Are Players Allowed to Scream in the Opponents' ears?

[MarAlain MongYeo]

If a player were to scream at the top of their lungs directly into an opponent's ears to distract them would they be penalized for an unsportsmanlike? Has it ever happened before?

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[Hire Sather]

lol wth

 

[Plural]

I'm pretty sure it hasn't happened and if it would, the player doing the screaming would get his teeth knocked in. About 2 seconds in to the screaming.

What a weird question.

 

[CanadienShark]

Uh.... probably not at first. If it happened a few times, it'd probably be called for unsportsmanlike conduct. If it kept occurring, I'm sure the league would address it a la Avery.

 

[BoredBrandonPridham]

is this august

 

[The Moose]

It's a minor. Double minor if the ear starts bleeding.

 

[Cult of Hynes]

This is the most random thread I have seen pop up in HF in a while haha.

 

[Terry Yake]

not sure why but this made me laugh pretty hard

 

[4uston M4tthews]

Ive got a good feeling about this thread.

 

[93LEAFS]

Pretty sure a similar thread last year existed about goalies screaming at players to distract them.

In general, they are allowed to, but if it starts to heavily impact the game it would fall in the wide discretion of unsportsmanlike-conduct penalties.

 

[mja]

It's a minor. Double minor if the ear starts bleeding.

Well played, good sir.

Congrats to the OP for creating a highly original thread.

 

[Prairie Habs]

There's probably most effective ways to defend against an opponent. Probably tough to skate at an NHL level if you're wasting your breath all shift too.

I'm not sure if that would officially count as unsportsmanlike but it would probably Avery ruled and there would be a new rule the next day.

 

[Plural]

It's a minor. Double minor if the ear starts bleeding.

Awesome...

 

[KirkOut]

Sometimes I do this in beer league if I'm chasing a guy on a breakaway. I just yell as loud as I can to see if he ****s up. I'd say it's worked approximately 0 of the 137 times I've tried it

 

[swiftwin]

No it's not allowed.

It's called the "<insert name of the first player to try this> rule"

 

[Yosemite Sam]

Brent Burns chases guys into corners barking like a dog apparently.

 

[MrFunnyWobbl]

 

[Royal Thunder]

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Sometimes I do this in beer league if I'm chasing a guy on a breakaway. I just yell as loud as I can to see if he ****s up. I'd say it's worked approximately 0 of the 137 times I've tried it

There's a guy on my ball hockey team who screams "NO!" from the bench every time an opponent winds up for a slapshot. Amazed at how many times it works

 

[izzy]

Wasnt there a thread like this about goalies a few months ago

 

[notsocommonsense]

is this august

Good question, what the hell?!?

 

[rhinoshawarma]

Depends on how many decibel's the yell is at. If the ref thinks it was too loud he can check the replay to measure the db's, if its over 100 it can be a 2m penalty for unsportsmanlike yelling. If it's under 100db's, then it's permitted and thus is sportsmanlike yelling

 

[aufheben]

is this august

'tis not.

Closed.