pick up hockey (shinny) pet peeves

[roller to ice 0]

the 18 plus open hockey times are nice by me weekdays 7:40 to 9:40 am and weekends 11 to 1 its usually the same crew we are all super competetive but no dickhead slashing real checking celebrating or anything and no grudges at all and we always welcome new people whether they suck or are nhlers ive been to open hockey at other rinks full of all the asses everyones talking bout and am happy to say i am so damn lucky

[NYRfan 0]

Def not a fan of the "legend in his own mind" guy. Played just last week with some awful fat dude who claimed to had been a contestant on the first season of "Be a Bruin". I should have told him that I was the guy on Pros vs Joes who got the discs in his back compressed by Claude Lemiuex.

[Spreedizzle 1]

Being the "puck bagger" on the show doesn't necessarily count as "being on the show". ;)

[coryroth24 15]

Another pet peeve: 2 hour open shinny that doesn't start 'til midnight...I was gonna go tonight, until I saw the start time. I'm a night person, but that's crazy!

What, you don't want to hop in on my 12:20am pickup hour? haha... The time is absurd, but it has it's benefits.... we get the rink at $100/hr (going rate at this place is $195) and we usually get to skate until 2:30 or so. Let's just say I have lazy Sundays.

I played a couple times last year in February at an outdoor rink from 12am to 2am. Good thing there was 7 aside because it was so cold, that once you stopped skating, everything on you just froze up, your eyes started watering and all of that other fun stuff...

[interpathway 9]

we get the rink at $100/hr (going rate at this place is $195) and we usually get to skate until 2:30 or so.

Wow the cheapest around me is $240 per hour, and that is when I asked for a midnight slot. You lucky dog.

[#44wannabe 4]

The guy that hooks, slashes and throws the body then bitches moans and cries when you get fed up and do it back.

[KevinVu19 0]

i hate really serious guys... im only 14 and a guy like 30 hit me from behind, but all these other big guys started fighting him, it was pretty cool

[HattrickSwayze 3]

I hate the guy that hooks and slashes you when you get the puck, but then is super nice during the down times after goals, etc. Right as you get fed up with him, he starts joking with you. Dude, are you mean or nice?? MAKE UP YOUR MIND. I guess he's just "playing hockey."

The guy that cracks me up is the guy that's not very good, but wants the puck REALLY bad. He flies into corners and falls over when he has to turn, but god damnit he wants the puck. I sometimes just let him have it for fear that he's gonna start cross checking me to get it.

[DevilsFan38 0]

Just got back from my first open hockey, and already I've encountered the water-stealers and guys who take 10 minute shifts

I think I'm going to buy the pinkest, floweriest, girliest water bottle I can find and see if that stops the water thieves.

[roller to ice 0]

Just got back from my first open hockey, and already I've encountered the water-stealers and guys who take 10 minute shifts

I think I'm going to buy the pinkest, floweriest, girliest water bottle I can find and see if that stops the water thieves.

where in jersey do you play?

[DevilsFan38 0]

Just got back from my first open hockey, and already I've encountered the water-stealers and guys who take 10 minute shifts

I think I'm going to buy the pinkest, floweriest, girliest water bottle I can find and see if that stops the water thieves.

where in jersey do you play?

Floyd Hall in Montclair.

[roller to ice 0]

LMAO dude i was there tonight

where you the guy in the green house league jersey that i sat next to on the bench

[DevilsFan38 0]

LMAO dude i was there tonight

where you the guy in the green house league jersey that i sat next to on the bench

Haha that's crazy. Nope I'm a female, I sent you a PM.

[Tailboard Jockey 25]

I think we've just made a "love connection". :lol:

[Neal 41]

Just got back from my first open hockey, and already I've encountered the water-stealers and guys who take 10 minute shifts

I think I'm going to buy the pinkest, floweriest, girliest water bottle I can find and see if that stops the water thieves.

That won't work. I did find that wrapping a strand of tape around the bottle and writing Mono on it kept people from drinking. But you can't have mono forever.

[raygunpk 0]

If you put Vodka in your bottle, do you think nobody would drink it or everybody?

[lurkndestroy 1]

last weekend i had a super bad case of the flu. i taped the bottle up with "dont drink me, i have the flu" real big and it didnt stop anyone. sucks to be them

[Rustpot 1]

last weekend i had a super bad case of the flu. i taped the bottle up with "dont drink me, i have the flu" real big and it didnt stop anyone. sucks to be them

Do you suck on your bottle?

I bought the newer Gatorade bottles specifically so no theives or I would be popping the valve open with their teeth. I don't want what they've got, and I can drink with my gloves and cage on as well as not worry about the bottle tipping over. I've gone through 2 of them, first one got moldy and I didn't have a dishwasher at the time, second one had the top crack when a goalie friend borrowed it.

I was having a conversation today at lunch with coworkers. They (non-hockey players) were all of the opinion that the great thing about hockey is being rough, not taking shit, and fighting whoever/whenever. I tried to explain to them my thoughts on that mentality, and how I've had a separated shoulder and deep bruises from drop-in, let alone game play from jerkoffs who think me tying their stick up in the slot is reason enough to use my arms and legs as batting practice.

[coryroth24 15]

Just got back from my first open hockey, and already I've encountered the water-stealers and guys who take 10 minute shifts

I think I'm going to buy the pinkest, floweriest, girliest water bottle I can find and see if that stops the water thieves.

where in jersey do you play?

Floyd Hall in Montclair.

Think I need to make a trip up to Floyd Hall for some open hockey up there... They usually get a good crowd?

[JoeyJ0506 192]

Local rinks all the sudden requiring, "Full Equipment," for stick time and drop-in. Yes, this includes shoulder pads; they will honestly throw you out if they find you not wearing shoulders.

[Rustpot 1]

Local rinks all the sudden requiring, "Full Equipment," for stick time and drop-in. Yes, this includes shoulder pads; they will honestly throw you out if they find you not wearing shoulders.

Liability issues I would guess. I can see helmets for stick 'n puck, but full gear for that too?

[JoeyJ0506 192]

I don't doubt that it is liability issues, but when it's just myself and some other guys passing the puck around working on our shot the shoulders just feel a bit like over kill.

[DevilsFan38 0]

Just got back from my first open hockey, and already I've encountered the water-stealers and guys who take 10 minute shifts

I think I'm going to buy the pinkest, floweriest, girliest water bottle I can find and see if that stops the water thieves.

where in jersey do you play?

Floyd Hall in Montclair.

Think I need to make a trip up to Floyd Hall for some open hockey up there... They usually get a good crowd?

I couldn't really say, since I've only gone the one time and I probably won't make it back until January. There were a good number of people - 4 goalies, and I'd guess about 30 skaters. One guy on the bench mentioned that it was more crowded than usual, but I don't know by how much.

[saveourpens 0]

Local rinks all the sudden requiring, "Full Equipment," for stick time and drop-in. Yes, this includes shoulder pads; they will honestly throw you out if they find you not wearing shoulders.

I got to many of the local rinks in Pittsburgh and this is the first time I've heard of this. Which rink?

[epstud74 24]

I'm sick of people who dont watch where the hell they're going. These people can be dangerous on the ice. It is drop-in hockey folks, not a league game. With a sore knee, I'm not in the mood to put on the brakes every time I get the puck or am near the puck because some idiot is out going 110% and charging at the puck all the time. He got the message later on when he finally did collide with me after not keeping his head up.