Beer League Team Fees for Manager

[Golden Puppers]

What sort of trick are your goalies using such that they don't break sticks?

And what sort of skates are you buying that cost an order of magnitude more than goalie skates?

I don't think the poster said that. In my experience, goalies don't break sticks nearly as often as skaters do. That's what the poster was saying.

 

[Doctor No]

I don't think the poster said that. In my experience, goalies don't break sticks nearly as often as skaters do. That's what the poster was saying.

No, I understand that and I agree. But goalies do break sticks (I play 2-3 times per week and break about one stick per month), and I'm curious if his data is anecdotal or founded in something.

 

[knifer]

Its called beer league for a reason. EVERYONE brings it. Drinking it or not is your choice, but its part of the team rituals. You do you, but some of us like getting out of the house once a week and hanging with the boys. Alot of us are close friends who hang out, visit cottages, attend funerals of relatives, share childrens birthday parties etc...its a shame you miss all that over a shower.

Just different cultures i guess

Haha sounds like youd get along with the team i play on. We play in the city's highest division and to be honest getting older its getting harder to go to battle on a thursday night at 10. But the 2 hours in the room after cant be beat and make it all worth it. Its a brotherhood.

And yah Captain/manager has always paid but goalies always play for free.

 

[TGWL]

No, I understand that and I agree. But goalies do break sticks (I play 2-3 times per week and break about one stick per month), and I'm curious if his data is anecdotal or founded in something.

There's no factual data I have, just what I've experienced since composite sticks became a thing. Goalies absolutely break their sticks, I just haven't seen it occur nearly as often. I like my high-end, light sticks and I know that some aren't as durable, but playing all year round on a few teams I haven't seen goalies break their stick as the same pace. That's not to say it doesn't happen.

 

[HansonBro]

Haha sounds like youd get along with the team i play on. We play in the city's highest division and to be honest getting older its getting harder to go to battle on a thursday night at 10. But the 2 hours in the room after cant be beat and make it all worth it. Its a brotherhood.

And yah Captain/manager has always paid but goalies always play for free.

Pretty much. The team is older then i am (35) and ive been there 15 years. People come and people go over the years but theres always the sense of a core. I car pool with my brother for 30 minutues and we meet up with another friend. We alternate drivers so we always have a DD and then make another 30 minute drive to the rink. It consumes the whole night which is great.

Oh you want rivalries? Try playing the same damn teams for 15 years lol

 

[tarheelhockey]

I've played on teams where captains weren't expected to pay the fee, because they earn it through having to attend meetings, submit lineups, deal with discipline issues, etc. I thought that was pretty fair... after all these guys are going the extra mile in other ways to make the league and team function.

That being said, I've also been on a team where one guy got a 50% discount for being captain, and also a 50% discount for working at the rink. So here's a guy who has almost unlimited access to the ice, who is already at the rink all day anyway, attends those meetings and deals with league officials as part of his day job, and is taking the captain's spot so he doesn't have to pay HALF the price the rest of us were putting down. Meanwhile there was probably someone sitting out that season because they couldn't afford the fee. In that kind of situation it rubbed me the wrong way. Don't be the guy who doubles down on being both lazy and cheap, that's not captain material even in a beer league context.

 

[HansonBro]

No, I understand that and I agree. But goalies do break sticks (I play 2-3 times per week and break about one stick per month), and I'm curious if his data is anecdotal or founded in something.

Youre a goalie and break a stick per month? That just sounds odd. I used the same stick for like 8 years...

 

[tarheelhockey]

Oh, as far as hanging out and drinking after the game, you're really missing something if you're the first guy out the door when the game is over. I know not everyone enjoys the same social contexts, but that time spent just shooting the **** with your teammates is a big part of what makes a team coherent over the long term.

Speaking again about the same team I mentioned above, that group would mutter a little bit while getting their gear off and disperse immediately... as far as I know, the team no longer exists. There was nothing really holding them together, it was just guys who happened to have been signed on to a particular club. As compared to the team I'm on now, where half the team easily spends 1-2 hours in the room or outside the building, just sitting around talking about life and hockey after everyone's changed. That team has been around for 15 years and barring disaster will probably be around for 15 more, because there's a strong core of relationships at the heart of it. New guys are brought in and befriended, old guys stay in touch and show up at games even after they retire or move on, leadership is handed off in an organized succession whenever needed. That's the difference it makes to just stay back and hang out with your team for a while, even if you're not actually drinking beer (this isn't high school, nobody cares if someone wants to drink water instead).

 

[knifer]

Pretty much. The team is older then i am (35) and ive been there 15 years. People come and people go over the years but theres always the sense of a core. I car pool with my brother for 30 minutues and we meet up with another friend. We alternate drivers so we always have a DD and then make another 30 minute drive to the rink. It consumes the whole night which is great.

Oh you want rivalries? Try playing the same damn teams for 15 years lol

Haha, im in the exact same boat. Joined the team at 18, im 35 now. 5 team league.