Larry54

I'm sure this isn't you but, the thing that gets me these days is the kids that get shoved aside in the snr divisions here because of lack lustre conditioning, low development or just inexperience. Then get pee'd off because they claim the adults are throwing the kids around. If you step up to a competitive snr division, you are playing with men and you need to adjust to a higher level of physicallity. I had one kid's mum label me a "dirty bastard" for roughing her hack of a son up. All I did was play the body clean and tough. It's not my fault he's a rake with poor skating. Once, again I'm just venting not saying you are the same Angel. Well, in all fairness, Archangel#16 was talking about pickup hockey which is a whole other thing.

You shouldn't generalize. There's no age limit for being a jerk. Sometimes the opposite happens where an older player is getting past a younger player so he trips or hooks him because he can't swallow his pride. I repeat, there's no age limit for being a jerk.

I'm fine with an end-to-end once in a session. I, myself, will attempt it for the thrill of it but not more than once. And I'll usually end up looking for someone to pass to by the time I reach the other end. But seeing how laid back pickup sessions are, end-to-ends don't really prove anything.

That's right. Bring your own water bottle. Am I being fussy? I think that each player should have his own bottle. With all the colds and flu that's around during the winter, the last thing I want is to catch someone else's crap. I'd estimate that around 1 player out of 5 brings his own bottle. When someone asks for a drink out of my bottle I feel obligated to allow it, just to avoid being alienated. Then the bottle ends up empty before the session is over. And does anyone offer to go refill it? Of course not. Eveyone should have a bottle in his bag. It requires so little effort.