HOCKEY!!! NEED SOME ANSWERS HERE!! please?
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Need him in detroit w/ Pavel Datsyuk,They would be unstoppable! GO DATSYUK!
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Wong, you're pretty close.  Mob, you're way off.\n\nThe first deciding factor is seed (ranking).  The top seeded team will always have home ice.  When you get to the Stanley Cup Finals, there is a chance of two equally seeded teams meeting up.  If that is the case, it goes to regular season record.  If those are equal, then it goes to total GF (goals for - whoever has more).  If all the planets are aligned and those are equal, then it goes to GA (goals against - whoever has less).  There is one more deciding factor, but I can't remember what it is.\n\nIt doesn't matter at this point in the playoffs - Edmonton will always be the road team.  If it came down to Edmonton and Tampa Bay (8th seed in the East), then it would go to regular season record.
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Ice hockey is played with two teams having six players on each side on the ice at a time.  Each team has five skaters and one goaltender, who stands guarding a net at each end (a red line called the goal line).  \n\nThe object of the game is to gain possession of the puck (a disc of vulcanized rubber that's deceptively small and alarmingly hard when you get smacked with it (inevitably on the two inches of your body that aren't currently covered by padding)), and work with your team to get the puck into the other team's net.\n\nMuch like in other games like soccer and basketball, the strategy of the game is two-part:  offense and defense.  The five skaters on the ice are designated as either forwards (offense) or defense (defense), with two of each of those (right wing, left wing and right defense and left defense (usually you say right or left D)).  The fifth skater is a center, whose job is to cover both ends, assisting with defense in front of the net, and driving plays coming out on offense.\n\nThere are far too many rules in hockey to cover here.  They have to do with everything from the face-off -- where the puck is dropped by the ref where play stopped or at center ice -- to what kind of contact is illegal versus legal -- you can push and shove in front of the net but you can't whack somebody with your stick, for example -- to what can be done where on the ice, which is divided up by lines.\n\nThe lines are what really differentiate regulation hockey from "pond" hockey, which is hockey in its simplest (and some might argue purest and most fun) form.  The lines are the goal line where the net is, and the two blue lines, which form a "neutral" zone in the center of the ice.  The zone where your goalie is, behind the blue line closest to you, is "your" zone.  After you cross the neutral zone over the other blue line, you're in enemy territory (aka "their zone" or for real, the offensive side (and believe me, some teams are move offensive than others)).\n\nIf you think the lines are confusing now, just wait until you hear this next part.  Ready?  Coming out of your zone, you can do anything you want with the puck.  Go back, forth, across the blue line, up and down the blue line, anything you want.\n\nBut when you get to "their" blue line, the puck carrier has to cross first.\n\nThis is apparently the single most difficult rule to understand in hockey, for players and spectators alike.  So let me explain it again.\n\nIf you're coming out of your zone towards the offensive zone, the person with the puck *has* to cross the far blue line first.  If anyone else does, they're "offsides" and play stops and everyone gets all crabby and if you're the one who blew a really good play by getting your skate ahead of your linemate who had the puck, you're all embarassed and some girl in the stands is going "wait, why did they stop play, now?" and it's just bad all around.\n\nThat's just one rule that has to do with the lines.  There are others.  Icing, which is basically just an excuse for the ref to blow a whistle after you've sprinted end to end, and then gloat while you limp wheezing to the faceoff.  There's also a rule called a two line pass rule, which is basically an offsides rule and everyone ignores it anyway.\n\nThere are also rules about what you can and can't do around and with the goalie, most of which you get thumped by the goalie for doing anyway, and if not the goalie his or her enforcer.  Not that I'm speaking from experience.\n\nEvery time you get the puck in the net (their net, not yours) you get a point.  Regulation games are played in three 20 minute periods, which usually wind up being longer on account of all the time people spend between whistles arguing their case with the refs.\n\nHockey is played with sticks, and there's rules around what you can and can't do with your stick (e
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ALRIGHT DUCKS!!! We took game 6... bring on Game 7.  As long as Bryzgalov is in goal, we should have a decent game.\n\nDucks will not go down without a fight, and yes, we have won a playoff game in the Sad-dledome, and we'll win our other game tomorrow!\n\nGO DUCKS GO!! AND Go Edmonton!
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There are several people and places where hockey is claimed to have originated. Some say Kingston, Ontario (ask Don Cherry), others in a place (I forget the name) in Nova Scotia. It was most likely College students looking to make use of the elements. Personally, I don't care where or how it was invented, I just care that it was!
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this is for hockey questions.  you made a mistake.
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HOCKEY!!!  It's violent.
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i am more than thankful for hockey..it has become a way of life for so many peole, including me. Not only does it help to keep you in great shape, but you also make new friends. I know here in this part of the u.s., there arent many girls that play hockey, let alone hockey at all! so when peole ask me what i play, and i say hockey, it makes me feel unique, just as every hockey player should feel. Pretty much anyone can say they play soccer..but when you say you play or are interested in hockey, it probably means ur priveledged, and your smart enough to see that hockey really is THE best sport EVER!!!!!!!! Plus, it just helps to keep my mind off things, and now i know what i want to do or work around in life (hockey). Also its a great topic to have arguements over whther your at a game sitting next to the opposing teams fan or your just talking about whose the better player Crosby or Ovechkin? lol i know that question is old..but all im trying to say is HOCKEY ROCKS AND IT BEATS THE REST!!!!!!
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There is a way to watch live hockey on the net.  I have only done it at my friend's house, and he has Comcast service and I watched on comcast.net.  Otherwise, I don't know.  You can watch the highlights of games after they are over.  At least you would see the goals and spectacular saves.
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Sharks vs Predators. \nThese two teams are very evenly matched and they should make for a great series. Both have goalies that were former backups, who now are starting, and basically have no prior playoff experience, but are really hot right now. The teams split their head-to-head matchups this season 2-2, all wins coming at home. Sharks have one of the best scoring lines in hockey with Cheechoo and Thornton(my vote for mvp), while Predators are like the 3rd best power-play scoring team this season. Predators also have almost hobbled into the playoffs with many key guys going down with injuries, while the Sharks have been the hottest team. It'll be interesting to see if they can keep it going, or if Nashville can hold it together for what is looking to be like a very winnable, yet tough series for both teams. I'd put money on San Jose(in 6 games).
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nhl.com   usahockey.com   or google hockey. good luck! its a really fun and exciting game, the best if you ask me.
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Hockey Rules ! Watched as much as I could, uummmm.......moved the first of May and wasn't able to get OLN, was not a happy camper, But once NBC came in and televised the last 4 games I was glued to the TV. \nDon't ya just love seeing the respect the players give each other with the traditional end of game handshake ? What other sport shows that kind of respect ?\n\nIs it October yet ??
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Well, WTF is right!!!\n\nIt sounds like you either have jackasses & dickheads for refs or they're just a little wet behind the ears.  I remember reffing my first season and I made soooooo many mistakes.  But from what you've said, it sounds like different refs made these calls.  I'm assuming you're playing college rules - you don't need to touch-up for icing.\n\nScenario one: I would say the first ref thought you or a teammate touched it.  If a ref doesn't clearly see the icing, usually he/she will look at the players and see what they're doing.  If you went skating after it, the one ref maybe thought it was touched by you.\n\nTwo: They two refs might have been talking (ESP, not verbally) about making the call (or non-call).  I've shot a look over to the other ref, as to say "um, I think that's ice.  Did you see a touch?  I'll let you blow the whistle... One of us better do something... OK, I will".  The last thing I would want to do is throw my arm up for a call, then realize I'm wrong and pull it back down.  The D thinks I'm calling icing, so he eases up.  The winger sees me pull it down and hussles to the puck.  Nothing pisses off EVERYBODY more than an indecisive ref.\n\nThree: This ref is an a$$hole.  I guess that one takes the cake.  I don't have an explanition for that.\n\nI hate to say this, but a lot of refs are like cops.  Most are pricks, you don't want to talk to them too much, we usually have this "holier than thou" attitude, and our breath smells really bad (OK, I made that last one up).  If you ask us about a bad call in the presents of another ref, we'll usually close ranks and say YOU need glasses.  But with that said, there are a few good ones out there.  Kinda like a cool cop - they're rare, but when you meet one it's a blast to be around them.  And usually they'll give you just a warning.\n\nRefs, in general, are at a premium.  So any Joe who goes to the clinics and takes the test can ref.  The ones who want to move up in the world (or just want a little extra $$$) will ref 12 games a week.  After 20 years, some make it to the NHL.  You are being reffed by noobies or the bottom of the barrel.  Sorry.\n\n\n****And I almost for got, you're on crack.  All refs are perfect.  You, as a player, have no concept of the difficulity of calling a game and are just a mere mortal.  However, I do have some crack here if YOU want it.  I never use it.  I just keep it around for emergencies.
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It's mini mites..  repetition, repition, repition and alot of patience..\n\nYou have seevral factors..\n\nFirst..  you should have your coaching card, assuming you are in the US, USA Hockey requires all on ice coaches to have their card..  Mni mites you baseically only need to know how to skate modestly, since it's the lowest level, but you still need that lovely little document..\n\nSecond..  Assuming it's a certified Association, there should be one person in charge of the on ice program..  That person is following the direction of both your association, and USA Hockey..  there is very little leeway in the way kids are taught youth hockey, whether it's Michigan, Wisconson or Texas..  all levels have certain 'requirements' to be taught..\n\nNext..  None of the kids on the ice will care if you are a man or a woman, so you shouldn;t either..  The Ann Arbor Association we belonged to for several years, (three kids, two boys and one girl) there were always a couple of 'hockey moms' on the ice helping out..  with the key helping out, just like the hockey dads..  Either you know hockey or you don't , both your fellow coaches and more importantly, the kids, will figure it out very quickly..  But the bottom line is the program coordinator runs the show..  your job is to demonstrate, observe and correct..  alot of times, that's where the patience comes in..  Mini mites is nothing more than 90% very basic hockey drills, but a good program will make it fun..  give lots of encouragement..\n\nAlso, be aware, depending on the size of the mini mite class, it might very well be tiered, Ann Arbor tended to run three teirs because they often had 60 70 or more skaters learning..  and at varying levels of proficiency..  The coordinator would classify those skaters to keep the better skaters together so they progress together, the middle group together and the kids who can barely stand on skates together..  that way, they all get attention, direction, and encouragement..\n\nOnly warnings I would have is be prepared..  if you have 60 kids out there..  you'll have five or ten that have no desire to be there, but their parents are pushing them..  you'll have alot of stubborn kids and stubborn parents..  be patient with both..\n\nAs for other coaches..  I would not worry about it..  Most of the men are there for the exact same reason you are..  they love hockey, and more importantly, they love their sons and daughters who are sharing a passion..  The 'old school' coaches at this level won't be a problem..  And if one does become a problem..  Gordie Howe had a nice little way of handling nuisances on the ice..  that's all I'll say about that..\n\nBy the Way..  My hats off to you..  You won't regret the decision to be involved with your son and hockey.  I have never regretted it with my eldest son and daughter..  (middle son has different interests which I support)
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Hockey craze99.....don't insult her if you don't get her question.\nShe's making fun of the fact that they're not playing well yet
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What a lovely (and very timely) question, Moon! Ta very much! :)\n\nI have loved hockey since the age of four when I was first exposed to it, watching my beloved Buffalo Sabres (currently hammering the hated Philadelphia Flyers in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs -- WOOHOO!). I was never able to skate worth a damn so I'm afraid my "career" began and ended with youthful street hockey games. But man, what great memories...\n\nHockey has always been important to me in my life, from those cold winter nights playing street hockey with my two older brothers and a whole host of neighbourhood pals under the street lights or on a bright Saturday afternoon. I'm smiling just remembering some of my youthful heroics, like the night we were short of players and I was designated as our team's defenseman/goalie (minus any goaltending equipment, of course) and I stopped the biggest kid on the opposing team (he was twice my size and the same age as my eldest brother) on not one but two clean breakaways. Both times I just focused like a laser on the orange street hockey ball (pucks only work on ice) and stole it away from him before he could get off a shot. The cheers of my brothers and friends were awesome but I especially liked when the big fella hoisted me up on his shoulders after the game and called me the first star (hockey awards three stars after a game and 1st star is best). \n\nI also vividly recall EVERY Sabres game I went to see in person, whether in the grand old Aud (Memorial Auditorium) or the spanking new HSBC Arena. My Uncle Norm had season tickets and always took me to a game for my birthday. I'll never forget the night my all-time favourite player -- and THE original Buffalo Sabre -- Gilbert Perreault scored a hat trick (that's 3 goals, just like in soccer) and had a couple of assists as well. I swear he did it just for me! (I was only 10 years old, of course, so what did I know? lol) My most recent game was only a month ago, here in Washington, when a bunch of us went to see our visiting Sabres thump the local Caps. Joined by a whole host of transplanted Buffalonians and Sabres boosters who travel with the team, we made more noise than the locals in THEIR OWN building. Great fun! My last game attended in Buffalo was a couple of years ago when my younger brother and I made a trip home to catch both a Sabres game (we won!) and Bills game (we lost.) while otherwise catching up with extended family and old friends. Nice! :)\n\nI love football (NFL mainly, but world football too, especially in World Cup years like this one), Formula 1 auto racing, even golf and tennis -- and the occasional baseball game, just to annoy Patz -- but hockey has always been MY sport, my first love and the source of many happy memories of my bygone youth...\n\nThank you again for asking such a lovely and, for me, personally significant question. Cheers, Moon! :)
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1. No more two-line passes...basically the elimination of the red line \n\n2. Overtime goes 5 minutes..if not winner..a shoot out format is now in place\n\n3. Goals were moved forward a bit\n\n4. Goalies may not handle the puck behind the goal line unless it is directly behind the net, in a clearly marked area\n\n5. A 1-inch reduction in goalie pads\n\n6. A new definition of "hooking" and "interference"\n\n7. Sending the puck over the glass unimpeded from your defensive zone is now a 2 minute minor penalty..