sandbaggers

[Hooah4 12]

My league is getting ready to start. I know that one team in the "c" division has been created from the top 2 teams from last year. The top team went 20-0. The second team went 17-3. They combined to form one team under a different name at the new rink where we're playing. All these guys are at least "b" caliber players.

Should I inform the rink that they're sandbaggers? I don't want to pay $$$ to play ang get shelled 17-0.

[Jim A 4]

One team threatening to move isn't going to sway a rink or one person..you need enough players and teams to complain..but be ready to back it up and go someplace if they don't agree...

of course how does your team fit into the mix?? but i agree if they are taking the top 5-6 guys from each squad...and they went what 37-3...its probably going to suck...

[mack 44]

Lemme guess, they're church teams? Church teams always end up being the dirtiest and shadiest bunch in the rec leagues I've been in, and not just for hockey.

[Smith 0]

Lemme guess, they're church teams? Church teams always end up being the dirtiest and shadiest bunch in the rec leagues I've been in, and not just for hockey.

You should play in a church basketball league in Indiana. Talk about dirty. Happens in every adult rec league. Not much you can really due, rinks just want there money.

[Jim A 4]

right there with you Mack, never seen more fights in a league than the Christian ones down here in DFW..."thank you lord for giving me the strength to beat the crap out of John, and may you help him recover from his injuries sustained tonight"

[mack 44]

They're chippy and they chirp you in ways that makes it hard to retaliate. They always find ringers to come in and then after they're done hacking you behind your knees, they want to lead a prayer at centre ice after the game. I wonder if "Judas Iscariot " would fit on my jersey this year.

[Hooah4 12]

These guys are just clowns. They don't want to play with anyone of their caliber. They can't lose or they start fights. If they get scored on they get kicked out of games, etc....just a real bad situation.

I talked to the rink manager. He'll only put out the schedule 3-5 games at a time and move teams around divisions as he sees fit.

He remembers these guys. It's a small hockey community here so word obviously gets around. Remind me of this joke...

An man was being tailgated by a stressed-out woman on a busy boulevard.

Suddenly the light turned yellow just in front of him.

He did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk, even though he could have

beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection.

The tailgating woman hit the roof and the horn. She flipped him the bird

while screaming in frustration that she missed her chance to get through the

intersection because of him.

As she was still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window and looked up

into the face of a very serious police officer.

The officer ordered her to exit her car with her hands up. He took her to

the police station where she was searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and

placed in a cell.

After a couple of hours, a policeman approache the cell and opened the door.

The woman was escorted back to the booking desk where the arresting officer

was waiting with her personal effects.

He said, " I'm very sorry for this mistake. You see, I pulled up behind your

car while you were blowing your horn, flipping the guy off in front of you,

and cussing a blue streak at him. I noticed the 'Choose Life' license plate

holder, the 'What Would Jesus Do?' bumper sticker, the 'Follow Me to Sunday

School' bumper sticker, and the chrome- plated Christian fish emblem on the

trunk. Naturally, I assumed you had stolen the car!!!"

[Drewhunz 3]

Lemme guess, they're church teams? Church teams always end up being the dirtiest and shadiest bunch in the rec leagues I've been in, and not just for hockey.

Except in paintball. However NEVER bowl against a Church team.

[Chadd 916]

Our league actually has a fomr that you fill out if you feel the other team has a "ringer". Then one of the team reps from a different division will come out and verify your claim.

[freq019 0]

I don't get it, we have a handful of guys who like to play down because they get to pad their stats that way, but what I don't get is, does it matter if you can score 50 goals in the novice league? Some people take it way to seriously.

[mack 44]

Since hockey's not that popular, a lot of the times these stacked teams actually have to be put into a lower league and it's just brutal. A lot of the teams will at least let up but some people think they're the friggin' Ice Hawks trying to kill the little Mighty Ducks out there. After seeing some of the holy rollers do that around our leagues we quickly found out they can't toss for crap out there.