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    Gopher Jokers

    in Men's Hockey

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    All I know is the McNaughton Cup makes a pretty good preoxide holder. It's been a while since you had it, perhaps you forgot how well it works. You should try and it win again sometime.

    There is only one trophy that matters!!!!

    SIOUX @ UMtc

    in Men's Hockey

    Posted

    Any good ideas on good places to watch the game in Grand Forks? Preferably a place that people both over and under 21 can go?

    my wife and I are going to the ground round. there is usually a good crowd there

    Sioux vs. Huskies

    in Men's Hockey

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    My problem with the Porter call was that it was clearly an intention penalty to prevent a legitimate scoring opportuniy. Apparently that is the smart play. With under 30 seconds left in overtime I'd be sure to tell the players to hack/slash/tackle, do whatever necessary if there is the potential for a scoring chance. If someone is coming down the ice one on one with 20 seconds left in OT the smart play would be to take no chances and take the guy down.

    That play probably wouldn't have been a PS in the first period, but it was absolutley an intentional tackle to preserve a point. In essence there was no penalty because of the time situation. Both alternatives, 2 minute minor or PS are not equitable for the situation, but if anyone should suffer a negative consequence it should be the team which committed the penalty. They were given a benefit for committing an intentional penalty. I guess that's just a crappy turn of events for the Sioux.

    I would think a good rule change would be if there are less that 30 seconds left in OT ( not regulation) and a penelty is taken in the defensive zone a penelty shot should be granted.

    NHL Fight

    in Men's Hockey

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    After seeing the face-smashing punch, I agree. What does this mean in the grand scheme of NHL enforcer hockey? I understand how it works in theory, but how does it work in practice?

    Does it mean that because the Wild have the best goon in the league, they can get way with cheap-shotting other teams' players? Who's going to stop them with Boogard around? Does it mean that no fool will dare cheap-shot a Wild player as long as Boogard is on the bench? Is there even a need to have officials on the ice in any game in which Boogard participates? Why not just let him enforce the rules if he's so good at it?

    Better yet, instead of refs, why not have a couple of non-aligned goons work every game to smash the face of any player who commits a penalty? Let the goon-refs wear brass knuckles just to make sure the penalized player gets the message. The cheaters wouldn't even get to defend themselves. They'd just have to submit to having their faces smashed right there on the ice for being naughty.

    Think of the blood! The gore! The TV revenue! Fans would love it because it would take the guesswork out of whether or not they'll see a good face-smashing fight. (There'd have to be a requirement that the officials call at least one penalty on each team per game, regardless of whether anyone actually commmits a penalty.) And believe me, this officiating system would cut down on stickwork and obstruction in a heartbeat. Of course, it's too perfect, so the NHL would never implement it.

    Back to the enforcer solution. If another player successfully smashes Boogard's face, does the balance of enforcer power automatically shift to the team for which that player plays? Is the team that successfully puts Boogard out of commission then given free reign to cheap-shot Wild players? Is that team also allowed to cheap-shot at will because no team can stand up to its enforcer?

    Better yet, why bother putting any players on the ice who can pass, shoot and score? Why not just load a team up with goons to assure that it can play the game any way that it damn well pleases? If other teams don't like it, boo freakin' hoo. Let them put together a team that can out-goon the other team. The team with the biggest, baddest goons would win the Stanley Cup.

    Now that I think of it, this is a great idea for a movie.

    Exactly

    NHL Fight

    in Men's Hockey

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    I understand that most NHL fans want fighting in the game. The question is, does keeping fighting in the game hurt hockey's image to the point where it prevents the game from becoming as popular as it could be? I think it does. As long as the NHL has no intention of expanding its fan base, then keeping the game as it is becomes a no-brainer. But as long as the pros choose to keep fighting as a major part of the game, it will always be viewed by many sports fans as being on the same level of professional wrestling.

    Is that a fair perception? No. But I know from firsthand experience that the image of hockey as a sport for brawlers stops many people from developing an interest in it. And that's too bad because hockey is an amazing sport to watch and play. It has always irked me that much of the public sees hockey as a sport of senseless violence and fighting rather than a sport of speed, creativity and skill I know it to be.

    I agree with this, I Love hockey, My Girls love watching Sioux hockey, But I can't just let my girls ( who are 3 and 6) just watch pro hockey with the violence that happens in every game. If my daughter askes me why the fight, am I to say that it is part of the game.

    I can see it know, I answer the phone this winter from another kids parents who had thier kid get hit by mine playing hockey, am a to tell that parent that too bad, its part of the game.

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