Rate the russian beer league level

[MilleniumFalcon 5]

hi guys, what do you think about level of play?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMUT6ZyLGC4

[Hradsky 1]

They seem alright.

[Too Old 1]

Is it a beer league or a vodka league?

[n3ss 0]

They have fans and matching jerseys that are numbered/have player names... and an announcer?

sure thats beer league/? lol

Otherwise pretty good.

definitely better than the C league here, thats for sure.

[flaming_june 2]

They're a bit slow though. I like how everyone's got some puck skill. I lol'd at the ref that called charging. You never see that in beer league here.

[ibeck 38]

Is the red team playing the trap? Never seen that in a beer league

[BCheetham93 0]

Pretty legit for a beer league. Are those Moscow Dynamo jerseys? It seems like it's the Dynamo rink from the Ovechkin documentary

[Hradsky 1]

Pretty legit for a beer league. Are those Moscow Dynamo jerseys? It seems like it's the Dynamo rink from the Ovechkin documentary

Yeah Dynamo jerseys.

IMO very good for beer league, they have fans, visors. Sweet.

[Captain Sane 2]

I would say that's a real good B-level league with some A players mixed in (especially #8 in red). They look pretty organized but there's also of cherry-picking going on, at least from what I saw. Also seems to be a lot of penalties.

I thought that was pretty interesting, actually, kinda cool to see how, at least to me, rec hockey seems to be kind of the same there as it is in the U.S.

[goaliemanshark 6]

Thats easily A level were i am. Easily.

[Krev 86]

3-man system? Sure it's not a tournament? Would explain the fans and matching jerseys.

[Krev 86]

announcer and music available for money :)

fans are kind and wifes

yes this is an amateur tournament, jerseys are not dynamo, they just taken a dynamo template and posted their logo

and obviously they hired a coach for traps and so on

It wasn't obvious, that's why we've been asking questions.

Still pretty cool to see that kind of organizational skills elsewhere in the world as far as hockey goes.

As far as skill goes, I'd say that's around A2/B1 league up here in Seattle.

[sickwilly 37]

I really wanted #72 in white to bury the chance he had.

[chippa13 1844]

Raising the stick on goals in beer league, that just gets you ragged on around these parts.

[Fire Walker 22]

Looks like a good B team or average A team here.

[nickerjones 8]

lol I like the guy who looks like he is doing the moonwalk @ 2:15 in the video above.

[pass the bisk 0]

those are sick uni's

[dayroc 0]

That can't be a beer league, with 3 refs and body contact. If so, that is a serious beer league.

Looks like A or B level

[iceNsteel 0]

I'd say it would probably be A division in most beer leagues. Though for the record I believe this a type of hockey you see in Russia that is more akin to semi-pro football in the US: the players aren't paid or anything, but they don't pay to play either as sponsors pick that up. Which I think would explain the small audience you see watching the game that is larger than what you'd see at most beer league games. So like semi-pro football these guys didn't have the skill to go anywhere (or are washed up), but not quite ready to hang up the skates on competitive hockey just yet.

[stuie7 6]

That can't be a beer league, with 3 refs and body contact.

European beer leagues follow the IIHF rules, which is full contact. We don't have the same "lawsuit culture".. yet.

The Russians certainly know a lot about jersey design, Lutch and Kait do a good job.

[HattrickSwayze 3]

That's awesome. Where do I sign up for a tryout?

[wetwilly17 6]

looks like b level beer league to me (on a scale of a/b/c/d/i). most tournament and season championship games have anouncers.

[Jarick 5]

Mostly B with some A and C guys mixed in from what I can tell.

[goaliemanshark 6]

This thread makes me realize how much i suck. B really? God damn.

[Hradsky 1]

This thread makes me realize how much i suck. B really? God damn.

My thoughts precisely.