Frightened Inmate #2
Registered User
By saying this, you admit that "running and whacking" the goaltender makes you a *****, right?
If the puck is open in the crease you bet your bottom dollar that I will try and dig it out to pot a goal. But still I think that is different from intentionally going out and trying to knock over the goaltender and just being a dick on the ice who tries to injure another player. A goaltender has the puck or the whistle blows - I won't go after the puck but until I lose sight of the puck I will dig for it.
There is honour in being a pest though... hardest working players on the ice are those who don't score the fancy goals and hang out around center ice. When I played I was always hanging out in front of the net and then busting my *** back when the puck went the other way.