A post just made me curious. I'll set the poll so you can't see who picked what, and so there's no reason to exaggerate, not that anyone would ever do that...
My beer league team could beat my high school team, so I guess beer league?
Can we clarify how good beer league is? Every beer league has a few guys who played minor pro. Really smarts when you lose to a guy with a hockeydb page.
My beer league team could beat my high school team, so I guess beer league?
Can we clarify how good beer league is? Every beer league has a few guys who played minor pro. Really smarts when you lose to a guy with a hockeydb page.
Apparently Im a sinner cause I havent played hockey. Go try playing hockey in the countries I have lived in...
I've played hockey in Thailand, The Philippines, The UAE, and Australia besides more usual countries like Japan, South Korea, France, Germany, England, Italy and Canada
Thats cause you have probably grown up with the game. I have grown up with different sports that are typical for the population here. That doesnt mean I am not allowed to watch, understand and discuss the game which is what the OP and Jame implied in the original thread. Different circumstances for everyone... In my home country there are 2 ice rinks, 4 hockey teams, no one cares about it and such things as beer league, street hockey and high school hockey don't exist. Since Ive moved to the UK none of the cities Ive lived in has hockey rinks either and frankly I am too old and clumsy to start playing now anyway. My hockey world is watching NHL and enjoying doing so even if all my life it has been in the middle of the night. Someone talking down a person that has invested thousands of hours to watch, listen (dial-up internet era...) and learn about the game in countries with 0 hockey tradition is embarrassing.
Don't take it personally. This post wasn't a hit on you. It was more of a curiosity thing. And I think anyone who has played any level of hockey can tell you there are guys who have played for years who still have ZERO hockey sense. But at the same time, it does make it easier (for me at least) to recognize situations and anticipate player reactions when you have been in similar situations yourself. But it's not necessary.
Fell in love with hockey too late to be a player, sadly. My wife is in the process of teaching me how to ice skate.