Missionhockey
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I never noticed it until one tore and I decided just to take them both out. Now it kind of bothers me if I had them in because my ears press against them but it's not something you can't get used to.
I've played with a deaf guy as well and he was probably the dirtiest player I've played with. He eventually got shipped out of a beer league to a full check league in another city, which I've never heard of before him.
I'm guessing he hadn't either...
Nice bump.
People who alter their HEAD PROTECTION because it chafes their ears or makes whistling sounds are... what's the word... "stupid."
pretty much a no,no to keep them in as a ref if you are in any respectable leagueNice bump
I previously never knew the answer to this question but have since learned from other players that the real answer to the question is it's purely for cosmetic reasons, leaving them in "looks gay" and you are also a ***** if you do so and will get chirped
As a goalie this obviously never affected me but I've been a ref for 8 years and never taken them out, I don't even notice they're there, and it seems to be more "socially acceptable" as a ref, I don't remember ever being chirped for it.
The oldtimers in the original six, and any player of that time period, would be laughing their collective fannies off over the absurdity of what's being talked about in this thread...wussies!
They played the game helmetless, with goalies who were sans mask.
And don't give me that crap about todays player being bigger and stronger, and the power of the composite stick,...tell that to Bobby Hull.
Like every other sport, we have saftied ourselves silly. With more equipment, there has been an abandonment of the time honored traditional unspoken rules of the game, regarding shooting the puck, raising the stick and running your fellow player through the boards and into the stands.
One day a kid came home to mommy with a facial cut, and that was it. The hue and cry for the face cage was apon us. Add in some football type equipment, and the evolution of todays stick wielding, let the puck fly face high, take a run at him from the other side of the parking lot, modern hockey participant is firmly on the scene.
What... we forgot ear protection? Oh mon dieu! It is only by the way we play today, that it has now become imperative that we cover that last of our remaining exposed senses.
BUT...to the average NHLer, and others, including moi, we say nyet to the flap, for, in all honesty,...its just not fashionable!
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... But why **** all over anyone who chooses safety first? Old time hockey is gone and it's not coming back. Your rhetoric is tired and makes everyone discount what you have to say.
Whoa there lefty...its called "humor" ( see the laughing face at the end of the post ). Loosen up on a couple of helmet screws.
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I am always puzzled as to if the equipment brought about the games change, or did we change the game to necessitate the equipment.
I am of the opinion that the equipment has made the game inherently more dangerous, as todays players ( at all levels ) are oblivious to the consequences of their actions on ice.
We can beg to disagree.
I am of the opinion that the equipment has made the game inherently more dangerous, as todays players ( at all levels ) are oblivious to the consequences of their actions on ice.
We can beg to disagree.
I don't totally disagree with your premise.
I think the equipment is part of the evolution of the game. Post red line, the game is being played faster than it ever has. Cracking down on obstruction though the neutral zone has turned that area of the ice into a drag strip. Higher speeds=more devastating collisions. Everyone from NHL players to beer leaguers has access to the latest composite sticks that increases the velocity of their shots. At the highest levels, players are bigger, faster, and stronger than they ever have been. There is a real need for the equipment.
Where I think you're spot on is that a product of the increased protection is it has made players less honest. A lot of guys are looking out for themselves and nobody else on the ice. That's also a product of out "me-first" society, but I could go in whole different direction with that...
Was it the chicken or the egg?
This premise always reminds me of the difference between rugby and football in terms of physicality and force of collisions and such, but it's also a bit of an apples to oranges comparison because there are situations in each sport that simply don't happen in the other, plus rugby has different legal contact rules (for example, leading into a hit with your shoulder in rugby is extremely illegal and is a textbook way to get sent off; not only that, it's dangerous for the tackler because it's a good way to dislocate/separate your own shoulder).