Ringers in the playoffs, what do you think?

[chippa13 1844]

So, the guy is on the roster (somehow) but is being moved up after the season.

The refs don't call penalties as much against him, so we were able to get in his head a bit (although the refs warned us after the 2nd that the leniency was over, and they would be calling them in the third)

We won 4-1, game 2 of a 3 game series, tied 1-1, game three tomorrow

More problems get started in beer league games because of refs with that mentality.

[Chadd 916]

So, the guy is on the roster (somehow) but is being moved up after the season.

The refs don't call penalties as much against him, so we were able to get in his head a bit (although the refs warned us after the 2nd that the leniency was over, and they would be calling them in the third)

We won 4-1, game 2 of a 3 game series, tied 1-1, game three tomorrow

More problems get started in beer league games because of refs with that mentality.

I couldn't agree more. The stuff that doesn't get called ends up fueling late game violence more often than not.

[Neal 41]

So, the guy is on the roster (somehow) but is being moved up after the season.

The refs don't call penalties as much against him, so we were able to get in his head a bit (although the refs warned us after the 2nd that the leniency was over, and they would be calling them in the third)

We won 4-1, game 2 of a 3 game series, tied 1-1, game three tomorrow

More problems get started in beer league games because of refs with that mentality.

I couldn't agree more. The stuff that doesn't get called ends up fueling late game violence more often than not.

And really, the ringer may not even have known he was a ringer. He could just have been some guy who got invited to play on the wrong team. So, unless there was something about his behavior that made you think he knew, why take it out on him?

[NuggyBuggy 0]

I always wonder about those ringers or guys who play in divisions way below their level. I mean, is it that much fun scoring bunch of goals by playing few divisions below your skill level?

A bunch of us entered a team in a tournament once at the "rec" level. I asked the convenor what "rec" meant, and he said it could be anything from guys who think they belong in the NHL, to guys who can barely skate.

He wasn't kidding. We entered a team with about 3 or 4 guys who had played junior, a goalie who had played AAA, a girl who had played high school hockey on the boys team, a few guys who had played a little bit as kids/teenagers, and about 7 guys who had only been playing skating for about 8 months.

In our final game our AAA goalie didn't make it so we had a goalie who also had only playing hockey for about 6 months. Sure enough, we ended up playing against a guy who had been drafted by the Penguins, and the rest of his team was nearly as good.

Fortunately, they had already wrapped up the tournament, so when they hit the ice they were so drunk you could smell it on them from a good distance (the draft pick almost fell down when he stepped on the ice). The ref saw the mismatch in skill almost immediately, and after it was about 4-0, he told them they couldn't take slapshots ("What, do you want to kill these guys ?"), had to make 3 passes in our zone before shooting, etc. At one point, he laid one of our sticks on top of the boards in front of our bench, and told us to ice the puck along the boards if we had a chance. We finally did it, and he skated to our bench, grabbed the stick, and skated in on their goalie on a breakaway. They were cool guys, they let our weakest skaters skate around them, booed their own players if they took a shot without making the requisite number of passese, and just had fun with it. It would have been a different story if we'd met them in an earlier game, though.

[Law Goalie 147]

That goalie did the most honourable thing he could: he self-medicated. Reduced reaction time? Check. Impaired judgement? Check. Loss of spatial awareness? Check. Blurred vision? Check-mate.

I still try to do that before subbing in low-level games in my umbrella league. Sober for Div.1; two drinks for Div.2; four for Div.3; six for Div.4. I'll cut it back a little if I'm sick or sleep-deprived, since the overall effect is much the same.

Not only is it a little more fair, I enjoy the game a hell of a lot more.

[Scoobersti 0]

If everyone was having fun I think its all good. I'm actually talking about the ones whose in lower levels just so they can dominate and have big stats, like the guys who get 50-60 points in a 20 game a season league. I've got nothing against people doing this, I just wonder how much fun this is, because I play defense and I actually get pretty bored when I play against forwards who aren't very good.

[dumbpolak9 1]

well i would let it slide because i was considered a ringer even though i never played in door roller hockey. i played for my cuzin's team and he was down 2 people because of beer feast in d.c. so he asked me to play. i played on outdoor wheels i couldnt skate or stop. i managed a goal and 2 assists though. if you were the other team and you saw me slipping and sliding on the tiles would u say anything to the manager? the final score was 5-2 and i only got 1

[Vishi05 0]

well i would let it slide because i was considered a ringer even though i never played in door roller hockey. i played for my cuzin's team and he was down 2 people because of beer feast in d.c. so he asked me to play. i played on outdoor wheels i couldnt skate or stop. i managed a goal and 2 assists though. if you were the other team and you saw me slipping and sliding on the tiles would u say anything to the manager? the final score was 5-2 and i only got 1

That's more of a sub than a ringer.

If you had come out and scored 5 goals... that would be different.

[Neal 41]

well i would let it slide because i was considered a ringer even though i never played in door roller hockey. i played for my cuzin's team and he was down 2 people because of beer feast in d.c. so he asked me to play. i played on outdoor wheels i couldnt skate or stop. i managed a goal and 2 assists though. if you were the other team and you saw me slipping and sliding on the tiles would u say anything to the manager? the final score was 5-2 and i only got 1

That's more of a sub than a ringer.

If you had come out and scored 5 goals... that would be different.

Or turned the game from a 2-2 tie to a 5-2 win with 2 goals and an assist in the 3rd period. I had that happen against my team last year. I knew there was something up with #14, but he didn't really turn it on except for 3 shifts in the 3rd. Turned out he had ECHL experience.