Stepping On Opponents Stick

[Rustpot 1]

In my experience, nobody gets chopped for no reason. If guys are constantly cutting off your hands or whacking the backs of your legs then perhaps you should take a look at your own game. Chances are you're doing the same if not worse.

Not always. I play pickup on Tuesday nights and it's got a pretty consistent base group of guys. Everyone skates hard, but there is little to no body contact or much beyond tying people up in front of the net.

I've gone home with a bruised wrist, and my buddy ended up with a black eye after getting stood-up at the blue line. May have been accidental, but given his history and who he did it to I doubt it.

The culprit in both plus many more is one guy. He slashes, hooks, trips... plays pretty rough for not being too great and it being midnight drop-in.

He's friends with someone- either the guy renting the ice or something like that. It's not getting so bad that someone needs to step in, and we're always in need of more guys to help ease the wallet, but one night someone is going to snap and just tear him a new one.

[cpramber5 0]

yesterday in my game a kid got mad at me and shoved me and while he was skating away he tried to step on my stick but im lucky because there is only a little crack in my stick

[Jim A 4]

if someone tries to step on or break your stick, the next time out just slash theirs and break it in 2...it is my favorite thing to do, I have a stick just for that occurrence...I'll sit 2 min to put someone out $150...

a kid who does things like stomp should be dealt with by his coach,

[cpramber5 0]

ya that true but the sad part is that their coach praise the kid for doing it which means they have no class. i tried to slashed the other kid stick before and i ended up breaking my synergy so i stop doing that lol

[Spreedizzle 1]

Hockey should be played aggressively, yet keeping your aggression "checked at the door." I know that a lot of our emotions over flow while we are on the ice, but some instances like this are simply inexcusable.

[JR97 2]

In my experience, nobody gets chopped for no reason. If guys are constantly cutting off your hands or whacking the backs of your legs then perhaps you should take a look at your own game. Chances are you're doing the same if not worse.

Not always. I play pickup on Tuesday nights and it's got a pretty consistent base group of guys. Everyone skates hard, but there is little to no body contact or much beyond tying people up in front of the net.

I've gone home with a bruised wrist, and my buddy ended up with a black eye after getting stood-up at the blue line. May have been accidental, but given his history and who he did it to I doubt it.

The culprit in both plus many more is one guy. He slashes, hooks, trips... plays pretty rough for not being too great and it being midnight drop-in.

He's friends with someone- either the guy renting the ice or something like that. It's not getting so bad that someone needs to step in, and we're always in need of more guys to help ease the wallet, but one night someone is going to snap and just tear him a new one.

That is so weak. I have no problem playing rough drop in hockey as long as everyone is aware that it's going to be rough. But people get hurt when they don't expect to get popped or put themselves in dangerous situations they wouldn't be in if knew they were going to get popped.

But I've played with guys like that. It's bad enough when dudes treat beer league like the Stanley Cup, but drop ins? c'mon.

Probably the worst was when I poke checked the puck off a guy who was trying to come around his own net to do his end to end shit. As soon as I got by him to retrieve the puck behind the net he crosschecked me head first into the boards. I was whiplashed pretty good but thankfully my face absorbed most of the hit and not my neck. Anywho, I ran the guy later and tried to get him to drop'em. But he declined and just slashed me instead. I ended up leaving because I was getting out of control.

[chippa13 1844]

In my experience, nobody gets chopped for no reason. If guys are constantly cutting off your hands or whacking the backs of your legs then perhaps you should take a look at your own game. Chances are you're doing the same if not worse.

Not always. I play pickup on Tuesday nights and it's got a pretty consistent base group of guys. Everyone skates hard, but there is little to no body contact or much beyond tying people up in front of the net.

I've gone home with a bruised wrist, and my buddy ended up with a black eye after getting stood-up at the blue line. May have been accidental, but given his history and who he did it to I doubt it.

The culprit in both plus many more is one guy. He slashes, hooks, trips... plays pretty rough for not being too great and it being midnight drop-in.

He's friends with someone- either the guy renting the ice or something like that. It's not getting so bad that someone needs to step in, and we're always in need of more guys to help ease the wallet, but one night someone is going to snap and just tear him a new one.

This is quite different from the story I was referring to. In your case the asshole is probably similar to the guy I was answering. He just can't seem to figure out why people are chopping him every chance they get.

[Rustpot 1]

I'm saying I got chopped for no reason. Unless breaking up a play or blocking a pass is reason to take out my wrist.

No one retaliates, he just has a hard on for playing rough for no reason.

[Chadd 916]

I'm saying I got chopped for no reason. Unless breaking up a play or blocking a pass is reason to take out my wrist.

No one retaliates, he just has a hard on for playing rough for no reason.

Someone needs to drop the guy. Obviously a warning should come first, but anyone that plays like that should get drilled. I'm a fairly laid back guy but if someone is acting like an asshole and hacking everyone in sight, I have no problem with a nice hard (clean) bodycheck to get their attention.

[chippa13 1844]

I'm saying I got chopped for no reason. Unless breaking up a play or blocking a pass is reason to take out my wrist.

No one retaliates, he just has a hard on for playing rough for no reason.

Read what I wrote again and then decide what I'm saying.

[Rustpot 1]

You said "chances are you're doing the same or worse"

I can assure you that's not the case. I give my buddies an extra shove or hook but I am careful to not do anything more than step in front of or impede the other players in whatever way. Lift the stick, poke check the back of their blade, pin on the boards to battle the puck, etc.

I do the same to everyone else and they haven't said a word or done anything. This guy though, will slewfoot, hook your leg when you're moving away, hook your stick so that you can't move it to get a loose puck, go hard into corners, and give whacks at the wrists and knees.

In a game everyone would be playing that way, but it's midnight pickup. Everyone else is there to skate and have fun with friends and this guy is just a competitive grump.

Last time we played he stood up my friend at the blue line such that he fell back and his orbital was cut and his eye started swelling up. Once my buddy found out what happened he said next time he plays that guy he's getting what's coming to him.

Thankfully we've never had assholes trying to break sticks or hurt players/goalies, both during league games and drop in.

[ChiefHockey13 0]

Unsportmanlike and a game misconduct

[Bender 0]

man, your son must have felt bad after losing such a nice stick, but as people have said before, he souldn't have dropped it, none the less the hole things sounds far more rough than 11y/o's should be playing. Normally while im playing if someone starts to really annoy me I will eiether try and poke check them if im goalie in that game, otherwise I will do my best to run them into the boards. Most of the time I dont get to that stage as they get sent to the penalty box for doing something to me insted and thats good enough :)

You also gave me another reason to stick to inline hockey and not convert to ice, if people step on your stick in inline hockey, well, soft sheels just dont have the same cutting power as some sharpened steel...

[chippa13 1844]

You said "chances are you're doing the same or worse"

I can assure you that's not the case. I give my buddies an extra shove or hook but I am careful to not do anything more than step in front of or impede the other players in whatever way. Lift the stick, poke check the back of their blade, pin on the boards to battle the puck, etc.

I do the same to everyone else and they haven't said a word or done anything. This guy though, will slewfoot, hook your leg when you're moving away, hook your stick so that you can't move it to get a loose puck, go hard into corners, and give whacks at the wrists and knees.

In a game everyone would be playing that way, but it's midnight pickup. Everyone else is there to skate and have fun with friends and this guy is just a competitive grump.

Last time we played he stood up my friend at the blue line such that he fell back and his orbital was cut and his eye started swelling up. Once my buddy found out what happened he said next time he plays that guy he's getting what's coming to him.

Thankfully we've never had assholes trying to break sticks or hurt players/goalies, both during league games and drop in.

Obviously you don't understand my comment. Based on what the kid that I originally responded to posted, my comment of "nobody gets chopped without a reason" meant that since the kid posted that he constantly is getting hacked and whacked because he most likely deserves it. If there is just one meathead running around that doesn't really constitute constantly getting hacked and whacked. Please, try to comprehend this time.

[Storm 0]

Not quite stepping on a stick but last week during a game an opponent was trying to freeze the puck in the corner as my teammate was trying to get the puck away from him with his skate.

The guy would have none of that.

I was looking at the whole thing from the slot ... it looked liked it was in slow motion...He looks down steps with enough pressure with a back and forth motion so as to shreds my teammates laces.

I was like hey (though I don't condone it) that's pretty clever.

[hockechamp14 0]

----At least he wasn't trying to use the stick as a weapon! At the end of the day it's "just" money, so means different things to different people. So if you can't bear losing a stick like that, you have to question what kind of sticks you're using.

[tips09 0]

Chippa13 i do believe i deserve most of what i get but in a game as emotional as hockey things sometimes do happen. I am not saying that i do it all the time or anything just that i have in the past. Lately ive been really working on controlling my temper. Playing an agitating role on my team does come with its punishments and that the price i pay. But when someone is battling in the corner with me and i know hes a snap show you bet i will sneek in a blade to the stick and if he flips and starts chopping me and such we will have a 2 minute powerplay.But also from time to time when i havent done anything people will chop and stick to try and get me off my game so there are a few exceptions where i dont deserve it but there is also times where i do

[RadioGaGa 162]

I think regardless of whether it's a $25 woodie or a $250 OPS, it's just a dick move...that goes back to lack of respect for people and possessions.

[pantherfan 0]

I have no problem if a stick breaks in game use, but I thinks it's really low to break a guys stick on purpose.

I had a guy offer to buy a new stick when he trod on one of mine a few years back in off-season rec, I refused but I'd still like to think that there are more people out there that'd consider that after trashing a $200+ stick with their clumsy feet.

[BK 0]

If I start taking hits on my nice sticks, I pull out the old 5030 and take a few whacks at theirs... mine always wins.

[hockechamp14 0]

I think regardless of whether it's a $25 woodie or a $250 OPS, it's just a dick move...that goes back to lack of respect for people and possessions.

It's a stick, there are more important things in life. By coming on mod squad and worrying about it, you're letting some little 11 year old classless shit win.

[SCATMAN 33]

i would of gone to the other kids dad and said pay for it

[Zamboni 6]

I have enjoyed reading the posts-even those critical of my kid. Rest assured we went over his role in all this, he escalated things by running the kid poking after the whistle. Punch...well, when punched you don't have many options....I could teach my son to go down like a European soccer player faking injury. Someone else go that route and let us know how it works out.

My wife has pointed out my role in this-building up the game with older kids, "keep your feet moving, keep your head up, show them you can hit"....maybe I got him too keyed up.

My original post is how can the refs not make a call. The ref stopped the kid after he stomped on the stick 3 times, he definetly saw what happened as did most kids on both teams. You have 33 kids watching, what message did the ref send out. The little bugger who got away with this surely now thinks when your wronged(he got ran)people in authority will excuse what you do to retaliate. Our game teaches life lessons to these boys, hope were not making too many car-keyer types.

Any OPS can/will break, I've had a few break for no apparant reason-everyone buying an OPS knows it may break on day 31. If you pay a lot for a stick that doesn't mean you should be quiet if the stick is targetted not in the normal course of a game. If my son paid for half a Wii and a neighbours kid smashed it up after they had a fight?....I'll get off the soapbox now.

I'll put a Stealth or S17 under Xmas tree but won't continue with high end sticks if I see more of them being targetted-had no idea this went on.

[JR97 2]

The next time you play that kid put his name on the board, circle it, and tell the team that kid needs to "pay the price".

[chk hrd 164]

The next time you play that kid put his name on the board, circle it, and tell the team that kid needs to "pay the price".

Contact Mark Crawford and the Canucks orginization for the correct procedures <_<