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What I have realized is that not many people truly understand hockey on this site. The fan who know's nothing about hockey would obviously say that everyone should wear a full cage. It's funny how every other junior league, CHL and pro leagues do not wear full cages and 83% of the players would also like to get rid of the full cages.

I'm calling a Devils win tonight. 3-2. It will go to game 7 where the Devils will lose in OT. NHL hockey has been great this year.

It really doesn't matter though. There was no way in hell the Marlies were going to win a series against Norfolk. No way.

haha I like it. I'm pretty sure many of these guys never played a hockey game past pewee C's but even the players would like the option to use half shields (83% I believe voted that way).

Nice long arguement....but you are incorrect on almost everything you just posted. Except, I guess, the drunken motorcycle thing. You have had to have played the game I guess. Wasn't Chay Genoway a spokesman for trying to get the 3/4 shields implemented after his consussion? http://ndgoon.blogsp... (Goon's World)

I guess we'll agree to disagree.

You must not have played hockey....with regards to not wearing helmets, maybe. As for full face shields it is so you can react faster and have more visability. Yes, kids wear face masks through high school....but what happens in high school and after. Players get bigger, stronger and faster; you must be able to watch your back at all times or you can get blown up and possibly cause some brain damage.

Agreed, you play with cages until high school; after that you wear half shields for 2+ years and then have to go to a college setting where the game has become much faster than when you were in high school. It's not only faster but you are being hit much harder.

Cuts are apart of the game...yes they may cause scars but any hockey player will take that risk. Both full shields and cages not only block a portion of vision, it has been proven players react slower with these full face masks thus not being able to see oncoming hits. Also, from my own experience, when everyone has on full shields, players are more likely to follow through high on their hits. With half shields there seems to be an understanding and respect to keep your hands lower. I am fine with the little scar I have, but I have a buddy who has concussion effects to this day and he blames it on the hits he took in college. You are simply missing your peripheral vision.

Yeah, I read that earlier today. I had a shoulder injury in high school my senior year, I attempted to play through it but just couldn't. I can't believe some guys can simply will themselves through it, especially in hockey where your shoulders are so important. Tough guy.

I like it.

I agree. Not too sure about neck guards....I feel they should be optional.

Anyone else notice this during the game....I was wondering who that chick was behind the devils bench. If you were watching the game they showed her like 3 times. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/taylor-stevens-porn-star-talks-her-heaving-cleavage-163133543.html

Well that I was unaware of, I stand corrected. Which other tribes disapprove? Was it the Standing Rock tribe that wouldn't let their own people speak up on this topic? I'm guessing there is something corrupt going on there.

There is one huge difference, those deadlines you just listed have to do with money owed to another party. Money makes the world go round....people/businesses need it to operate. The deadline we are talking about is more of a moral topic, what is right/what is wrong and who is offended or not offended. This isn't your typical payment deadline, the other party isn't out soemthing of value (assets) because it is late. You have to look at the NCAA's reasoning for initially bringing this topic up in the first place....because they felt the name and logo disgraced a group of people. But obviously it does not! You keep bringing up the deadline issue, that is a moot point to me. It is like if you put a deadline as to when a convicted murdered has time to appeal his own crime with factual evidence....when the DNA results come back and prove he is innocent (no matter when that is) the guy is free. End of story.

Have the tribes of those other schools tried so hard to keep the name? No responses about how late they were, I could care less.

I would agree with that....one goes they all go. And no, I don't care about deadlines or any of that, I know FSU got their approval within their alloted time frame and we didn't. But at the end of the day, both tribes appear to not be offended (or all three for that matter).

Yeah, after I posted I thought about it a little longer and due to the WCHA having far less games I really do not like it as much as I initially did; an individual game is more important in college than in the NHL (for that reason). 4x4 OT's might get the games over quicker though. I just would like to get rid of ties.

Yeah, I don't count then. I simply would hope that a group of people (NCAA) could find ok for us to use the name due to it not offending the group they think is offended. That's it. That's all I got. All you guy s have your answers but there is always a first for everything (ex. Braun had his steroid failure overturned....that had never happened in the MLB before but they brought forward their story or evidence and it was overturned; a little off topic I know but I wanted to think of an example where if something is truly right...than a right action should eventually follow).

I am all for keeping the nickname because I believe that at some point this issue can be resolved with the NCAA, however, I would never boycott UND athletics. No matter what their nickname is, I will always be a UND fan and will always attend their games. No, I am not Dave K. (reasoning I responded and bolded that text) but I can't believe someone would actually boycott sioux athletics because some other people voted to get rid of the name. Now if a business owner put out a large campaign to get rid of the name, I would definitely boycott that business.

Well then, the appeal by the natives should end his rants.

Oh, ok. I was wondering about that one. I couldn't figure out where he was going with his/her arguements....seemed like he was on the same side as you all.

So all you "Yes" guys like to argue and bash people so much that you are actually now fighting amongst each other....this is getting stranger by the day. Go Sioux!

Yeah....exactly.

Agreed, works great on my phone as well.