beer league heroes

[Spreedizzle 1]

On the flip side we refused to shoot on net if the other team's goalie was late.

Bravo, that is a class move. Used to happen to a team of mine quite frequently in roller hockey because the games were pretty early so a lot of guys use to have to rush from work...I couldn't stand the pricks that would try and score from their own end on the EN.

The league that I play in is very receptive to suggestions from its players. Typically in this situation myself, or my alternate captain talk to the ref before the game, with the opposing captain also and typically agree to play posts, and a puck possession turnover for a puck going into the empty net without hitting the post. Granted it does slow down the game, but it does cut the crap of "playing like there is an empty net" as opposed to still controlling the puck and playing quality hockey looking for the open shot.

[JR97 2]

We suggest posts once but the league manager said the only options were for the other team to play without a goalie or for them to forfeit.

So we huddled with the other team and pulled our goalie, too. He played out in the lower league and was damn excited to get a chance to play out in the higher league.

[Doctor Hook 0]

If people take liberties on the ice, they should expect consequences. That's how I approach beer league. Play hard but with respect.

What gets me is when these guys play cheap and dirty and then have the balls to whine about when it happens to them.

Had a game one night where this guy just wasnt afraid to put the lumber around the ankles. Im coming down the wing and got him a step on him , his d partner comes over and makes a good play next thing I know Ive taken one across the ankles from behind and am falling down. Get up give the guy a little tap letting him know. Next time Im coming down the ice it happens again. From my stomach he got a two hander flush on his ankle. Did that set him off. What the fuck am I doing ? its beer league etc etc etc. Looked at him and told him live by the sword die by the sword. You dont want it to happen to you dont do it. And a few choice other words involving the womens bathroom. Needless to say the slashing stopped.

Next period starts. Puck coming up the boards to his side of point. We're basically in a race for the puck except hes got the look in his eye that hes not going to stop. Well at the last second I touch the puck jam on the brakes pull the arm back in and tuck the shoulder. He didnt have too much to say from his position on the ice. After that the guy pretty much chilled out.

I'm glad you stood up for yourself and taught this prick a lesson.

On the other side of the coin, though I think it's something most of us go through in beer league. Once we get comfy, we may let our emotions get the better of us sometimes and we take out our aggressions on others in the form of hacks. Usually it takes someone fighting back to make us realize to chill. I've been on both sides, the hacker and the hackee.

[Hidious 0]

It seems like some players think "non-contact league" means your suppose to let them dangle freely and let them have the puck next to the boards. I'm a fan of the little push on the boards which is of course not "contact" or a penalty but most "heroes" will start talking shit about how you played physical and stuff. Gets on my nerves a lot, this is hockey, not ringuette.

[Doctor Hook 0]

It seems like some players think "non-contact league" means your suppose to let them dangle freely and let them have the puck next to the boards. I'm a fan of the little push on the boards which is of course not "contact" or a penalty but most "heroes" will start talking shit about how you played physical and stuff. Gets on my nerves a lot, this is hockey, not ringuette.

Instead of a push, try the hip punch. Throws them off a bit and never gets called. Just get close, and instead of a push, with your lower hand give a quick punch to their hip.

[Grave77Digger 1]

Ive done that and got called for punching them in groin... lol

[Chadd 916]

It seems like some players think "non-contact league" means your suppose to let them dangle freely and let them have the puck next to the boards. I'm a fan of the little push on the boards which is of course not "contact" or a penalty but most "heroes" will start talking shit about how you played physical and stuff. Gets on my nerves a lot, this is hockey, not ringuette.

Instead of a push, try the hip punch. Throws them off a bit and never gets called. Just get close, and instead of a push, with your lower hand give a quick punch to their hip.

Punching anyone, anywhere in a beer league game is a dick move. Put yourself in a good position and you don't have to do that stuff.

[Ti-girl 0]

We had a game like that today.

I'm playing with a brace on my shoulder since I'm getting surgery in the summer and I can't play with out it. THe teams know it seeing as it's pretty fucking obvious and we play each other ALL the fucking time.

Anyway, I got checked from behind and flrew into the boards and nailed my arm pretty fucking hard. Thankfully I was pretty high to begin with, but it still fucking hurt. I got up and went to go in front of the net and the girl started beaking. Know what, it's not worth it for me to bitch since I have work tomorrow at 8am. Well, next shift she crosschecks one of our girls in the face and all hell breaks loose.

3 kicked out, 2 suspensions and one with missing teeth.

Bullfuckingshit.

It's WOMEN'S hockey. No one here is playing NCAA caliber.

Now we're out one girl for the next game and I have to go back to the doctor and may be out for the season.

[mik3 1]

The first ever adult roller I played was in a league full of guys like this. I was about 14-15 and they'd take runs at any of the kids all day.

These were also the first guys to have a problem with anyone waiting for them outside.

[Taoism 0]

Playing around Boston I had the displeasure of playing against a ton of people who were like that. Always throwing cheapshots, trying to get a someone to fight them.

Had a few threaten to beat me up in the parking lot when I refused to fight on the ice. They generally had a lot less balls without the pads and the advantage of better balance/skating. Always very apologetic when they realized they were about to get pummeled for running their mouth.

What area/level in Boston? I played in Walpole/Foxboro D level and found it way chippier than my Boston area league. I miss it.

I was playing in the Thursday night league at Hockeytown, just north of boston on rte 1 in Saugus. Pretty chippy league but "clean" for the most part. I never fought on the ice because everybody was better than me. better skaters, better balance, better with the puck. most of the guys there had ben playing since they were kids. I on the other hand had been playing a cpl years. I just had a good idea that my skating and balance were not up to the task of fighting on the ice. I'd rather get called a pussy for an hour and then trash the dude outside on even footing than get my ass kicked and get suspended for a game(automatic for fighting).

[dix0r 0]

we were playing 6 on 5 one night on account of our goalie not showing up, and this one tool on the other team was actually ripping one-timers on our 'goalie' (read, defensemen) and celebrating. i wanted to nail him. we actually ended up tying them 9-9 though... and i had 5 goals. against an actual goalie, hah.

i hardly ever take penalties, and when i do, it's never anything malicious - light hooking or holding maybe, that type of thing. one of the few exceptions i can recall was against a guy i used to play regularly who apparently never got the memo that it's only beer league...he couldn't skate, hacked everyone etc. i made a move on him coming out of our zone and he hooked the hell out of my torso. i turned around and passed the puck into his skates, then knocked him on his ass while he was looking down. the ref was laughing while he skated me to the box. unfortunately it didn't have much effect as he's played me even dirtier ever since (tried to stomp on my foot once, simon style).

i think some of these guys are just the type that 'see red' when they're angry. that's what scares me - not physical play (or fighting), but the type of guy who'd lose it for a minute and swing a stick or do whatever to seriously hurt a person.

so, maybe i'm just not that competitive but i really can't comprehend the beer league hero syndrome. do they typically tend to be complete jerks off the ice too?

/rant

[Doctor Hook 0]

Playing around Boston I had the displeasure of playing against a ton of people who were like that. Always throwing cheapshots, trying to get a someone to fight them.

Had a few threaten to beat me up in the parking lot when I refused to fight on the ice. They generally had a lot less balls without the pads and the advantage of better balance/skating. Always very apologetic when they realized they were about to get pummeled for running their mouth.

What area/level in Boston? I played in Walpole/Foxboro D level and found it way chippier than my Boston area league. I miss it.

I was playing in the Thursday night league at Hockeytown, just north of boston on rte 1 in Saugus. Pretty chippy league but "clean" for the most part. I never fought on the ice because everybody was better than me. better skaters, better balance, better with the puck. most of the guys there had ben playing since they were kids. I on the other hand had been playing a cpl years. I just had a good idea that my skating and balance were not up to the task of fighting on the ice. I'd rather get called a pussy for an hour and then trash the dude outside on even footing than get my ass kicked and get suspended for a game(automatic for fighting).

Ahh yes, I've heard the horror stories of Hockeytown. We're not all like that. Get out of the sticks and play with us educated city cats.

It seems like some players think "non-contact league" means your suppose to let them dangle freely and let them have the puck next to the boards. I'm a fan of the little push on the boards which is of course not "contact" or a penalty but most "heroes" will start talking shit about how you played physical and stuff. Gets on my nerves a lot, this is hockey, not ringuette.

Instead of a push, try the hip punch. Throws them off a bit and never gets called. Just get close, and instead of a push, with your lower hand give a quick punch to their hip.

Punching anyone, anywhere in a beer league game is a dick move. Put yourself in a good position and you don't have to do that stuff.

Then I'm a dick then, but it hasn't been called, punchees never give me guff, and it's game on.

[BMcDonald19 0]

being a young lad in mens hockey sucks too. im still JR hockey age, and alot of stick work, and bs comes my way alot of the time, i have already been kicked out of a league for an accidental hit stick off a faceoff, that never drew blood, yet i got the boot. sometimes i dont get it

[rjmurp01 0]

too many of these guys playing in rec leagues:

[Spreedizzle 1]

Ah yes.....the typical Italian, NY poppin down to the Jersey Shore with the thick accent, the gay azz popped collar and the classy Brooklyn Fade. I made it a habbit making those fags look silly on the ice.

[JR97 2]

omg

[AnthonyJTa 0]

Ah yes.....the typical Italian, NY poppin down to the Jersey Shore with the thick accent, the gay azz popped collar and the classy Brooklyn Fade. I made it a habbit making those fags look silly on the ice.

and those goddamnn blowout haircuts.... gross.

[Spreedizzle 1]

Ah yes.....the typical Italian, NY poppin down to the Jersey Shore with the thick accent, the gay azz popped collar and the classy Brooklyn Fade. I made it a habbit making those fags look silly on the ice.

and those goddamnn blowout haircuts.... gross.

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aka......Brooklyn Fade. Apply as much gel, or as they call it "product" into your hand, spread it across your entire nappy scalp, and then make it a point to spike every last hair on your head perfectly perpindicular to your skull. Flippin idiots.

[WhiskeyTango19 0]

The inline league I used to play in was really chippy. Guys carrying their sticks like they were playing lacrosse. My team had to be the ones to bring everyone under control. After our team got in a few scraps, (and yes I know, everyone thinks inline is for sissies) our team got the rep for not taking any shit. After that, when teams played us, you would have thought they were all trying for Lady Byng trophies!

[Doctor Hook 0]

The inline league I used to play in was really chippy. Guys carrying their sticks like they were playing lacrosse. My team had to be the ones to bring everyone under control. After our team got in a few scraps, (and yes I know, everyone thinks inline is for sissies) our team got the rep for not taking any shit. After that, when teams played us, you would have thought they were all trying for Lady Byng trophies!

I love it when I see my teammates stand up for themselves and not take any crap. I've always been on squads that bring out the worst in people we play, maybe I have something to do with it. But regardless, something's wrong if you can just slap a team around with no repercussion.

[nexusrage21 1]

The inline league I used to play in was really chippy. Guys carrying their sticks like they were playing lacrosse. My team had to be the ones to bring everyone under control. After our team got in a few scraps, (and yes I know, everyone thinks inline is for sissies) our team got the rep for not taking any shit. After that, when teams played us, you would have thought they were all trying for Lady Byng trophies!

I think that's the standard for inline. No one really has to be responsible.

Last season I had two fights with the same team because they were playing in a low division when they should have been in a higher one, and instead of just playing the game they still had to be dicks about it. They would play dirty, taunt after goals, all that good stuff. Basically a team of rec league superstars. I went to watch my friends team play them, and the owner of the rink told me he hated them because they would always sign up under different names use different captains to get in lower divisions. Seeing as how my friend's team was short he told me to play for them. Another player on the team and I were better than anyone on their team so it was a close game, but their team as a whole was just better.

So anyway I get into the corner with one of the guys fighting for the puck and he kicks my foot out with his skate, I go down on one knee but keep the puck so he decides to cross check me in the back of the head a few times, no penalty of course and when I get in the guys face about it he basically just makes a comment to his teammates about me being a pansy. So I yelled at him that it wasn't the stanley cup. I go to the bench and he scores, and basically gives me "the point" like he was a superstar.

So later in the game we are both chasing a puck and I just keep body position so he hits into the boards hard, one of his teammates pulls the puck away, I go to that guy and push him off the puck, and of course as soon as I do, the guy who just crashed into the boards and another team mate come rushing at me and catch me in the head with their sticks (or probably just one stick, but you know what I mean.) I wear a half shield so my mouth is busted open, and my helmet comes off, but I basically grabbed both guys powered to my feet (I'm a big boy) and threw both against the boards.

Long story short (and yes I know it was mostly irrelevant, I just wanted to tell it :) ) After the scuffle and some ejections I'm sitting in my locker room when the owner comes over and I hear the guy from the other team complaining that I attacked him and that players like me shouldn't be allowed to play at the rink. Then I hear the owner tell him that if him and his team weren't such douchebags it wouldn't have happened. So I'm glad that the owner didn't recognized those kind of players for what they were.

And then about two weeks later while playing for my own team me and the same guy got into it again. I try to be friendly and have fun, be cool to the other teams, but against that one team I have decided to just be a goon, because they deserve it.

Sorry that this post has wasted your time. :D

[Doctor Hook 0]

Interesting, so in your roller league, you don't have to be accountable for your actions? Then it sounds like you took justice in your own hands.

[nexusrage21 1]

It basically depends on which referee combo you get. There's a couple who are really good, but there are a few who just don't care to be there at all.

I understand its rec league roller hockey, but to me, it is still a job.

I really didn't do anything though, in both "fights" I just took control of the situation and showed the guy that I wasn't the best person to be trying this stuff with.

[rinkrat94 1]

In my experience, if you don't play like a prick most people will play clean against you. Of course there are always going to be morons in every league that think that a beer league is the NHL and they will be pricks no matter what. At least in the leagues I have played in, these idiots are the exception, not the norm. I am seldom messed with, and it is because I play clean. In a beer league the refs need to have a zero tolerance policy for the hacking and wacking and the scrums after the whistle. If the refs get control of the game early, things usually calm down, when they don't, it builds and builds until someone snaps and things get way out of hand. That's how people can get hurt.

[WhiskeyTango19 0]

Rinkrat, in the building I used to play in, the Hockey Director didn't give a shit about hockey. Truly. He was never there to oversee any games, and had no idea about which teams were clean, and which were scumbags. When I said my team was the one that put everyone in thier place, I didn't mean that there were no repercussions for us. I had been suspended many times, and so had my teammates.

Now, don't misread many suspensions as my being a dirty player. I am most certainly not. I don't use my stick, don't hit, no slew-footing etc... I am the guy who asks the other guy if he is ok when we both go in the boards hard. To me its a game, and should be treated as such. But if you are a douche bag on purpose, I will act accordingly. You check, you GET checked, you get chippy, I get physical, if you should decide to escalate it to fisticuffs... let's go! Although my teammates and I have missed a lot of games, it had set the precedent to the league saying this team won't take our shit.

Some of you won't agree with that line of thinking, but I don't like playing and having to worry about the asshole next to me deciding this game is a win-at-all-costs Game 7.

Also, the referees in the rink could NOT have cared less about their "job". They spent their time bullshitting with the guys they knew on teams, instead of paying attention to the game at hand. Even worse, towards the end of my playing time there, the referees were 16 and 17 years old doing men's league! That total nonsense. They weren't required to take any test or certification. They knew ZERO rules.