jordanking87
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two dudes went at it during a pick up game I was apart of sunday....pathetic and a waste of everyone's ice time.
Fighting in pay to play hockey is ridiculous. You want to pay to fight? Join a mma/bjj club or a boxing gym. I'm here to embarrass other fat old guys, not fight. I get enough of that macho mumbo-jumbo at my work, I don't need it on the ice.
Even when play gets rough with the guys I play with, we all just smile shrug it off and laugh. Good times had by all. I won't play A-league any more because of wanna be hot heads.
I agree to an extent, but I play Div 1 Mens league and the games get very intense. Fighting just happens, things boil over. If I was in a lower divison then I bet there wouldn't even be close to as many fights if any.
Fighting in pay to play hockey is ridiculous. You want to pay to fight? Join a mma/bjj club or a boxing gym. I'm here to embarrass other fat old guys, not fight. I get enough of that macho mumbo-jumbo at my work, I don't need it on the ice.
Even when play gets rough with the guys I play with, we all just smile shrug it off and laugh. Good times had by all. I won't play A-league any more because of wanna be hot heads.
I've suggested that to a few guys who seemed bent on fighting. The reason they fight is because they probably have experience where most rec leaguers don't and they can rag doll guys. In an MMA or boxing gym the same would happen to them, thus the reason why they don't quit hockey for that sport.
Are you saying there are guys who play rec league JUST for the sole purpose of fighting?
Out of curiosity what would you guys do in a situation where you just don't want to fight but a guy grabs you and starts throwing punches?
Well, the thing of it is, I've never seen a beer league fight that actually erupted out of in-game intensity - it's always stupid hack-and-slash bullcrap.
Amazingly the biggest ****** in our league is former ECHL and was in a top level NCAA school before getting kicked off the team.
Dude throws pro level elbows when hes pissed off and goes after guys.
Like buddy your pro days are thataway.
I scrapped in my first ever game and no one has came near me since.
It's a little like prison. I've always said if you carry yourself like you will throw down if somebody wants to and you can handle yourself you'll avoid a lot of the crap mentioned in this thread. The rec league goons usually know what they're doing and they pick easy targets. If you happen to find yourself dropping the dogs in a rec league game and you leave your opponent with a crimson mask of blood that will probably be the last time you'll have to fight. Word travels fast. Make the most of it is what I'm trying to say, lol.