Fighting

[CRsVoodoo]

As for coaches sending players out with the Full intent of fighting or injuring a Match Penalty should be imposed. A match penalty is on in which a player or coach will be given a 5 min. major, game misc., and a minimum 30 day suspension in which the league authorities will then review the situation and make a final suspension ruling which will be served on top of the time served with the (up to) 30 days.

[oldie006]

You sound like a ballerina. Fighting has always been a part of hockey an always will. if players didn't fight, they would play chippy all game long. If one player has a grief with another player, and it is mutual grief, then let them box it out and get on with the game.

[columbus_RHstar]

Well now why can't we have the best of both worlds? Fighting should have its penalties that are given out every time(i.e. game misconduct every time you fight). But depending ont eh situation the referees should file a report to a league administrator for further consideration. Also allow both players and/or their coaches to give tell their story. I know as a ref you can't always be 100% accurate. Just an idea..

[DannyG]

I promise that I won't insult you by calling you names.

You make three conslusions, none of which you have backed up with anything...and, IF you really held any interest in developing our sport, you would educate yourself as to how and why these incidents really do happen, and you would not make statements that have no basis in fact.

In other words, you are wrong in everything that you have said. None of your conclusions, masked as assertions, are correct.

[oldie006]

I agree. I did not mean to say that they should not be penalized at all, but trying to impose stricter penalties should not happen. if you drop the gloves, 2 minutes. If you go looking for the fight, 5 minutes, and that should be the end of the story. I do want to see the sport of Roller Hockey develop, but it should develop with the same understandings and rules of ice hockey.

[oldie006]

The real sport of hockey should be handled on ice. Creativity is for those players who skate with their heads up their a@@ because they know that they cannot be hit. Skill comes to those players who know how to skate pass the check and through the defenseman, not try and tip toe around him. Skill and heart are part of any sport so you hold no ground on that. There are a lot of players who do have a lot of skill in roller hockey I will give it to them. I don't mean to spark a heated conversation on the matter so I apologize for my direct style of writing. When it comes down to it, fighting is a part of hockey, and roller hockey isn't exactly hockey, so maybe taking it out of the game will be good for those who play.

[columbus_RHstar]

But roller hockey is not ice hockey so why should we try and develop it with the same rules? Roller hockey is not ice hockey on wheels and sport court. It is its own game with its own rules. By blurring the line between the 2 sports it hurts roller hockey because it draws more and more comparisons to ice hockey which does not promote roller hockey as its own game not an alternative to ice hockey, or as some have said "the evil twin of ice hockey."

[oldie006]

Good point. I play both so it is hard sometimes to keep my thoughts from blurring between the lines.

[Rebecca]

The real sport of hockey should be handled on ice.

When it comes down to it, fighting is a part of hockey, and roller hockey isn't exactly hockey....

....so I apologize for my direct style of writing.

Wow, powerful statements, taken a bit out of context but still really fun to post on a roller hockey message board. So if you are not a fan of roller hockey, what are you apologizing for? Seems to me people can jump all over the above statements you made







Rebecca

[SpeedDemon]

I can't see through all the hypocrisy here. I read every single post you made in this thread, oldie006. You say you play roller hockey and ice hockey, then you disparage one.... and then apologize for it!

The 'real' sport of hockey is played wherever you can find a few guys with sticks, shooting a (ball, puck, can, wad of paper) into a (net, garbage can, pair of shoes). That is the beauty of it. There's a word for those who just want to strap on a pair of skates, go out onto the ice and knock somebody out; "D-League."

And for the record, I play both ice and roller, and I enjoy both equally. I fail to see why ice hockey players still begrudge roller hockey so much after all this time.

[missionhockey21]

Hey all I want to say is if you don't consider roller hockey to be "real" hockey then why even post on this message board to begin with. Roller hockey isn't ice, never will be, although both are equally enjoyable, they share similar structures but the mind sets of the players are entirely different. Sorry, I am not trying to get more controversy started on this post but oldie006 watch what you say about roller hockey on a roller hockey message board.

[oldie006]

I am just having fun and people are buying into it.

[oldie006]

Like I said above, I am just having fun. I was trying to see how people really feel and now I know. I just dont like when people try and take the little contact we have in roller hockey and strip it away. To all above, I respect roller hockey and spent four years playing in the CRHL, three of which as captain of the team and two of which as a player/coach. Hope this calms you all down.

[columbus_RHstar]

I also play both ice and roller and happen to enjoy roller more. Not beacuse there is limited contact but because games are more wide open and have more flow. It is more fun to play roller because the games are just as competetive as ice but you dont have to spend 50% of your time fighting in the corners or along the boards or in front for the net for the puck and you have better scoring chances. It is a much more wide open game and thats why I enjoy roller hockey more than ice.

[oldie006]

That's totally cool. I am the exact opposite, I love the battle in the corner and enjoy pissing off D when they cant move me out of the front. Yet I still enjoy the occasional roller hockey game. I was forced into four years of roller hockey with the CRHL as there was no ice rink near campus, oh well.