it's crazy i know! LOL
Well, I was never allowed to play either. I guess my parents thought it was too violent.
We don't play very physically. To some extent we do but nothing major. Once in awhile there might be a little push or shove maybe a small check a long the boards but nothing that anyone is going to get hurt by. The guys know better than to check the girls or hit them. If anyone ever did they would have everyone all over them.:)
Guys have no mercy with the girls. the guys on my team protect me, but i can hold my own. I don't want special treatment, i'm playing with the boys so all is fair.
I don't mean they get special treatment at all. I just mean as far as being physical. ex: checking along the boards or a little mild hip check. I don't care if your a girl when I'm defending I'm not putting any less effort into taking the puck from you. There's no special treatment here. Janine can attest to that. She has been knocked down a few times of course they were accidents and mostly from her brothers.
They take no mercy as far as checking, high sticking, etc. I've even been speared too - lol
I got the wind knocked out of me a few times...lol The only way i cheat a little is in the face off circle, you give a quick wink and smile and the puck is yours! lol
lol. That's just wrong. There really isn't that much checking or anything along those lines when we play anyway.
But what's the point of playing hockey if you're not going to be checking?
exactly
hockey without checking is like eating without a tongue.
there's no point. just stop
I didn't say there isn't any but we play friendly games. You start checking and going at each other and someone is bound to go overboard or get mad. I just check myself into the boards from time to time just to get the real hockey experience.
yeah there are a lot of highsticks though. everyone gets hurt enough even when there isn't a lot of checking. however, i must say i was amazed when josh took jimmy down-a guy like twice his size. jimmy needs to get checked more.
Yeah that was in a aword amazing. I thought Josh was going to get leveled. Maybe Jimmy is just getting old. The only way to stop him is to take the body.
yeah my brothers are the hardest on me sometimes. bill is such a stinkin ox
lol. It's pretty funny when it's your own brothers who take you out 9 out of 10 times. Then other people throw themselves to the ground to keep from knocking you over. Of course I enjoy throwing myself to the ground so I guess that's different.lol.
most of the time i just run into everyone else and knock myself over. but yeah, i know. and they are like a herd of moose. i bet they are just getting me back for beating them all up when they were younger. although it's pretty funny if i come back after them they scream and run away.
i do! but all my friends play halo instead now.
Bah. Hockey is way more fun than any video game could ever be. There is nothing quite like hockey. No game gives you a rush quite like hockey.
i would if i knew how to skate haha.
you can learn when you come visit. something else for a crazy weekend.
The only reason I even learned to skate was because of hockey. It's actually easier to learn to skate playing hockey than just learning to skate on it's own. The hockey stick in your hands really helps you keep your balance.
people say that - i say, that's ridiculous, if you can't skate, holding a long wooden object doesn't help anything.
It does. It gives you almost like a third leg to use to keep your balance. It gives you more leverage.
ahh cool! kinda like a sword!
i love to play hockey