Hey, I have a weird question....we were at an AHL game Saturday, and it reminded my husband and me to ask....why are all the players not allowed to skate before the 2nd and 3rd periods in the CHL? It seems like a silly rule, since they all need to loosen up and get their "ice legs" back....no other league does that that I've ever seen. I mean, I know it's a rule, I just want to know why.
Also, watching the "touch" icing was weird after seeing "no-touch" all season.....
JungleMonkey
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 9:39pm
My only assumption was that it was intended to prevent any unneeded goonery between periods, but that seems a little extreme.
Maybe its just to move things along quicker?
I've often wondered the same, though.
BlueLineBaby
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 10:07pm
LOL....you mean like a Port Huron player trying to run over the 9 year old Komet flag bearer, JM?
JungleMonkey
Mon, 01/24/2011 - 10:10pm
I had my money on the flag bearer in that fight anyway...
On the Glass
Tue, 01/25/2011 - 12:50am
RE: Clearing our zone... it seems like our forwards are standing around...is it because the d-men are reading the "flow" late or are the forwards just not skating to space? Also, when we are in the Offensive Zone, NOBODY (repeat) NOBODY when they receive a pass, is in position to shoot.... it's like following Sergio on the PGA.....HIT IT....
mightbite
Tue, 01/25/2011 - 5:48am
"the bears are who we thought they was"
Standing at the gates of 7 :)
No-Touch Icing
Tue, 01/25/2011 - 7:21am
I attribute the no-skating between periods rule to someone in corporate who knows nothing about hockey and who has no business making those rules because they're too busy counting money....then reason sets in and I figure that there's some sort of a union agreement somewhere...if that's reason.
Congratulations, and good luck on future endeavors.
RRC777
Tue, 01/25/2011 - 10:36am
this is completely not related to this ... however .. the article about Schrock's mom ... how about an actual picture of Kathy!! as i don't believe the woman in that picture is her!
IntheBlue
Tue, 01/25/2011 - 7:20pm
BlueLineBaby, I think that's the rule in the NHL too.
GameMisconduct
Tue, 01/25/2011 - 7:56pm
HitSomebody gets to work with Kevin Smith? LUCKY!
JR1
Tue, 01/25/2011 - 8:00pm
Kevin who?
Did he get sent down by Columbus too????
:)
GameMisconduct
Tue, 01/25/2011 - 8:33pm
He's a goalie...no pads are needed for him to cover the net
Hoss
Tue, 01/25/2011 - 8:49pm
But you might want to run into his girlfriend in the parking lot!
Steve
Tue, 01/25/2011 - 9:55pm
BLB, I don't know about the pre-period skate, I know it's been discussed before, probably at the beginning of the season.
The no-touch icing is another matter. It's one of those things that gets experimented with from time to time. It came up in discussion the other night during a Blackhawks game between Doc and the color guy. Based on what they said most of the people associated with the game (players, coaches, GM, med staff, etc.) are in favor of it.
It cuts down on injuries or aggravating injuries since most players are playing hurt by the end of the season, and unnecessary sprints when most of the time it's obvious that the icing team isn't going to get to the puck first. As one former player said, "Maybe two times a game it is a close race". Of course he was talking about the NHL.
BlueLineBaby
Tue, 01/25/2011 - 10:45pm
Thanks for the explanation, NoTouchIcing. Well, the attemtp....corporate stuff is always rather....well, you know what I mean!! :) I appreciate the answer.
And Steve, I was definitely not complaining or missing the no-touch icing (sort of makes a little more sense, honestly)....just saying it was odd....it's been a while since I've seen it in minor league, so it was funny. I was wondering why they waited for them to touch it....LOL.....
And Jungle Monkey....my money would have been on that flag bearer's mom.....she would have jumped the glass and kicked the crap outta Cowan. Big, tough hockey player or not. Can you just imagine? First ever flag bearer to start a bench-clearing brawl....now THAT would make national news.....good gravy, only my kid.....but he does have one heck of a slap shot. Just ask the side of my car. Saturn doors....yeah, they are dent resistant, like the ads say. Too bad they don't make them anymore!! :)
Hockey Fan for Life
Tue, 01/25/2011 - 11:06pm
Prediction: komets will go 0-3 for the weekend.
JR1
Wed, 01/26/2011 - 6:20am
That same game they also mentioned using something like what the USHL uses for thier no touch icing... Its basically a race to the face off circles... If the defending team gets to the face off circle first then the play is immediately whistled dead (no touch icing); but if the offensive player reaches the circle first they let them play for the puck.
Kinda gives you the best of both worlds... A race for the puck with alot of the chance for injury removed...
No-Touch Icing
Wed, 01/26/2011 - 7:17am
I do what I can BLB.
I vote for a race to the face off circles...
RunningKomet
Wed, 01/26/2011 - 8:51am
My money is on Cowan. You may win the ensuing lawsuit, depending on what kind of waivers you signed (I'd think the league would be smart enough to cover their butts, but you never know), but in the fight, the professional hockey player wins, no matter how nutso the mom goes.
JR1
Wed, 01/26/2011 - 8:58am
I dont know RK, hockey mom's run in packs so Cowan would had about 40 of them going red head crazy on him!!!! LOL
RunningKomet
Wed, 01/26/2011 - 10:52am
Hahaha I still don't see any of these guys from the teams being that big of an idiot or pile of crap to lay out a kid, no matter whose flag he's carrying. Say what you want about who they are or what they may have done in the past, but there's a line in the vast majority of humans on the planet that they won't go over.
Blake Sebring
Wed, 01/26/2011 - 10:56am
now bloggers on the other hand...
JR1
Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:18am
Blake must not be getting his post quota today.... Trying to stir things up...lol
Five Minute Major
Wed, 01/26/2011 - 11:22am
JR1's right, ya know. I may not be a hockey mom but if I saw my favorite flag bearer get knocked out I'd be out there too! "Red head crazy"... love it!
But yeah, I'd like to think that most of those guys wouldn't really mess with a kid, no matter how much we dislike them.
JungleMonkey
Wed, 01/26/2011 - 1:49pm
I respect hockey players. They're tough enough guys. But lets not make them all physical assassins.
Wendy
Wed, 01/26/2011 - 5:57pm
I used to have faith in human nature. Then I read "Lord of the Flies" and it all rang too true. It's society that has evolved, not human nature. Left to our own devices, we'd still be watching lions eat people and gladiators kill one another for sport.
I'd vote for the mom, by the way. Boudicca, anyone?
KometKrazy
Wed, 01/26/2011 - 6:32pm
I hate to say it but I also think the Komets go 0-3 this weekend. And unless Evansville goes 0-fer also, this weekend may spell the beginning of the end of the season. It gets harder and harder to make up ground in the standings as the season gets shorter. Now I hope I am wrong but this is my gut feeling.
Steve
Wed, 01/26/2011 - 7:44pm
I could live with the race to the face off circles.
I don't know if we'll ever see lions eating people in the ring again but gladiators, maybe 100 years max from seeing their return. The pay per view on it will be very high.
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Hey, I have a weird question....we were at an AHL game Saturday, and it reminded my husband and me to ask....why are all the players not allowed to skate before the 2nd and 3rd periods in the CHL? It seems like a silly rule, since they all need to loosen up and get their "ice legs" back....no other league does that that I've ever seen. I mean, I know it's a rule, I just want to know why.
Also, watching the "touch" icing was weird after seeing "no-touch" all season.....
My only assumption was that it was intended to prevent any unneeded goonery between periods, but that seems a little extreme.
Maybe its just to move things along quicker?
I've often wondered the same, though.
LOL....you mean like a Port Huron player trying to run over the 9 year old Komet flag bearer, JM?
I had my money on the flag bearer in that fight anyway...
RE: Clearing our zone... it seems like our forwards are standing around...is it because the d-men are reading the "flow" late or are the forwards just not skating to space? Also, when we are in the Offensive Zone, NOBODY (repeat) NOBODY when they receive a pass, is in position to shoot.... it's like following Sergio on the PGA.....HIT IT....
"the bears are who we thought they was"
Standing at the gates of 7 :)
I attribute the no-skating between periods rule to someone in corporate who knows nothing about hockey and who has no business making those rules because they're too busy counting money....then reason sets in and I figure that there's some sort of a union agreement somewhere...if that's reason.
Blogger turned movie star...
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Kevin-Smith-Announces-That-Hit-Somebody-Will-Be-His-Final-Film-22788.html
Congratulations, and good luck on future endeavors.
this is completely not related to this ... however .. the article about Schrock's mom ... how about an actual picture of Kathy!! as i don't believe the woman in that picture is her!
BlueLineBaby, I think that's the rule in the NHL too.
HitSomebody gets to work with Kevin Smith? LUCKY!
Kevin who?
Did he get sent down by Columbus too????
:)
He's a goalie...no pads are needed for him to cover the net
But you might want to run into his girlfriend in the parking lot!
BLB, I don't know about the pre-period skate, I know it's been discussed before, probably at the beginning of the season.
The no-touch icing is another matter. It's one of those things that gets experimented with from time to time. It came up in discussion the other night during a Blackhawks game between Doc and the color guy. Based on what they said most of the people associated with the game (players, coaches, GM, med staff, etc.) are in favor of it.
It cuts down on injuries or aggravating injuries since most players are playing hurt by the end of the season, and unnecessary sprints when most of the time it's obvious that the icing team isn't going to get to the puck first. As one former player said, "Maybe two times a game it is a close race". Of course he was talking about the NHL.
Thanks for the explanation, NoTouchIcing. Well, the attemtp....corporate stuff is always rather....well, you know what I mean!! :) I appreciate the answer.
And Steve, I was definitely not complaining or missing the no-touch icing (sort of makes a little more sense, honestly)....just saying it was odd....it's been a while since I've seen it in minor league, so it was funny. I was wondering why they waited for them to touch it....LOL.....
And Jungle Monkey....my money would have been on that flag bearer's mom.....she would have jumped the glass and kicked the crap outta Cowan. Big, tough hockey player or not. Can you just imagine? First ever flag bearer to start a bench-clearing brawl....now THAT would make national news.....good gravy, only my kid.....but he does have one heck of a slap shot. Just ask the side of my car. Saturn doors....yeah, they are dent resistant, like the ads say. Too bad they don't make them anymore!! :)
Prediction: komets will go 0-3 for the weekend.
That same game they also mentioned using something like what the USHL uses for thier no touch icing... Its basically a race to the face off circles... If the defending team gets to the face off circle first then the play is immediately whistled dead (no touch icing); but if the offensive player reaches the circle first they let them play for the puck.
Kinda gives you the best of both worlds... A race for the puck with alot of the chance for injury removed...
I do what I can BLB.
I vote for a race to the face off circles...
My money is on Cowan. You may win the ensuing lawsuit, depending on what kind of waivers you signed (I'd think the league would be smart enough to cover their butts, but you never know), but in the fight, the professional hockey player wins, no matter how nutso the mom goes.
I dont know RK, hockey mom's run in packs so Cowan would had about 40 of them going red head crazy on him!!!! LOL
Hahaha I still don't see any of these guys from the teams being that big of an idiot or pile of crap to lay out a kid, no matter whose flag he's carrying. Say what you want about who they are or what they may have done in the past, but there's a line in the vast majority of humans on the planet that they won't go over.
now bloggers on the other hand...
Blake must not be getting his post quota today.... Trying to stir things up...lol
JR1's right, ya know. I may not be a hockey mom but if I saw my favorite flag bearer get knocked out I'd be out there too! "Red head crazy"... love it!
But yeah, I'd like to think that most of those guys wouldn't really mess with a kid, no matter how much we dislike them.
I respect hockey players. They're tough enough guys. But lets not make them all physical assassins.
I used to have faith in human nature. Then I read "Lord of the Flies" and it all rang too true. It's society that has evolved, not human nature. Left to our own devices, we'd still be watching lions eat people and gladiators kill one another for sport.
I'd vote for the mom, by the way. Boudicca, anyone?
I hate to say it but I also think the Komets go 0-3 this weekend. And unless Evansville goes 0-fer also, this weekend may spell the beginning of the end of the season. It gets harder and harder to make up ground in the standings as the season gets shorter. Now I hope I am wrong but this is my gut feeling.
I could live with the race to the face off circles.
I don't know if we'll ever see lions eating people in the ring again but gladiators, maybe 100 years max from seeing their return. The pay per view on it will be very high.
check out underground fighting :)