Men's League Last Night

[Aces89]

For some reason our league likes to schedule Saturday Night games.


https://youtu.be/mL034MqhOyQ

 

[beedee]

Had to play catch up of my mens league videos. Been slacking.

4:33 is why I hate Beer League. 21 on white (Aces?) getting a little too serious about trying to jockey for position in front of the net...shaking my head.

 

[SaltNPeca]

4:33 is why I hate Beer League. 21 on white (Aces?) getting a little too serious about trying to jockey for position in front of the net...shaking my head.

I love that stuff for the most part.

I play in a "hobby league" in Germany that has hitting, refs, & stats. I'm usually on the other side of the OP's story. My team finds some way to loose and I get crusty about something if the score gets out of reach.

Take it as a compliment OP and leave the trash on the ice. Both guys should do that. It's all good that you celebrated and he got crusty as long as you can put it behind you.

 

[Goodwith Sticks]

I play every Saturday 10pm and tonight I pull on my jock shorts only to have the elastic legs bands tear away from the cup pouch. So it's there but just hangin loose. I tell everyone and joke around and they say don't get tagged

Play D. Tagged TWICE there in the one game but both times the cup there was still enough in place to protect.
Second one was clapper and smoked right off it. Little rim rash even with the gel rim of the cup. Junk is fine

I came back to the bench and we all talk about it. WTF are the chances the one time your jockstrap is dangling and you get tagged there TWICE in the game? Is this some cosmic hockey shit?

Then later another dman on our team takes a slapper off his skate toe and the toe cap cracks wide open and off. Old Ultra Tacks though haha End of his night 3D rest of the night but we still win 7 - 5.

Guess I NEED new shorts befor next Sat night

 

[Yukon Joe]

I play every Saturday 10pm and tonight I pull on my jock shorts only to have the elastic legs bands tear away from the cup pouch. So it's there but just hangin loose. I tell everyone and joke around and they say don't get tagged

You know I've played without a cage once when I forgot it at home. I'd probably play without elbow pads if I had to. I played once with borrowed shin pads that were 3" too long and came up halfway my thigh.

But I'm pretty sure that if my cup wasn't functional I'd be sitting in the stands...

 

[nilan30]

I play every Saturday 10pm and tonight I pull on my jock shorts only to have the elastic legs bands tear away from the cup pouch. So it's there but just hangin loose.

That is such an awkward feeling skatin around with the cup dangling

 

[Filthy Dangles]

I play every Saturday 10pm and tonight I pull on my jock shorts only to have the elastic legs bands tear away from the cup pouch. So it's there but just hangin loose. I tell everyone and joke around and they say don't get tagged

Play D. Tagged TWICE there in the one game but both times the cup there was still enough in place to protect.
Second one was clapper and smoked right off it. Little rim rash even with the gel rim of the cup. Junk is fine

I came back to the bench and we all talk about it. WTF are the chances the one time your jockstrap is dangling and you get tagged there TWICE in the game? Is this some cosmic hockey shit?

Then later another dman on our team takes a slapper off his skate toe and the toe cap cracks wide open and off. Old Ultra Tacks though haha End of his night 3D rest of the night but we still win 7 - 5.

Guess I NEED new shorts befor next Sat night

Yeah those mesh shorts suck, compression shorts with built in cup no straps and the velcro sock tabs are the way to go imo

 

[Goodwith Sticks]

You know I've played without a cage once when I forgot it at home. I'd probably play without elbow pads if I had to. I played once with borrowed shin pads that were 3" too long and came up halfway my thigh.

But I'm pretty sure that if my cup wasn't functional I'd be sitting in the stands...

Yeah as soon as it happened I really questioned it but I thought what am I gonna do and I didn't even have a pair of boxers to stuff the cup into so thought well you probably won't get hit there. But then it happens twice haha

I am lucky this is beer league and no one really has a heavy shot to begin with.

I went and got shorts at lunch today

 

[Goodwith Sticks]

That is such an awkward feeling skatin around with the cup dangling

Yeah it was. Don't remember it ever happening before. But it was still in position enough to do its job but it was kinda freaky for sure. Htf does that happen twice in a game when it probably hasn't happened in many many years the first time it does I get shots there twice

 

[tarheelhockey]

You know I've played without a cage once when I forgot it at home. I'd probably play without elbow pads if I had to. I played once with borrowed shin pads that were 3" too long and came up halfway my thigh.

But I'm pretty sure that if my cup wasn't functional I'd be sitting in the stands...

I only ever played one game without a cup, because I didn't pack it, so it was either go commando or go home.

Played wing that night... if the opposing D looked like he was going to shoot, I literally turned 90 degrees to the boards and gave him the side of my pants as a target

 

[Arkadiusz]

Only forgot my cup once. Went out to lost-and-found bin in lobby and jerry-rigged a kids elbow pad into a temporary cup, was still a very nerve wracking game...

 

[DougKnowsBest]

I got a new pair of compression shorts with built in jock strap straps…. I love them


My tonight at the rink story centers around being forced to move back to play defense. I’m blown away by how playing defense has helped me play forward. This session I played in our D and C leagues. I’m 42 and this is like my 8th year of playing hockey. Traditionally my improvement curve has been disappointing. Despite getting a driveway shooting pad, despite trying to train or work on something each offseason, despite watching YouTube instructors or just trying to absorb hockey… nothing has jump started my improvement like playing defense in our lower skill league every so often. It’s opened my vision up on the rink, it’s helped me get a better feel for presenting myself as open for a pass. Just in so many ways it’s broadened my experience with hockey.

Makes me kind of want to try goalie

 

[Aces89]

I mic'd up my beer league goalie. My men's league went to the Christmas Break early in Kingston, Ontario due to all the cases we have, including a handful on my team.

 

[tarheelhockey]

I got a new pair of compression shorts with built in jock strap straps…. I love them


My tonight at the rink story centers around being forced to move back to play defense. I’m blown away by how playing defense has helped me play forward. This session I played in our D and C leagues. I’m 42 and this is like my 8th year of playing hockey. Traditionally my improvement curve has been disappointing. Despite getting a driveway shooting pad, despite trying to train or work on something each offseason, despite watching YouTube instructors or just trying to absorb hockey… nothing has jump started my improvement like playing defense in our lower skill league every so often. It’s opened my vision up on the rink, it’s helped me get a better feel for presenting myself as open for a pass. Just in so many ways it’s broadened my experience with hockey.

Makes me kind of want to try goalie

My team has taken to swapping the Fs to D and vice versa whenever we play a team that's well below our skill level. It does a lot of good for everyone involved, including the other team by making the game more competitive. I usually play forward, so moving back to D has given me a chance to do a lot more puck handling and working on my vision.

 

[Dueling Banjos]

My team has taken to swapping the Fs to D and vice versa whenever we play a team that's well below our skill level. It does a lot of good for everyone involved, including the other team by making the game more competitive. I usually play forward, so moving back to D has given me a chance to do a lot more puck handling and working on my vision.

Could not agree more.

I used to play forward, switched to d recently, love it!

More ice time, puck on your stick, i feel like a conductor.

The only downside is when i play left wing occasionaly, i tend to think too much about the defence.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Could not agree more.

I used to play forward, switched to d recently, love it!

More ice time, puck on your stick, i feel like a conductor.

The only downside is when i play left wing occasionaly, i tend to think too much about the defence.

The hardest thing for me is getting used to literally just standing there sometimes. At forward that sends off alarm bells.

 

[Dueling Banjos]

The hardest thing for me is getting used to literally just standing there sometimes. At forward that sends off alarm bells.

True. I often play with less experienced d partner, so i always try to tell him to stop chasing everyone around, sometimes (often) you're better off just standing there, as you said and react when play comes to you.

 

[DougKnowsBest]

I recently discovered cycling around the d zone as a defensemen….. not a good thing


ive just been tickled with having trouble getting a feel for when I should pinch, or drop back, or get into the rush. Or who to cover down low…. The context for listening to discussion on young nhl defensemen developing is amazing.

 

[Yukon Joe]

So I'm a pretty new player, started playing 4 years ago in my 40s. I took a "learn to play hockey" course, rolled with a bunch of the guys from the course into a team. I started playing defence for the simple fact that I could actually skate backwards, compared to some of our guys.

But after those 4 years, we've lost some of our beginning players, and recruited new players who all had experience. So now our most experienced players are on defence by deliberate choice, and I'm now on the wing. I can't argue that decision - having skilled D-men definitely helps our game. But I felt pretty lost out there.

It's hard to shed the notion I need to get back, that I should just trust our defence to protect the puck. After 2-3 months I have improved though, and it is kind of fun to just hang out and wait for that spectacular break-out pass from the D (that I never could have managed). And at least when a D does pinch in I can recognize it and cover for them.

 

[Arkadiusz]

So I'm a pretty new player, started playing 4 years ago in my 40s. I took a "learn to play hockey" course, rolled with a bunch of the guys from the course into a team. I started playing defence for the simple fact that I could actually skate backwards, compared to some of our guys.

But after those 4 years, we've lost some of our beginning players, and recruited new players who all had experience. So now our most experienced players are on defence by deliberate choice, and I'm now on the wing. I can't argue that decision - having skilled D-men definitely helps our game. But I felt pretty lost out there.

It's hard to shed the notion I need to get back, that I should just trust our defence to protect the puck. After 2-3 months I have improved though, and it is kind of fun to just hang out and wait for that spectacular break-out pass from the D (that I never could have managed). And at least when a D does pinch in I can recognize it and cover for them.

I have found the transition of going from a goalie mindset to a defensive mindset to a forward mindset to be very difficult. After playing goalie through highschool I started skating out at D and the hardest thing to learn was letting the goalie see the shots from the point. I would consistently try to block the shots and end up screening my goalie. Sometimes our bench is so short that I have to go up to play wing and I struggle to find that attacking mindset, I constantly drop back and end up sabotaging a lot of our O-zone cycling and chances. Good luck to you if you can make that transition, if I have my druthers I will be back on the blue line...

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Only forgot my cup once. Went out to lost-and-found bin in lobby and jerry-rigged a kids elbow pad into a temporary cup, was still a very nerve wracking game...

..so that’s why my elbow pad smells tainted after I lost it for a brief period.

My team has taken to swapping the Fs to D and vice versa whenever we play a team that's well below our skill level. It does a lot of good for everyone involved, including the other team by making the game more competitive. I usually play forward, so moving back to D has given me a chance to do a lot more puck handling and working on my vision.

Yep, personally feel like it helps everyone understand the system more as well. I noticed things the forwards did that drove nuts when I played D, then I go back to forward and notice ways the D could be improved. I obviously don’t wanna overstep, but when convos come up I feel more confident in my take on things having played both positions.

Anyways, I think the first post in this thread started with some talk about physical play, and I just remembered an all time great one-

We’re by our bench, end of the period I think, and all of a sudden this dude is charging towards our player from behind. I think enough of us saw him that our teammate noticed somethin was up, because he turns last second and gets his hands up- other dude is shorter so it actually worked pretty well, but seriously, this psycho was aiming for a blindside hit from behind while we’re taking a friggin 60 second break! Anyways, these 2 start fighting, some girl on the other team freaks out- “get off my dad!” Like- lady, your dad is a psycho and if he gets bruised in the fight he started, good. The whole thing was insane, I think the original issue was a small slash or something- definitely worth committing assault over. I’m cool with a little heat, but I hate when guys take it too far and actually aim to hurt people or fight. But ya, that high-pitched “get off my dad!” was unintentionally the best thing I’ve heard on an ice rink

 

[Goodwith Sticks]

Don't let this thread fade it's good stuff

I had a goal go in off my grill tonight. Tendy gets some of the shot but it goes hard up and off his pads and TING off the cage and into the net

 

[Outl4w]

Got a warning from a ref last night for aggressively skating towards a player stopping on my edge in front of him while poke checking his stick and stealing the puck. He said he could give me a penalty because it looked like I was going check him but I did not touch anything but the puck with my stick. It isn't my fault he thought I was going to hit him and I picked his pocket for the puck. I never heard of skating hard stop in front of a guy and stealing a puck with stick on puck contact as a penalty. I just never have heard that before. It was a tie game with like 15 seconds left and I got the puck and passed it to the point. He took a clapper and missed the net and game was over. The ref came over and warned me for aggressively skating towards a player but even said i never touched him with any part of my body but he could still give me a penalty. I just okay I never heard of that and didn't make any body contact him and just stole the puck. The other guy was mad and trying to chirp me . I just ignored him. Has anyone ever heard of this before ?

 

[tarheelhockey]

Got a warning from a ref last night for aggressively skating towards a player stopping on my edge in front of him while poke checking his stick and stealing the puck. He said he could give me a penalty because it looked like I was going check him but I did not touch anything but the puck with my stick. It isn't my fault he thought I was going to hit him and I picked his pocket for the puck. I never heard of skating hard stop in front of a guy and stealing a puck with stick on puck contact as a penalty. I just never have heard that before. It was a tie game with like 15 seconds left and I got the puck and passed it to the point. He took a clapper and missed the net and game was over. The ref came over and warned me for aggressively skating towards a player but even said i never touched him with any part of my body but he could still give me a penalty. I just okay I never heard of that and didn't make any body contact him and just stole the puck. The other guy was mad and trying to chirp me . I just ignored him. Has anyone ever heard of this before ?

That's pretty clearly not a penalty. The only context where this would make any sense to me is if you're playing down against new-to-hockey players.

 

[Yukon Joe]

That's pretty clearly not a penalty. The only context where this would make any sense to me is if you're playing down against new-to-hockey players.

My league has a "Fair play" warning and/or penalty that can be called if you're just showing up the other team in lower divisions. That's the only context @Outl4w 's warning makes sense to me.

Tangentially related story from last night:

Last 10 minutes in a 3-0 game my team is losing.

Our best player (who is too good for this league to be fair) is making some really fantastic rushes up the length of the ice since we're down, but always only takes a pretty easy shot to avoid the "Fair Play" penalty. Someone on the other team apparently took offence so they take him out at the knee. Our guy stays down for a while, limps off not to return. Other guy is ejected, despite the constant bitching from the other team. In the dressing room later he puts little to no weight on the knee, says hopefully it'll be okay in a couple of weeks.

FFS - this is means league at 10:15 Tuesday night. What the hell was the other guy thinking?