Hockey is violent?

[Trayol]

...well that answer should be obvious.

Over the past 4 weeks, there had been Intermural (IM) Hockey going on in the Field House. It wasn't too bad, except for the people who couldn't seem to remember how to check out equipment and return it correctly, in the fourth week. Or the IM staff not bringing their own first aid kit or extra towels or accident report sheets...Wait, I had a specific point to this. Yes.

Yesterday was the start of the playoffs (finally). I happened to be paying attention to the end of the first game and saw the orange team score the winning goal and held onto the lead to the end. For whatever reason, orange guy and an opposing blue guy were exchanging heated words. The refs blew their whistles and they started to disperse; that is until the orange guy pushes the blue guy, causing the benches to clear. Shockingly the refs (who are IM staff) were able stop any possible fight and the two teams were able to calm down quickly and leave.

I have two comments on the event: 1. I don't know why the orange guy would start the almost fight when his team won. So you were checked a little too hard in your mind, big deal, "build a bridge and get over it" <(Copyright of Blas)
2. Why is it that the one time IM is actually doing their job well, is to stop something interesting from happening. Violent yes but still interesting. And to let y'all know, I was watching all this from the front desk and reaching towards the phone when everything calmed down.

PS: Intermurals are sports that compete but at a level lower than the NCAA. Some are Intercollegiate, but this one wasn't.

[marasbaras]

I was watching a pro hockey game once (minor leagues or whatever hockey calls them) ... there were no fights the whole game. About two minutes after both teams had gone into their locker rooms after the end of the game ... one guy comes out from each team ... and they get into a fight. It's like their coaches planned it.

The next time I went to watch these two teams play, I watched one of the visiting teams forwards clip our goalie in the neck UNDER THE MASK with his stick. Refs missed it. Our bench didn't. It cleared so fast. Of course, the opposing bench cleared right out, too.

So many players were sent to the penalty box that the next two minutes were 2-on-2 hockey.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Yeah, last time I went to a fight, a hockey game broke out. There were so many guys in the penalty box during that game that at one point, they were stuffed in so tight that guys were just piled up around the outside of the box. I'm suprised they had enough guy that WEREN'T in the box left to play the game.

[rerant]

It's hockey, you don't need a reason to fight.

[Chanlin]

Dont you know that hockey is just an acronym. Of course its violent.

Oh the acronym is:

Hundreds
Of
Canadians
Killed
Each
Year

[ArenaBoy]

1. I don't know why the orange guy would start the almost fight when his team won. So you were checked a little too hard in your mind, big deal, "build a bridge and get over it" <(Copyright of Blas)

First off, said player might be extremely competitive. I'm competitive to a fault it's not even funny.

Second, for all we know he might have been trying to prove his point. I did that many a time in cross-country and track. I got shoved by a runner during the mile at the finish. I was pissed, the competitive me took over and wanted me to get back at him if he raced the 2 mile. Well he raced it. During the whole race I was saying things to get on his nerves (Worked), prodding him (Worked), and then on the final lap let's just say he was met with a well timed elbow in the stomach. After that, I went up to him, and whispered "Payback's a bitch ain't it?" Sent him raving mad.