Are you a hockey fan?

New York Islander fan here. Hockey was my favorite sport in the early 1980's when the Islanders went to 5 straight Stanley Cup finals. Winning the 1st 4, and losing the 5th. That's back when the Islanders were doing a lot better in hockey than my Yankees were doing in my favorite sport now.
 

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I disliked bullies in high school and stood up for the little guys that got pushed around. It didn’t take other kids long to know to not bother the kids who couldn’t take care of themselves.
 
SeniorBen said:
Because of my poor eyesight, it takes quite a bit of concentration for me to follow the puck in hockey — especially when I'm tired. I had a cup of coffee after the second period during the break in the last game, which helped a bit.

I still don't get the appeal of hockey, though. Here's one of the plays from the last game:

Avs player A shoots towards the net...
TB goalie doesn't see it and it bounces off his leg...
The puck hits Avs player B in the shin...
The puck ricochets off the TB goalie's skate blade and goes into the net!
GOAL!

The crowd goes wild! What a play! 🤣
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Hey SB... How goes it, Buddy... I had the exact same problem... But loved to watch it, since my leg or body won't allow me to play anymore.. so I went out and bought a BIG tv... Almost feels like I am sitting in row two or three... can even watch the game without my glasses, and still see the puck perfectly... Just an idea for you...

Did anyone catch the Junior's hockey game... Canada won the Gold, think it should have been Finland...

What is it, a couple of weeks to Pre-Season.. This household cannot wait... (grin)
 

mike4lorie said:
Hey SB... How goes it, Buddy... I had the exact same problem... But loved to watch it, since my leg or body won't allow me to play anymore.. so I went out and bought a BIG tv... Almost feels like I am sitting in row two or three... can even watch the game without my glasses, and still see the puck perfectly... Just an idea for you...

Did anyone catch the Junior's hockey game... Canada won the Gold, think it should have been Finland...

What is it, a couple of weeks to Pre-Season.. This household cannot wait... (grin)
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I have to laugh when Americans say they can't track the puck during a TV game, but they have no problem seeing a 98 mile an hour fast ball, during a MLB game, or a 50 yard forward pass in a NFL game ? As for the IIHF Junior tournament, the Finns did play a tough hard checking game, for the Gold Medal. The Canadians had tons of talent, and their goals scored over the course of the tournament were far better than any other team. The poor performance of the US team surprised me, especially loosing to Checnia. I am looking forward to the women's IIHF tournament at the end of this month. The first game for Canada is against the Finish women. JimB.
 
mike4lorie said:
I too am looking forward to the woman's IIHF Tournament also... Also, believe in another year or two my niece might be there, and also a good Buddy's daughters... Both Ladies are very talented when it comes to hockey...
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The idea of a professional Women's hockey league in Canada and the USA is slowly moving forward. The biggest problem has been finding sponsors who are willing to spend enough to finance teams to be able to pay reasonable salaries, and travel costs. Getting fans in the stands is the other challenge to creating such a league. If I was in charge of promoting a Women's pro hockey league, I would push the skills level, and the no fighting rules, and the speed aspects. I think that many potential hockey fans in the USA are turned off by the bad rep that lower level semi pro leagues have around goonery.

Slightly off topic...One of my adult Grandsons owns a sports bar on a island just off the coast of Belize in Central America. The bar caters to mostly Canadian and US tourists , with a few Brits and Europeans. He has installed a first rate sat TV system that pulls in North American sports networks. As a attraction he has built a small half size hockey rink outside the bar. He provides sticks, gloves and goalie street hockey equipment to the customers for fun games. One of the most popular events are the Friday night shoot outs, with the best goalie, and the best shooter winning Team Canada T shirts. He gets 200 people for those nights, on a island that only has 3 hotels, and two yacht marinas. By the way, he is only 24 years old. His Father financed the purchase a year ago, and the kid and one of his friends are already planning to buy a charter dive boat, to expand their budding business operation. JImB.
 
I do enjoy watching hockey but I do not know follow it as much as I do with American football or basketball. Rumor has it that there is a NHL franchise in my city (Phoenix) but the Coyotes seem to be the worse run sports team in all of professional sports. I wish the commissioner of the NHL would put the franchise out of it's misery and relocate it to another city with the provision that the current owner has to sell the team. The ownership of this franchise has always been in disarray.
 
MarkinPhx said:
I do enjoy watching hockey but I do not know follow it as much as I do with American football or basketball. Rumor has it that there is a NHL franchise in my city (Phoenix) but the Coyotes seem to be the worse run sports team in all of professional sports. I wish the commissioner of the NHL would put the franchise out of it's misery and relocate it to another city with the provision that the current owner has to sell the team. The ownership of this franchise has always been in disarray.
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I agree that the Coyotes have been a disappointment . Unfortunately the by laws of the NHL are written that a selling team requires a 75 percent approval by the other team owners, and the move of a team is subject to negotiation with other teams in the general geographic area of the proposed new location. In the past a number of teams have been sold and moved to a new city, such as the Atlanta Thrashers becoming the Calgary Flames. The Toronto area ( where I live ) could easily support another NHL team BUT the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Buffalo Sabres have strongly argued against that idea, citing a loss of fans if such a application was approved. The Quebec Nordiques became the Colorado Avalanche and they have done very well there. The management/ ownership of both the Tampa Bay Lighting and the Florida Panthers are all Canadians, so their promotion and management practices have assured their teams success in a warm weather climate . JimB.
 
Sadly that is not the case here. Tax evasion and failing to keep up payments to their prior landlord is not a good sign of good ownership, let alone of allegations of harassment in the organization. It will be interesting to see them play at ASU's facility. ASU does have a pretty good hockey program and as you said, hockey can work in warm weather areas. Stable ownership is key though .
 
MarkinPhx said:
Sadly that is not the case here. Tax evasion and failing to keep up payments to their prior landlord is not a good sign of good ownership, let alone of allegations of harassment in the organization. It will be interesting to see them play at ASU's facility. ASU does have a pretty good hockey program and as you said, hockey can work in warm weather areas. Stable ownership is key though .
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One of the best players to come out of Arizona is Austin Mathews ( number 24 for the Toronto Maple Leafs ) he played on the USA team in the world junior championship, and was drafted as a number one choice by the Leafs. Link. Top ten Mathews goals in 2021, Top 10 Auston Matthews Plays from the 2021 NHL Season - Bing video And he is only 24 years old, In his first NHL game with the Leafs, he scored four goals. JimB.
 

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