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I'm not a big Hockey fan but this guy may make me one...

by garyv
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Wow, this is a thing of beauty - and he's just getting started:

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    That was smooth.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    I'm not a hockey fan either, but I can appreciate a skill shot like that. I had to watch it twice to make sure he really shot that from between his legs.
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  • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
    Well, I enjoy watching a good hockey game myself, but I hope my son doesn't get into hockey. It is very dangerous and very expensive.
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    • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
      Originally Posted by thunderbird View Post

      Well, I enjoy watching a good hockey game myself, but I hope my son doesn't get into hockey. It is very dangerous and very expensive.
      You better not show him that video then. Haha!

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        Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

        You better not show him that video then. Haha!

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        That was a "Move over, Wayne Gretzky" moment for sure.
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        • Profile picture of the author Joe Mobley
          Gary,

          Very similar to what I was thinking. And you can bet, other players are studying this video.

          Thanks for the post.

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        Originally Posted by MissTerraK View Post

        You better not show him that video then. Haha!

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        This is the kind of thing that concerns me:
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        • Profile picture of the author MissTerraK
          Sheesh!

          I understand. How in the heck could you even explain the violence on the ice let alone the audience cheering it on to an impressionable young mind?

          Sometimes humans can be such barbaric cretins! :rolleyes:

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          • Profile picture of the author Kay King
            My grandson is a hockey player - he's varsity in high school and also on an all-star traveling tournament team for the past 3 years. He'll be 17 next month.

            He was on rollerblades at age 3 - on ice at age 4 - and playing hockey at age 5. Yes, he gets hurt sometimes - but he gets over it. The discipline has been invaluable and if you want to be in top physical shape - this sport will do it!
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              Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

              My grandson is a hockey player - he's varsity in high school and also on an all-star traveling tournament team for the past 3 years. He'll be 17 next month.

              He was on rollerblades at age 3 - on ice at age 4 - and playing hockey at age 5. Yes, he gets hurt sometimes - but he gets over it. The discipline has been invaluable and if you want to be in top physical shape - this sport will do it!
              It's reassuring to see the good points you mention. There is a strong chance my son is going to want to get into hockey, but I am not going to encourage it. I wouldn't hold him back from it if that is what he wants to do. It is safest to be really good at it. Funny thing, Canada's prime minister, who is a published hockey historian on the side, just recently said that it would be best to stop the fighting in hockey. Presently, fighting is considered part of the sport of hockey. Absurd, but true.
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              • Profile picture of the author Kay King
                My Grandson has played tournaments in Canada - in fact, they won one there about a year ago which was a shocker.

                I've found on the kid's teams - if you get your son on a well run league ...the coaches are careful about safety and sportsmanship. In the "kid" leagues we've been in, fighting is not allowed and kids who do it get benched. I'd think Canada would be the same for the young players.

                One thing many league parents do is gather up used equipment - outgrown skates and helmets and pads, etc - and make them available to players who need them.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jacqueline Smith
      My son played hockey from the age of 6 until he was 19. Prior to him playing I was not a hockey fan and, quite frankly, had no interest in the sport.

      However, once my son began to play, that all changed. I started to understand and appreciate the game and very quickly became a huge fan.

      He learned a great deal more than hockey during those years and it was a great experience for all of us....even those 6 a.m. practices!
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      • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
        Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

        My Grandson has played tournaments in Canada - in fact, they won one there about a year ago which was a shocker.

        I've found on the kid's teams - if you get your son on a well run league ...the coaches are careful about safety and sportsmanship. In the "kid" leagues we've been in, fighting is not allowed and kids who do it get benched. I'd think Canada would be the same for the young players.

        One thing many league parents do is gather up used equipment - outgrown skates and helmets and pads, etc - and make them available to players who need them.
        It is good to know that there is an attitude of camaraderie and sharing in kids hockey. That said, it is not consistently the same everywhere. There are some pretty extreme coaches and parents out there. My son might not get into it at all for all I know. A friend of mine said he spent a huge chunk of his time and fortune on a son's hockey, and was actually relieved when his son quit hockey as a teenager.


        Originally Posted by Jacqueline Smith View Post

        My son played hockey from the age of 6 until he was 19. Prior to him playing I was not a hockey fan and, quite frankly, had no interest in the sport.

        However, once my son began to play, that all changed. I started to understand and appreciate the game and very quickly became a huge fan.

        He learned a great deal more than hockey during those years and it was a great experience for all of us....even those 6 a.m. practices!
        6 am, yikes. I won't be disappointed if my son doesn't get into hockey, lol. It probably wouldn't even be viable since I don't drive (the albatross of my life I guess -- expired license, and car phobia). I get stressed just imagining it.

        I can totally understand how you'd come to appreciate the game. I find knowing about just about anything increases one's appreciation of it. People often don't pay much much heed to many things that are part of their daily life, never mind things that they aren't involved in. I find it a great exercise with my son to go into the background of everything that is part of his life, where the cocoa in his chocolate comes from, how his clothes were made, the story behind songs he sings. Much of the time, I have to learn it myself. He's already correcting me on things, lol. Actually, he's the one who started me on this exercise. It wasn't even originally my idea to do that.

        Anyway, back to hockey. It is an amazing game, but quite dangerous, with lots of injuries. Skating on ice is fast and with sticks and competitive, physical playing, accidents can and do happen. At more advanced league levels, fights increasingly become part of the game. I hope he just sticks to something much safer like martial arts.
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  • Profile picture of the author candoit2
    That was a nice goal and what the NHL needs it's players doing more often.

    Some can do those things in practice, but it is considered taboo to do it in a game. People think it is hot dogging or showing up the competition.

    Guys who do those moves end up getting run, hits to the head and a ref who looks the other way.

    Hockey has a culture that stunts it's own growth.
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  • Profile picture of the author KingOfContentMarketing
    I grew up playing hockey in Edmonton. The fights in organized league games were nothing like you'd see in casual games between neighborhoods. The good thing was there was so much snow (games were outdoors) you could just reach over the boards and grab a handful to pack on your bleeding mouth/eye/nose (pick one).

    As an aside, I think all kids should learn to fight properly (not hockey fighting, I mean boxing or martial arts). IMO, there are many threats to kids these days, and knowing how to fight would help them tremendously. Or is that just inviting problems? What say you?
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