and thats when i stop reading
haha i just changed over to ice from damn near a lifetime of roller hockey and i begin to feel the same way. Such a different game. I feel the same as when i first started playing roller hockey at like age 5.
and thats when i stop reading
haha i just changed over to ice from damn near a lifetime of roller hockey and i begin to feel the same way. Such a different game. I feel the same as when i first started playing roller hockey at like age 5.
My husband had not gone yelling at the coachs, but they got defensive saying better players get more ice time "because that's what they do in the NHL"! That sure is not our philosophy for kids hockey, so we finished the season, then moved our boy to a different league.
a few years back at a Sens game i had 4 drunken irish business men sitting behind me. throughout the whole game they kept yelling "punch him in the face!" after every bodycheck.
Coaches with that kind of attitude need to be removed from minor hockey. It's that simple. It's a good thing you moved your kid elsewhere, but I would have been much more proactive to make sure that coach got what he deserved.
True, but we're talking small town, here. And of course half of the parents (whose kids were on the ice a lot) had the same mentality as the coachs, anyway.
Funny how so many parents are more concerned that their kid is being "prepared for the big leagues" than being supportive of the kid developing a good attitude toward a healthy, active lifestyle.
I can't stand the "good" players that make fun of the less-talented or newer guys, even though the new guy out-hustles the hotshot all the time.
My team just lost in the championships in a silver ice hockey league out here in SoCal. Our #1 center couldn't make the game because he went to see the Lion King play or something. It was our 3rd game in less than 24 hours and we ended up skating with 7 for 3 20 minute periods. Needless to say none of us were happy with his excuse.
same here, same area.
I've played entire games in a rec league or two with 5 or 6 skaters (12:00 periods, running clock). brutal, just brutal - especially in the less competitive divisions. I don't see why the people who run them don't restrict the number of teams, it's gotta be all about money, which sucks when you're paying $25-30 a game per player for ice time. but they DO restrict the number of players, which makes much less sense. if you know 10 or 15% of the guys aren't going to show up, or will drop out during a long season then they need to raise the max roster size.
Lion King, lol... the funny thing was I just saw that play a couple of weeks ago. but man I feel your pain. wasn't til a couple years ago I got with a well-seasoned team with around 18 players til we didn't have this problem anymore.
Talking to some of the parents in the stands was always interesting. I asked one mother of a player to calm down after her kid was moved from one line on the team to another. She threatened the coach that she would take her kid off the team, "during the game!"
When I told another woman that she didn't need to take these games so seriously since her kid wouldn't make the NHL. Let's just say, if looks could kill, I'd be dead.