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Hammerojustice said:
Not sure if anyone heard this, but when I did, I had the fall off your chair laughing so hard reaction... Yes, Rick, Hockey... a great sport!

http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/eye-on...pardy-contest-magic-johnson-didnt-play-in-nhl
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That's pathetic, I don't even follow Boxing/Hockey & I knew that one. What a moron. Oh and Steve,.......................


Alex I'll take Sports for $1000

Its considered by most as a REAL sport???

"What is any sport played with a BALL"
 
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Sorry, but hockey is far more a sport than even basketball... incredible speed, strength, agility, stick handling, playing both sides of the puck, finesse, & grit all while on a thin blade... Hell, I'm tempted to say it's just as much if not more of a sport than baseball (which I love)
 
Hammerojustice said:
Sorry, but hockey is far more a sport than even basketball... incredible speed, strength, agility, stick handling, playing both sides of the puck, finesse, & grit all while on a thin blade... Hell, I'm tempted to say it's just as much if not more of a sport than baseball (which I love)
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You also forgot that you have to know how to fight. And you also need to have a great dental plan.
 
I suppose gladiators in the coliseum was a sport too....
 
Hammerojustice said:
Sorry, but hockey is far more a sport than even basketball... incredible speed, strength, agility, stick handling, playing both sides of the puck, finesse, & grit all while on a thin blade... Hell, I'm tempted to say it's just as much if not more of a sport than baseball (which I love)
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I second that motion......Tho' I got to go with baseball first....even tho' this Canuck by birth is an avid Hockey Nut....Grand-Pa was a Quebcois Habitat de Canadiens Fan, born and raised in Quebec City....how is a kid not to be a Hockey Fan, with a Grand-Pa like that. (I was born with ice skates on, a baseball glove and Bat in hands). However, Grand-Pa loved his Yankees as much as his Hockey, moreso once he got to see the Gallupin Galoots, and Larrupin Lou's, barnstorming tour. Plus, he moved just 15 miles west of Welch Oklahoma, birthplace of the Mick. While Dad, went to work for Grumman in NY. Now how can one not be a Yankee Fan, with that kind of childhood??? His tales of Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, were out of this world, as vivid today as the stories of yore'.

I do have a relative, 2nd cousin, who played for the Bruins: Don Marcotte, 66-82.
However, I hate fucking Boston.......!!!

http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/marcodo01.html

Don played in 132 Playoff Games in the NHL, from 69-82, as well.....back when the Bruins had a real team.
 
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Hey hammer, I'm just joking. Some of my fondest memories of IFC League combat (intra-fraternity council league) were the hockey games. I even played Zamboni League (D League) my Sophomore year. It was a non-checking league, but since no one could skate well, it was an inadvertent checking league. You could cream the other guy as long as you fell down too. Hockey was the most aerobic sport I ever played, far more than hoops or football. Now soccer on a big field, that is an ass kicker, and most of our A League soccer players also skated on our A League hockey team. So I have a healthy respect to hockey. But I will say, its a game that has to be felt live, sitting along the glass.
 
Hammerojustice said:
Your disdain for the great sport of hockey is getting old...
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So am I. Seriously, its obvious I'm not a fan of the sport. I just have a problem how its the only one among the 4 major sports where the game itself can be interupted by two grown beating the living piss out of each other while the officials stand around and actually watch. Football, baseball & basketball fines & suspensions are handed down for such infractions. I don't know how things are handled in hockey but I'm guess what, a 5 minute penalty? I really don't know but I'm sure it doesn't match the penalties handed down in the other 3 major sports. And sports illustrated ran an article several years back where they took a poll among fans asking what they like most about watching hockey & at the time over 80% said the fights. And call me a prude but I just think that's sending a wrong message. And IMO it takes away from the actual game itself & the amazing talent these skaters display. I mean what these guys do on skates is really something to see. They can stop on a dime & change directions with such ease. So of course I do admire the talent it takes to play that sport.

For the most part Steve, I've just been busting your chops. It's just not my cup of tea. I hope we're good.
 
Rick2583 said:
So am I. Seriously, its obvious I'm not a fan of the sport. I just have a problem how its the only one among the 4 major sports where the game itself can be interupted by two grown beating the living piss out of each other while the officials stand around and actually watch. Football, baseball & basketball fines & suspensions are handed down for such infractions. I don't know how things are handled in hockey but I'm guess what, a 5 minute penalty? I really don't know but I'm sure it doesn't match the penalties handed down in the other 3 major sports. And sports illustrated ran an article several years back where they took a poll among fans asking what they like most about watching hockey & at the time over 80% said the fights. And call me a prude but I just think that's sending a wrong message. And IMO it takes away from the actual game itself & the amazing talent these skaters display. I mean what these guys do on skates is really something to see. They can stop on a dime & change directions with such ease. So of course I do admire the talent it takes to play that sport.

For the most part Steve, I've just been busting your chops. It's just not my cup of tea. I hope we're good.
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And the problem Rick is that the US national media had/has made hockey all about the fighting which has decreased since its real hayday of bench clearing brawls in the 70's. Unfortunately most people would know who Mike Milbury is when you say he was the Bruin who climbed into the stands in MSG and hit a drunk spectator with the guys own shoe.

Hockey to me is one of the greatest sports, the action is unbelievable, the physicality equals that of football players, the skill that of basketball players all the while doing it on a sheet of ice on a blade couple of inches wide.

Take away the stupidness of those brawls in the 70's and you may start to respect the athletes and what they can accomplish.

This isn't a knock against you or others I just love hockey and my Rangers.
 
BigDaddyAl1973 said:
And the problem Rick is that the US national media had/has made hockey all about the fighting which has decreased since its real hayday of bench clearing brawls in the 70's. Unfortunately most people would know who Mike Milbury is when you say he was the Bruin who climbed into the stands in MSG and hit a drunk spectator with the guys own shoe.

Hockey to me is one of the greatest sports, the action is unbelievable, the physicality equals that of football players, the skill that of basketball players all the while doing it on a sheet of ice on a blade couple of inches wide.

Take away the stupidness of those brawls in the 70's and you may start to respect the athletes and what they can accomplish.

This isn't a knock against you or others I just love hockey and my Rangers.
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Of course I can appreciate the talent involved. I just think they need to start handing down stiffer penalties for fighting like they do in ALL the other major sports. Maybe that would put the focus back on the actual game itself which is where it belongs.

I do recall some guy in the 70s I think who was known as a MAJOR bad ass & was real dirty. I could be wrong but I'm thinking his name was Shultz or something like that & I know I'm going to guess wrong here but he played for either the Bruins or the Flyers. Do you have any idea who the hell I'm thinking about?
 
Yes dave Shultz was a flyer and thr flyers were known as the broad street bullies

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BigDaddyAl1973 said:
Yes dave Shultz was a flyer and thr flyers were known as the broad street bullies

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Yeah that's the guy, I heard he did for hockey what Mike (I'll just bite his f'king ear off) Tyson did for boxing.
 
BigDaddyAl1973 said:
And the problem Rick is that the US national media had/has made hockey all about the fighting which has decreased since its real hayday of bench clearing brawls in the 70's. Unfortunately most people would know who Mike Milbury is when you say he was the Bruin who climbed into the stands in MSG and hit a drunk spectator with the guys own shoe.

Hockey to me is one of the greatest sports, the action is unbelievable, the physicality equals that of football players, the skill that of basketball players all the while doing it on a sheet of ice on a blade couple of inches wide.

Take away the stupidness of those brawls in the 70's and you may start to respect the athletes and what they can accomplish.

This isn't a knock against you or others I just love hockey and my Rangers.
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I agree with most of this.... The blades are only a fraction of an inch wide & I'd liken the skills needed to baseball.... and my devils, not rag$...
 
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