The oddest recap of a hockey game ever

[Phelan96]

A recap of the MLRH's Slamm Hockey Event, where 2 girls apparently fought, and the male half of the team were unable to finish the game and had to be sent to the locker rooms. The oddest thing is the last paragraph where it says who cares about the score.
What's everyones take on this?

QUEBEC MISTRAL & NY FLASH BRAWL THEIR WAY THROUGH A SLAMM HOCKEY CLASSIC.
You could see it coming. In Saturday's Game One of a weekend series, the Flash's Laura Cowper took a run at Quebec's Ashley Deal. Ms. Cowper hails from Toronto so maybe anything "Quebec" sets her off. Whatever, on Sunday afternoon the ladies dropped the gloves. Big time. Both ladies landed some big shots, igniting the Detroit fans in Hockeytown as the CO-ED Slamm Hockey established itself as one highly entertaining league.

Brock Konkle, the Roller Hockey Net color guy, should have been awarded a penalty for instigating. In Slamm Hockey, an announcer is on the bench with the players and Konkle brought out the worst in the ladies.

Not to be outdone by the ladies, Chuck McCloud, New York's 45-year-old bad boy set off a rumble that ended with the full participation of both teams. It was McCloud's second fight of the game and things were getting ugly. Rather than a round three in the penalty box area, the refs sent all of the guys to the locker room while the women finished up the final 1:51

Oh yeah, Quebec won 6-1 but who cares about the score in this soon to be YouTube classic.

[ACCCT2]

Watched it. What a thoroughly pathetic way to "sell" ("establish"?) the sport. Disgusting. Hmmf, "...but who cares..." indeed. A new and extremely desperate, almost barbarically base low.:(

[alex]

The words "what a joke," come to mind.

[DCbullets14]

The words "what a joke," come to mind.

are you talking about the entire MLRH or this one event?

[ACCCT2]

are you talking about the entire MLRH or this one event?

Does it matter -- anyone who thinks that this kind of basely barbaric and vile trash has anything to do with "establishing" anything (short of the league's clear-cut lack of decent propriety and any "sellable" on-court product) is clearly NOT someone, nor a "league" entity, that I'd want in ANY way influencing -- or even around -- young kids and especially, young girls. And where on earth -- where does ANYONE, for cripes sakes -- get "established itself as one highly entertaining league" out of SUCH a THOROUGHLY disturbing and disgusting display...!?! GEEZ, it's truly desperately disgusting in the vilest way.:mad:

And actually, the ONLY way we should "care" about "who cares" is to keep kids AWAY from this kind of ("highly entertaining"?) "league" -- REALLY, "who" by ANY stretch of the imagination calls this "entertaining"...?!?

[rhhof]

Well, not sure if this is it, but here's a Slamm fight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF0AzIiKdd8

I will go along and say that if this is to be popular, first you need the roller hockey community behind it - there is no big community, there is no marketing...it reminds me of MLRH back in 2001 starting all over again

On a side note, the biggest womens brawl in roller hockey was when Bill Raue stared his W-MLRH project in 2002 - It was the New York Flash against FLorida, where the players were actually from the areas they had on their jerseys, and there were two brawls then the benches cleared and it was a free for all including some fans (yes there were 200 people in the building)running in on the action...some took close-up photos, some joined in - There was only one referee (Bill thought, save money...what could go wrong) - it was about three minutes of fun

[calihockey]

SLAMM hockey looks like it is just going to be a big black eye for roller hockey. Sorry I like roller hockey as a sport, not a gimmick. I am starting to wonder if that guy from Girls Gone Wild is a secret investor...

[alex]

are you talking about the entire MLRH or this one event?

I'm talking about this event. Whoever creates or promotes an event like this is contributing to the ruin of the sport. I don't care how much one "cares about the sport," this is total garbage, an absolute joke, and a complete embarrassment.

[DCbullets14]

I have to say that all of the mlrh stuff I have seen is a total joke. Im glad to see others feel the same. Bill Raue seems like a nice guy maybe he should consider giving up with mlrh and using his resources to back some of the legitimate hockey leagues that are actually successful

[calihockey]

agreed. Rue is a good guy who did do a lot for pro roller in its early days, but MLRH really should just shut down. I am sure either PIHA or AIHL would be lucky to have his involvement.

[FrankFrank]

I’m gonna start off by saying that I’m just out here right now to play some puck…

That being said, I have to bring up 3 things...

First of all, anyone who’s been around roller hockey for the past 10 years should expect this from the MLRH site articles. They wrote like this then, and they write like it now. Get over it. The thing you Should be impressed with are the small things that Bill and company have accomplished that no one else has. For instance, they have the games televised after each event with good quality, not some handy-cam that they borrowed from mom and dad. And I’m willing to bet most of you have tuned in for some games (at least that’s what the stats have said from the website hits.) If you Really didn’t like it, you wouldn’t have tuned in. This shows that there’s interest in MLRH. I’ve been biting my tongue, but I’ll say it… Back in 2001-2003 when MLRH was in its prime, there were few complaints by fans or roller hockey players. Once it stepped outside of that time frame and XIHL taking it’s toll, then things went down hill. No one is willing to commit to MLRH because they’re scared to get in the mix and drift away from their precious AAU/USA/RHA team affiliations. If a person said “Hey, lets get a couple of guys together from the NJ/Philly area”, I can almost guarantee that a bunch of you would jump on the chance. Case and point… last Euro-cups’ Chicago Rollersnakes. The Chicago team wasn’t able to make it, so a bunch of Philly boys jumped at the chance and tore it up. I think skating MLRH has come into the same category as letting your friends seeing you riding a moped. Lets be honest though… Who really doesn’t like to get out there and play some check hockey? Who doesn’t like to see some fighting in that same environment? It just frustrates the hell outta me that everyone is willing to bash MLRH, and half of you have never played in it. Ask the guys that played back in 2001-2003, or even in the past couple events stretching into last summer… they had fun. No politics, no BS with who you are Allowed to play for, Just contact hockey. Is MLRH a little disorganized right now, sure. But Bill has been makign strides to remedy this. Last summer's Eurocup in DC was a hit, and it's only been like that with the events so far this season. Yes, some teams might not all be from the area they have on their jerseys, but lets not talk about this again because it was talked about when these events started. (do a search.)

Secondly… has Any other league developed a women’s division? No. Granted this is a co-ed division, but it’s women playing against women. Not 1 or 2 girls playing for a minors team with a whole bunch of guys. Hats off to Bill for getting this started. Hopefully next year, we see full teams of girls skating.

Third… Is Itan Chavira playing in any other league right now? Ooops… did I say that out loud. Ssssshhhhh.

We know the fundemental problems with MLRH. Until you've played it, or been to an event in person, don't bash it. There's contact info on the MLRH website if you wanted to play, and the schedules are posted for the spectators. I'm sorry everyone feels like they need to belittle the one league that has been around longer then most of you have been playing.

Frank~Frank Szilagyi
#21 Florida Fusion (MLRH)
#21 Pennsylvania Typhoon (PIHA)
#21 Loyola College Greyhounds (NCRHA/ECRHA)

[growl89]

frank,

Very nice post... Just some comments though

First, as a Piha supporter you should know that piha has a womens division in Colorado. Seems very competative from the looks of it. That being said, it would be great to see a lot more womens teams.

Second, I played mlrh and xihl over 4-5 seasons so you will find that I have some basis for my points.

When I first heard of mlrh I was 19 and real excited about the chance to hit in roller hockey. Being an ice hockey guy it made sense to me. The full checking games against teams with guys who knew how to throw a body check were a ton of fun. It was almost just like ice hockey. The problem was that when you played against guys who played no ice hockey at all, they had no idea how to throw a body check. Sticks, gloves, elbows were in your face everytime. It was horrendous to be a part of. Not to mention the insane amount of hits from behind. Which would then be written up on the website like it was a Scott Stevens type hit.

Now for the fighting. Fighting in ice hockey is actually an honorable thing, shouldn't it be the same if it were allowed in roller hockey? I thought so, until players started dragging guys down and punching them before the other guy knew what happened. The first time I dropped the gloves in what I thought was going to be a square off type fight I was cross checked in the neck from behind by a third party and went to the floor. Mostly the teams that couldn't play with the better teams tended to do this more.

Officiating for checking hockey needs ice hockey officials as well. You can't have guys calling games that don't even know how to call an illegal hit or break up a fight properly. Guys who can't throw or take a hit shouldn't play just like refs who've never called ice games shouldn't ref. The xihl which was a flop in itself was 20 times cleaner yet harder hitting as most of the teams were elite east coast talent.

So all in all I can understand why people bash the league. I would much rather play a Torhs pro style checking where everyone knows how to play the body then play mlrh and get hurt playing against someone who just has fun jumping guys or hits with continuous elbows or sticks.

And as for a black eye in the sport. Let's be serious. Who is watching it? I tuned in for one game for 10 minutes before I said to myself,"here we go again".

Smoke and mirrors...

Bill

[DCbullets14]

I was at the euro cup and passed on the opportunity to play for the power because I was leaving for narch shortly after and already had a busted shoulder. My team did play the non check level and destroyed the european team that either won or took second place in pro. I think the score was something like 10-1.

All the successful aspects that you have mentioned in regard to MLRH could be equally, if not more, successful if other leagues had the financial backing to start up these things.

and itan is also playing in the aihl right now along with nearly every other NARCh pro player besides the few who remain in PIHA.

This league did alot of great stuff in the past but maybe its time to stop living in the old days. The sport no longer needs this and the majority of talented players dont want it.

Even pro ice leagues, like the NHL, are becoming far less physical and more skill based. Why should roller focus on becoming less skilled and more physical, which is essentially what the MLRH is doing?

[PGHhockey]

Did JJ Deviney play MLRH? Man, if I saw that dude coming at me for a body check - I'd cry and skate far away.

[HEO]

I am going to have to agree with Frank on this one. Its about time somebody sticks up for MLRH. I do enjoy PIHA as well but the Euro Cup last summer was the most fun I have had playing hockey in awhile.

Also you have to give some credit that there were way more fans watching those games then any game I have played in for PIHA. Not to even mention that Bill puts his heart and soul into the league. It may need a little tweaking but how many owners in PIHA pay for jerseys, rink time, and travel for the players. I know Bill does. Its the stuff like this that makes MlRH and Bill stick out to me.

The general mood of everybody seems to be that the talent is in PIHA and MLRH is just for goons. I would really like to see all the talent do some of those moves when you have somebody lining you up. Not to take anything away from anybody but it would be interesting to see who stacks up in full check hockey. It would really be great if we as hockey fans could get all these leagues MLRH>PIHA>AIHL to combine into one. I truly believe only then could roller hockey get the recognition it deserves.

[rhhof]

I agree guys no one sticks up for MLRH and I admire that from Frank and Heo

I loved Bill through all those years I worked as a coach, gm and with the MLRH and XIHL to help it develop and grow -- It was very difficult, though, throughout those great years there were many bumps in the road that were not taken care of and a lot of complaints and criticism went unnoticed and not taken care of until Steve Seeger came aboard and addressed what was best for everyone...there were meetings that encompassed owners, gm's and coaches to figure what was best to have eveything go ahead -- No offense to Bill and MLRH, I personally miss it, but in order to move forward or back to where it was, it needs to have more people involved to take the proper steps to move forward, I wont elaborate and debate all the bs...either way I admire eveyone doing it - its still fun and its still our game!!

[Mlrhnorthfan]

I played in the MLRH with the hartford thunder when the league was great.

The season before we all got tricked to the XIHL was probably the best season of travel inline I have ever played. there were only 9 teams i think and basically all the best talent on the east today was combined on them. CJ and the younger yingling were playing with the super-stacked gladiators.(with JJ Deviney)

Just about every highly skilled guy could hit and take a hit.... I played with Piniero for three seasons full check and he was one of the best hitters and toughest players on the rink. CJ, the Yinglings, Goulet, Interbartolo, Bobby Bo, frank-Frank, Sylvestri, Cioffi, the katinski's, Plaugher, Cianfrani etc.. some of the best players still today were just as good in full check. And back then there was some legit tough guy talent. Rob McInnis and Stephane Charbanneau and Rob the Hammer all played.

good hockey talent will stand out regardless of hitting or not. A couple teams had ex- AHL goons playing simply for the fighting and when the MLRH was at its best those guys were a joke because they put their teams at a disadvantage on the rink. Have you seen Laraque play lately for the Canadiens? CJ Yoder didnt have to hit people because he was too busy winning games for the gladiators. Im pretty sure that Ingram, Mosenson, and Thompson would be just as good if they ever played full check roller. but why would they? they have nothing to prove.

Bill has done alot for the sport guys but he always OVER PROMISES AND UNDER DELIVERS.

He came to tryouts up in hartford the first season and promised the world. Media days, news articles, an owner with money, plane flights, etc. we never saw it.

Also the league that season had a commissioner who did everything, Mr. Steve Seger. He essentially ran the league.

Another reason that the league failed and will never succeed is because of the goon factor.

The truly talented guys are NOT going to want to play anymore when a goon hurts them with a cheap shot or a kid who never played check hockey and doesnt know how to hits them from behind.

When you arent getting paid to play this hockey, why would you risk gettting hurt and missing work? For what? three drunk dudes in the stands?

Also, with the exception of one season, every season there were teams that forfeited mid season and teams that were plain awful.

No fan wants to go see 17-2 blowouts and no players want to drive 12 hours with 5 players to beat a team with zero talent.

I dont know what region you play in for PIHA-AIHL but here on the East Coast in the AIHL this season there have been some huge crowds for inline games. Suffolk and LI are always near 200 plus people per game and here in Hartford we had a big crowd for 75% of our games with 300 plus for two games.

I know someone personally who went the last MLRH event and they said that Bill did have a good vision and the production company was good. However, they said that for the most part there were few fans and that the talent was low level PIHA-AIHL minors at best with the exception of a few players on each team.

we all love check hockey but until theres actual money in check roller-your not going to get enough of the talent to play it to make it more than a gimmick event. That is what it now is.

Theres a place for fullcheck roller in the sport, time will tell where it will be.

It is what it is right now, enjoy and play it if its for you,.

cheers guys

[PGHhockey]

It is what it is right now, enjoy and play it if its for you,.

cheers guys

Couldn't sum it up any better than that. We should all live by that.

[Alvare71]

At least Bill will show up at almost every event, I dont give a crap what anyone says about Bill he is a great guy. Did we forget that the team owners and coaches are responsible for there team!!!!!

So lets look at the team, not Bill!!!

Thats why you have fighters, so goons dont get away with crap...............people are funny when it doesnt come to a NON CONTACT roller hockey league........

You sign up for contact, guess what you will get hit....

IS EVERYONE UPSET THAT THE GIRLS FIGHT BETTER THAN THEM........COME ON, THEY FOUGHT SO WHAT!!!!!

[dan sangiorgio]

[QUOTE=Alvare71;59763]So lets look at the team, not Bill!!!

Thats why you have fighters, so goons dont get away with crap...............people are funny when it doesnt come to a NON CONTACT roller hockey league........

You sign up for contact, guess what you will get hit....

QUOTE]

i think the problem really stems from when you have teams of poor talent in a contact league in roller. they have no idea how to give a hit or take a hit. when i was younger i saw a couple mlrh games and the hitting was awful guys used there sticks and elbows more then anything else, also it seemed when a person throw a nice hit it would almost always result in a fight (kind of resembled some of the problems the nhl has had with guys wanted to drop the gloves over good clean big hits.) a league able keep high level of talent with fighting and hitting might work but when you have so many teams in the aihl and piha there are too many people that simply wouldn't belong/ be able to handle it.

[Alvare71]

Well, not sure if this is it, but here's a Slamm fight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF0AzIiKdd8

I will go along and say that if this is to be popular, first you need the roller hockey community behind it - there is no big community, there is no marketing...it reminds me of MLRH back in 2001 starting all over again

On a side note, the biggest womens brawl in roller hockey was when Bill Raue stared his W-MLRH project in 2002 - It was the New York Flash against FLorida, where the players were actually from the areas they had on their jerseys, and there were two brawls then the benches cleared and it was a free for all including some fans (yes there were 200 people in the building)running in on the action...some took close-up photos, some joined in - There was only one referee (Bill thought, save money...what could go wrong) - it was about three minutes of fun

The game was with the Flash and Spin, I know because I coached the spin, We knocked the Flash out of the Playoffs......

During the hand Shake a Flash Player took a cheap shot at My star player Sari Krooks......Well we did fight and I had a flash player hit me with a stick and then I squared up with the coach!

When stuff happens like that you defend yourself, not let a person beat on you.

The girls played hard that season and thats why we became the champions......

[Alvare71]

A good hit will cause a fight, you know why? because the player was showed up, not because he was checked off the puck and that is part of the game, but because they are a tool and cant handle how the game is supposed to be played.

[growl89]

A good hit will cause a fight, you know why? because the player was showed up, not because he was checked off the puck and that is part of the game, but because they are a tool and cant handle how the game is supposed to be played.

the problem with mlrh summed up...

Notice the talent all left...

A good hit doesn't and didn't cause fights. It's the usual cheap shots that caused the fights. Like I said earlier, torhs pro has real contact roller hockey, come check it out.

And heo,

All the elite players have played full check, ice and roller. And they were just fine. John Pinhiero is a perfect example. Hitting or not, he's undressing 99% of defenseman on the rink.

Bill is a great guy and should be involved in other ways with a league, he's proven time and time again that he can't run a league. Some of the worse things happen with the best intentions; pbh, speed hockey, etc.

While im sure not many fans tune in to this black eye, sponsors are well aware...

Huge potential damage...

Just remember... There's a reason everyone left...

[ACCCT2]

Let me put it to you this way --

BESIDES the fact that it (the "g-fight") was TOTALLY disgusting and despicably base, what Mom or Dad, asked by their whatever-aged daughter to bring them to a MLRH/SLAMM game because it has female players (hmmm, that they look up to and emulate?), tell me, what parent is going to EVER allow or encourage their young (impressionable?) son or daughter to take up inline hockey when the alleged ("major league"?) pinacle of the sport encourages and condones such outrageously disgusting, despicable and dangerous on-court behavior...??? Answer: NONE.

And what sponsor BY EXTENSION, knowing that Moms -- who VERY protectively love their kids and especially their daughters -- they, who make nearly 70% of all household purchase decisions -- what logically responsible and prudently careful and discriminating sponsor (at ANY sponsorship level) would risk RUINING their name and credibility and consumer base by 'endorsing' such repugnant, distasteful and dangerous trash...??? Answer: NONE.

The sport is DEFINITELY in MUCH MORE TROUBLE than ANY of us EVER imagined if ANYONE thinks that such abhorent and quite frankly, pointlessly embarrassing and EXTREMELY damaging-to-the-sport behavior is in ANY way "entertaining". It's like putting Hitler in a Santa suit, "rolling" him out and having him giving away free toys, guns, sticks and crack-pipes to all the cute little kiddies and then gleefully telling us all that "we've got the best of everything" SURE to attract attention (ANY king of attention) and "establish" the game's profile and marketability. Conclusion: WHAT IDIOTS. Tell me -- what SICK PUP actually enjoys watching such loathsome and pathetic garbage and then has the TOTALLY idiotic audacity to call it "highly entertaining" or in ANY way even remotely good for the image of the sport...??? GEEZ...disgusting.:mad:

[DCbullets14]

i think that if the level of play was higher i wouldnt have such an issue with this league. I just dont like the fact that goons who can hardly skate are viewed as the elite (paid to play) talent in our sport. Narch and torhs pro are great for the sport because they are truely talented players and their skill is obvious to anyone that watches them. This talent level legitimizes our sport with the ice hockey community. I can only imagine what a person who has only seen MLRH would think if i told them i was an inline hockey player.

[alex]

Cheap shots in the handshake line, fans rushing in to join, and coaches squaring off...how is that not a joke? In no legitimate league is that condoned, let alone bragged about. The perfect gimmick league for a sport trying to earn legitimacy. What a joke.

[Alvare71]

Cheap shots in the handshake line, fans rushing in to join, and coaches squaring off...how is that not a joke? In no legitimate league is that condoned, let alone bragged about. The perfect gimmick league for a sport trying to earn legitimacy. What a joke.

Dude whats your problem? Who do you think you are?

Oh, So you would react in a different way?

All the talent has left, Just like the talent left the PIHA?

Fighting is not ok, But not showing account for your money is?

You guys are a joke, picking and choosing what YOU think is right or wrong..

Hell ya I protected myself and the girls.....Do you have a problem with that?

I am sick of you young kids coming on here, I talk about what happened and you think I am bragging, half the guys on here I would love to skate with you on the rink......

Hide behind the computer and think your smart by what you type........

Your the one who holds roller hockey back, By jumping ship everytime you guys dont like something.

I bet you guys didnt even know that happened until it showed up on here?

What is a joke is that people are still paying to play and teams pay thousands of dollars to maintain a website!!!!!!!!!

Thats a joke, No marketing, How do you think your ever going to get paid........

Oh I forgot $5.00 tickets and kids get in free.........I see you getting paid real soon......THAT IS THE JOKE>>>>

[Alvare71]

i think that if the level of play was higher i wouldnt have such an issue with this league. I just dont like the fact that goons who can hardly skate are viewed as the elite (paid to play) talent in our sport. Narch and torhs pro are great for the sport because they are truely talented players and their skill is obvious to anyone that watches them. This talent level legitimizes our sport with the ice hockey community. I can only imagine what a person who has only seen MLRH would think if i told them i was an inline hockey player.

And it doesnt matter what league it is, If you cant protect yourself or check they do not want you. That is the bottom line...

[Alvare71]

Cheap shots in the handshake line, fans rushing in to join, and coaches squaring off...how is that not a joke? In no legitimate league is that condoned, let alone bragged about. The perfect gimmick league for a sport trying to earn legitimacy. What a joke.


Here ALex, call out these teams and tell them what a embarresment they are and how you think they need to be proffesional..and what a joke it is to act like this.....

Please correct them hurry..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XinJCGR7u6w

[GoRangrHky]

This sounds like a version of RollerJam with sticks to me, personally. I am all for full contact hockey, even for roller, but nothing that I have seen would personally attract me to MLRH, either as a player or a spectator (regardless of whether or not the league would be accepting of me). I'm sure they could care less that they are not getting money out of me, or that I'm not playing in their league. The point is that I'm sure (which has been clearly represented by the posts in this thread) there are others that feel this way. I would think that as those that appear to care most about the sport, and would ultimately be the most interested in it (by the fact that we are the ones writing on message boards about it and everything), our opinions should be valued. And in looking at the responses so far, I have seen much more of an outcry towards it than support.

In a league and a sport that should at least be operating on the level of MLL or WPS, at a minimum, I don't see anything out of this that demonstrates that it is even close to reaching those levels.

[DCbullets14]

And it doesnt matter what league it is, If you cant protect yourself or check they do not want you. That is the bottom line...

the problem is that even if you cant hit or take a hit the mlrh still seems ot take you. This puts all of the talented players who might be willing to play in risk of serious injury. From what i saw at the EUROCUP if you are capable of lacing your skates up you qualify as a MLRH pro player....

for those who decide to play MLRH best of luck to you.


I bet you guys didnt even know that happened until it showed up on here?

Your 100% correct but is that bad for us or for the MLRH? when the inline hockey stops paying attention to inline hockey your product must be seriously flawed.

[Alvare71]

This sounds like a version of RollerJam with sticks to me, personally. I am all for full contact hockey, even for roller, but nothing that I have seen would personally attract me to MLRH, either as a player or a spectator (regardless of whether or not the league would be accepting of me). I'm sure they could care less that they are not getting money out of me, or that I'm not playing in their league. The point is that I'm sure (which has been clearly represented by the posts in this thread) there are others that feel this way. I would think that as those that appear to care most about the sport, and would ultimately be the most interested in it (by the fact that we are the ones writing on message boards about it and everything), our opinions should be valued. And in looking at the responses so far, I have seen much more of an outcry towards it than support.

In a league and a sport that should at least be operating on the level of MLL or WPS, at a minimum, I don't see anything out of this that demonstrates that it is even close to reaching those levels.

And I understand people may be disgusted, but the bottom line is that the team and owners should be the first to put a stop to a goon or a problematic team.....

You dont skate in the league then how does it hurt you.

People like hockey and I am sorry to busrt everyones bubble, but a non-check hockey league is not really exciting...

Whats the difference? if a league takes money and allows teams not to show up, which has been done in PIHA and MLRH.

Or a team fights.......guess what they will still collect there league fee...


One of these days I would like people to actually look at the facts and not just throw one liners up here.

Either they dont understand what the topic is about or there vocabulary is very limited.......

Checking league and a non checking league are two different things.....

[Alvare71]

the problem is that even if you cant hit or take a hit the mlrh still seems ot take you. This puts all of the talented players who might be willing to play in risk of serious injury. From what i saw at the EUROCUP if you are capable of lacing your skates up you qualify as a MLRH pro player....

for those who decide to play MLRH best of luck to you.



Your 100% correct but is that bad for us or for the MLRH? when the inline hockey stops paying attention to inline hockey your product must be seriously flawed.


Believe it or not I have seen these topics for about 15 years now, and I am sure some kid will say stop living in the past......

But roller hockey can move to the future because there are to many options.....

If I am mad with Usa Hockey I am going to take my money to another group. That is what is happening and will continue until one league one insurance are joined and grows from there..

Do you think RHI players went to MLRH because of talent...NO they went to MLRH because it paid and there was no RHI.....


Some people read into this way to much....

[Alvare71]

the problem is that even if you cant hit or take a hit the mlrh still seems ot take you. This puts all of the talented players who might be willing to play in risk of serious injury. From what i saw at the EUROCUP if you are capable of lacing your skates up you qualify as a MLRH pro player....

for those who decide to play MLRH best of luck to you.



Your 100% correct but is that bad for us or for the MLRH? when the inline hockey stops paying attention to inline hockey your product must be seriously flawed.


Believe it or not I have seen these topics for about 15 years now, and I am sure some kid will say stop living in the past......

But roller hockey cannot move ahead, because there are to many options.....

If I am mad with Usa Hockey I am going to take my money to another group. That is what is happening and will continue until one league and one insurance are joined and grows from there..

Do you think RHI players went to MLRH because of talent...NO they went to MLRH because it paid amd there wasnt an RHI.....


Some people read into this way to much....and if your a talented player you should be able to take a hit.........Maybe not.

[GoRangrHky]

And I understand people may be disgusted, but the bottom line is that the team and owners should be the first to put a stop to a goon or a problematic team.....

You dont skate in the league then how does it hurt you.

People like hockey and I am sorry to busrt everyones bubble, but a non-check hockey league is not really exciting...

Whats the difference? if a league takes money and allows teams not to show up, which has been done in PIHA and MLRH.

Or a team fights.......guess what they will still collect there league fee...


One of these days I would like people to actually look at the facts and not just throw one liners up here.

Either they dont understand what the topic is about or there vocabulary is very limited.......

Checking league and a non checking league are two different things.....

You are correct in that it should be the responsibility of the owners to put an end to these transgressions, and clearly that does not seem to be the direction that they wish to head.

It affects me in that I am a person interested in seeing high quality hockey played in this format, and as it stands, what I am looking for is not currently available. While that may be more of a personal problem than it is of the people that are presently in a position to make that happen, this is the place for expressing that. Also, if the style were right and I had the opportunity to, I would consider potentially playing in a league such as this.

I am not questioning that hockey that includes checking would pique my interest moreso than non-check, as was stated in my earlier post, so I don't understand how that is bursting my bubble or that was stated in relation to my post.

[Alvare71]

You are correct in that it should be the responsibility of the owners to put an end to these transgressions, and clearly that does not seem to be the direction that they wish to head.

It affects me in that I am a person interested in seeing high quality hockey played in this format, and as it stands, what I am looking for is not currently available. While that may be more of a personal problem than it is of the people that are presently in a position to make that happen, this is the place for expressing that. Also, if the style were right and I had the opportunity to, I would consider potentially playing in a league such as this.

I am not questioning that hockey that includes checking would pique my interest moreso than non-check, as was stated in my earlier post, so I don't understand how that is bursting my bubble or that was stated in relation to my post.

I wasnt bursting your bubble, it was directed to other people.........Sorry for the confusion....

[calihockey]

Cheap shots in the handshake line, fans rushing in to join, and coaches squaring off...how is that not a joke? In no legitimate league is that condoned, let alone bragged about. The perfect gimmick league for a sport trying to earn legitimacy. What a joke.

Enough said right there. Maybe MLRH needs Jerry Springer to do the play-by-play.

[ACCCT2]

Enough said right there. Maybe MLRH needs Jerry Springer to do the play-by-play.

LOL -- BEST comment yet (hmmm, "The MLRH Springer Ringer Ring-Dinger Hockey League" -- has a nice "ring" to it, don't you think?)...!!!:D