Younger hockey players usually have visors on their helments while many of the older ones do not. Are visors now required and older players who didn't come into the league wearing visors grandfathered in?
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Some leagues require it and some do not. I know I wore a visor for a while and took it off recently. I had a tinited one. It sucks when you stop fast and snow gets on it. The water spots bug me. Also Im a referee and I do not wear one so I am more used to not wearing one.
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They don't intentionally put on their helmet, the put it on their bats, and then adjust their helmet with the same hand.  Some baseball players are really grimy and don't get new helmets very often.  You would think they could afford new helmets or a tip to the bat boy to clean it off.
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Bad refs!! (Just kidding)\n\nUmmmm - We don't know. Personally - I looked at every single aspect (including ownership Bill) \nPhila has made a lot of changes in every different catagory.\nEsche has to go and he wants to go. / Nittymaki is a backup goalie who'se only playing because Esche's heart is not in Phila.\n\n*I'm only now beginning to agree that Hatcher has to go. / An enforcer was called up from the minors today and that's a damn-good indication that they're looking to get rid of their old enforcer - Hatcher.*\n\n**Peter did not skate tonight - he has the flu. The flu?\nOK - With-that Phila played their best game in a long long time... so this might be an indication of some captain-conflicts within the team.... / I have said since the season began that Gagne should be captain but Gagne held-out for more $\n*Peter is also having reoccuring ankle problems and the Flyer's new GM stated today that he's not untradable. / At the end of the season he's free-picking for any team.\n\nIn short - I don't know..\nBut I can say that I love these kids and I'm proud of them.
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Yes, players should be allowed to wear them. However, players and coaches should take precautions to ensure that they don't fall off. The reason I think that they should be allowed is that some people aren't able to wear contact lenses, and it is not right to discriminate against a person because of a disability.\n\nAs for the silicone wristbands, I think that it is just up to the officials in high school to determine if they are considered jewelry. I remember about two years ago, players on my old high school's team wore the wristbands during games without penalty. I am a HS/MS official, and I don't know that I would even notice them on a player. The rules do not make any mention of these wristbands, and I have not seen any rules interpretations from the NFHS, so I am not 100% sure they are illegal.
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ALTERNATE captain.  (FIRST)\n\nNHL RULEBOOK:\nRule 14   Captain of Team \n\nOne Captain shall be appointed by each Team, and he alone shall have the privilege of discussing with the Referee any questions relating to interpretation of rules which may arise during the progress of a game. He shall wear the letter "C", approximately three inches (3") in height and in contrasting color, in a conspicuous position on the front of his sweater. \nIn addition, if the permanent Captain is not on the ice, ALTERNATE Captains (not more than two) shall be accorded the privileges of the Captain. Alternate Captains shall wear the letter "A" approximately three inches (3") in height and in contrasting color, in a conspicuous position on the front of their sweaters.
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I agree entirely. Goalies are safe within the crease and if they go out to meet the puck, they are fair game. The only time I think that the same rules apply concerning goalies out of the crease is when they are being pulled.
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It's not like this is the first time Carolina has been to the finals.  Before the Hurricanes, Raleigh had the Ice Caps (ECHL) hockey team for most of the 1990s (the team folded because of the impending arrival of the Hurricanes), so it's not like hockey is completely a novelty there.
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1. Supposedly because the new ball has better grip and feel, eliminates the need for a break-in period, which is needed for leather balls, and has consistant characteristics from ball to ball.\n\n2. The league says the tights ban is because they don't like the look of the tights and thought players wore them as some sort of fashion statement. The league wants the look of players on the court to be consistant. They've also banned players from wearing rubber wrist bands that have writing on them like the players name.\n\n3. The Bulls have their own team rules, and one of those rules is that players don't wear headbands (the Utah Jazz have the same team rule). Players can be fined, benched and suspended fo breaking team rules. Teams have their own reasons for having team rules, such as putting out a particular image, as a show of team unity, etc. There's nothing wrong with wearing a headband, but players need to be aware of their teams rules and follow them. The flap with Wallace started because he says he didn't know about these rules at the time he signed with the team.
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No, do not tamper with the rules of baseball!  If they emulated the new hockey rules, we could see a situation like if a game were tied at the end of nine innings, they'd have three extra innings, then, if it were still tied, a homerun derby to determine the winner of the game!  (just like the new shootout after a five-minute overtime in hockey).  NO WAY!
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there are many differences here r some i no:\n\n-2 yrs.\n-bigger neutral zone\n-bigger behind net\n-limit to where goalies can touch the puck outside of net\n-2 line pass=legal - this means more break-a-ways\n-refs start 2 call obstruction penalties\n-smaller pads (goalies)\n-and more\n\nall of these new changes pretty much means goalies have to be better and that there is more scoring. I bet not one goalie in the NHL is happy about the changes. Thats all I know
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this has been talked about for years in the NHL the thing is is sometimes players lower there heads or even turn there backs at the last second to try and protect them self's, but they usually get injured. the problem is if a player try to protect him self in that split second decision and he gets hurt and the refs just see him laying on the ground should he call a penalty which he clearly didn't see or just let it go, that's whats the big talk about this hits to the head or from behind just the same as you have players that dive, are they really diving or did they get tripped its a hard call to make when this is the fastest game on earth. but they will never take hitting out of the game its just to know if the player is out there to injure the other player or did the other player try to protect him self by lowering his head or by turning his back at the last second. this has been in discussion for many years over 20 years maybe even more but it will always be a though call to make by any ref.
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The roots of hockey are buried deep in antiquity.\n\nHockey-like games involving sticks and balls have been played for thousands of years by people such as the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Irish, the Scots and the Indians of South America.\n\nHistorical records show that a crude form of hockey was played in Egypt 4,000 years ago, and in Ethiopia around 1,000 BC. Various museums offer evidence that a form of the game was played by Romans and Greeks, and by the Aztec Indians of South America several centuries before Columbus landed in the New World.\n\nThe National Archaeological Museum in Athens holds a square marble slab measuring 60 cm x 20 cm with four bas-reliefs of ancient sporting events. One of these shows Athenian youths playing field hockey. These bas-reliefs date back to 514 BC and show that a type of hockey was being enjoyed in Greece at that time.\n\nThis type of hockey, called "ÊÅÑÇÔÉÆÅÉÍ" (Keritizin) in ancient Greece, was very popular. Called such names as "paganica" by the Romans, "hurling" by the Irish and "shinty" by the Scots, the name "hockie" seems to have been first recorded in Ireland in 1527 and probably comes from the French word "hoquet" meaning "shepherds crook".\n\nHockey in England in the 17th and 18th century consisted of whole villages playing the game with the objective of hitting the ball into the opposing villages' common ground. Teams often consisted of 60 to 100 players and games occasionally lasted several days or so with injuries such as broken arms and legs not uncommon. Umpires could only arbitrate a decision if called upon to do so by a player from one of the teams. (a situation that sounds familiar even in these days!)\n\nIn 1852 the sports master of Harrow, an English Public School, advised his pupils that, among other things, no more than thirty players per team were allowed on the field at any one time. In those early days, team formation consisted of having more forwards than defenders, a situation that persisted up until the late 1800's.\n\nThe game that we know today emerged at Eton College in England in the 1860s when the first rules were written down. Further rules were written in 1875 when the first Hockey Association was formed. The game was played on a field nearly 200 metres in length and all players chased the ball for the whole of the game. In 1886 the Teddington Cricket Club effectively lead a movement which resulted in the British Hockey Association being formed which included amongst its rules a striking circle for hitting goals.\n\nChanges in rules and play quickly developed from this beginning and by 1889 the pyramid system - five forwards, three halves, two backs and a goalkeeper - became the accepted method of playing hockey.\n\nIn 1890 the English, Irish and Welsh hockey associations formed the International Rules Board and umpires were given power to make decisions without waiting for players to appeal for a free hit - something that a large number of players have yet to learn. See 1892 Hockey Rules .\n\nHockey, or "Field Hockey" as it is also known, is now played in every continent with many nations competing in the three major competitions - The Olympic Games, The World Cup and The Champion's Trophy.\n\nHockey was first played at the Olympic Games in 1908 when men's teams were included. Women's hockey was not included in the Olympics until 1980. Hockey was played at the Commonwealth Games for the first time in 1998 (until 1998, the Commonwealth Games were mainly individual sports - swimming, athletics, boxing, etc.. 1998 saw the introduction of four team sports and hockey was one of the four.)\n\nThe first Olympic Hockey Competition for men was held in London in 1908 with England, Ireland and Scotland competing separately. After having made its first appearance in the 1908 Games, hockey was subsequently dropped from the 1912 Stockholm Games, an
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Carolina and Edmonton each had 12 Canadian born players dressed for game 7 of the finals.  On that basis, you could say the teams were equally Canadian.\n\nHockey is an international game, played in Canada, the USA, all over Europe, the former Soviet Union, and some other places, too.  During the 2005-06 season, over 45% of  the players who played in the NHL were born somewhere other than Canada.  Only 6 of the league's 30 teams are based in Canada (Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver).\n\nThe USA is where the consumer dollars are, it's where the TV money is.  Hockey needs the USA, the hockey interest that exists in America makes hockey better.  \n\nIt's all about watching good entertaining hockey ... Carolina is a great team, they were fun to watch.
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Here is your answer:  Go to the link below\n\nhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/2000/playoffs/news/2000/06/08/marthon_men/
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Their league, their rules, and they're not the only league with an age limit. The NFL prevents players less than 3 years removed from high school from entering the draft.\n\nFor every Lebron James, Kevin Garnett and Kobe Bryant, there's countless number of Korleone Young's, Ellis Richardson's and Taj McDavid's who either very quickly didn't succeed in the NBA because of their lack of ability, or they weren't drafted at all and lose their chance to play pro ball or get a free college education on an athletic scholarship.\n\nAlso, a player isn't required to attend college, but must be 1 year romoved from high school before entering the draft. They can go to college, play in the development league, attend a year at a prep school, or play overseas.\n\nI think playing even one year at a higher level will improve the quality of players entering the draft. Too many players have entered the draft out of high school who weren't ready and didn't make it. A player who may look good coming out of high school could prove to not have the potential scouts thought he had after he plays a year at the college level.\n\nAn age limit will only help make the game better by raising the quality of players that enter the league, it will definately improve the level of play in college hoops. It will help weed out players who don't have what it takes to succeed in the pros, and allow the one who may have it to improve their skills and give them a better chance at succeeding. I don't have any problem with the age limit.
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my permananent residence is CT. all the kids at my high school went to enfield high to play hockey (no team at our school) that was a couple years ago so i dont know any current players. i think, considering it is may, there arent many teams still playing.
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It's the pine tar players use for their bats for better grip...it gets on their helmets everytime they adjust it, take it on, take it off...some playesr likd vlady use the same helmet every year, game in and game out so it looks pretty nasty...like Trot Nixon of the red sox, and ozzie guillen used to do the same when he played