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I like all the refs that run my games.  Except maybe this one heavyset dude, he's kind of old too and just can't really move anymore. He's always in the way.
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Duke Chin posted:We had a ref in our game last Sunday drop some mildly sexist poo poo on our female center last week, then later on in the game yell "I'M NOT HERE FOR YOU, SWEETHEART Sucks that the league site doesn't have the refs listed in the scoresheet anymore. Which one was it? Kluth the younger is notoriously bad but mostly does the northern games. Sometimes a few refs just have days where they are bad or pissy. I know one of the other refs that was bad but then after being paired with Kluth for a month turned to be much more lenient.
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Jun 24, 2015 15:56
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" when we had a question about a time out (we're div 8 nubs) when my d-pair buddy was hurt after falling on a skate. Still trying to figure out why that dude is all salty with our team.
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I skate with a bunch of dudes every Tuesday who have been skating together for 10+ years. We swap teams every week, play with a ref, skill level is great, it is lots of fun, plus it is paid for by a wealthy benefactor. Everybody is friends, like best man at wedding type friends, etc. One of the guys at this skate is a former SPHL goon who kind of has a screw loose but is pretty cool off the ice. So, last night this dude gets a penalty for tripping or hooking or something. He's pissed, goes to the box and decides to start throwing poo poo out on the ice. Starts with some cones, then his gloves. Ref goes over and picks up the stuff and throws it over the glass. For some reason this flips a switch on crazy dude, he jumps out of the box and attacks the ref. Ref is a pretty decent player in his own right and they have a pretty solid throwdown before we realize what is happening and we pull crazy dude off. We tell him to GTFO, so he decides, as he's leaving the ice, to start throwing everything he can get his hands on over the glass ala Bobby Knight. The ref had a cut by his eye but was cool otherwise, I guess he'll come back again? I dunno. For newer players this is a thing not to do probably.
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Jun 24, 2015 15:57
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Verman posted:The captain of my lower level team posted the video from our game last week that I drove to in full gear after a game in another league at another rink prior. I'm #84 in white (white helmet and dark striped socks). I'm on our blue line at 4:51 and curl left towards the boards towards a chipped puck. Was that video camera right next to the air exchange system? No joke I thought I was clicking on a link for an NHL playoff game because the noise was so loud I thought it was a crowd cheering.
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Jun 24, 2015 16:03
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Ref a game yourself and your opinions might change. I used to ref some inline games because I thought it would be fun at first. I quickly realized you're being asked to babysit a bunch of delusional dickheads with no concept of how bad they really are who want to fight you, each other and anyone who does or says anything to prevent them from winning a D level hockey game in some butthole rink at 11:39pm on a wednesday night. I try to talk with the refs before the games/before faceoffs just to keep things light. Very few refs in my experience are dicks but I would say that most if not all that I've encountered have been normal. I completely understand why some refs take the stonewall approach. Once you go back on a call, you look like you don't know what you're doing and then prepare for foaming at the mouth from the players if you get another call wrong or get in the way of the puck. Most refs know when they make a bad call but they have to stick with it. They can always apologize and move on. Its beer league hockey ... most of these guys are getting paid in peanuts, working lovely hours to try and keep our scrubby hockey games civil while getting yelled at, cursed out, etc. If I ever have a question about a call I just try to ask him before the next faceoff or during some down time in a normal voice, they usually explain their reasoning. Literally no ref wants to deal with some try hard sprinting over and spitting in his face as he's yelling at you for the offsides you called on them. In the end, nothing matters, there's no career on the line, no money, no contracts ... stupid calls are bound to happen and the chances of a ref reversing a call on the ice is about as rare as most of these knuckledraggers making it to the NHL. Doctor Butts posted:Was that video camera right next to the air exchange system? No joke I thought I was clicking on a link for an NHL playoff game because the noise was so loud I thought it was a crowd cheering. I have no idea. The wife of our captain records our games when she comes. The camera is lovely and maybe they just turn the volume all the way up to capture game sounds? I'm not quite sure but it is surprisingly loud. Verman fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Jun 24, 2015 |
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Jun 24, 2015 16:37
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Most refs are good people who do a good enough job, but they're boring to post about. Posting about that one terrible one with a superiority complex is more entertaining.
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Jun 24, 2015 16:41
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Henrik Zetterberg posted:Posting about that one terrible one with a superiority complex is more entertaining. I read this as "that one ref who suplexed" and didn't even bat an eye at it coming from you.
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Jun 24, 2015 16:48
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I've only seen that three times, max.
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Jun 24, 2015 16:57
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CCM came out with a skate called the jet ski and their marketing speak is incredible. http://ccmhockey.com/en/gear/player/skates/jetspeed-skate Also if you never want to learn about CCM's products, I implore you to scroll through their main page: ccmhockey.com edit: I'm not sure much can beat Bauer in the marketing speak game, though... FleXorb features PORON® Performance Cushioning XRD® Extreme Impact Protection foam molded on a 4-way stretch fabric for optimal impact absorption. With multiple points of attachment, the SUSPEND-TECH 2 liner compresses and stretches to minimize excessive movement, providing protection against all hits in hockey. VTX technology with SEVEN+ offers optimal impact management for both high- and low-energy impacts while providing a significant weight reduction vs. traditional EPP foam. A better fit means better protection. Spring-loaded side pads utilize Curv® composite and PORON® Performance Cushioning XRD® Extreme Impact Protection foam creating the new YourFIT custom adjustment system. The BAUER RE-AKT™ Facemask boasts a lightweight titanium construction with oval wire for maximum visibility. The free-floating, triple-density chin cup is treated with MICROBAN® and features PORON® Performance Cushioning XRD® Extreme Impact Protection foam for added comfort and protection. Doctor Butts fucked around with this message at 18:19 on Jun 24, 2015 |
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Jun 24, 2015 18:15
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My refs are just lazy. If it's after 11pm they pretty much stop calling anything. Offsides by a foot or two? Eh. Icing, what's that?
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Jun 24, 2015 18:18
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bgreman posted:All refs are salty all the time. It's a fact of life. That ref can loving blow me. We had a faceoff drop where the other team had 6 people on the ice for about 15 seconds and he almost gave me a penalty for calling too many men and trying to "do his job". He also looks drunk 100% of the time. ....We're talking about the guy at Castle Shannon, right?
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Jun 24, 2015 18:29
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Doctor Butts posted:CCM came out with a skate called the jet ski and their marketing speak is incredible. I keep reading that as PORN®
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Jun 24, 2015 18:44
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One of our refs last night was awesome and I wish he could come drink beer with us afterwards.
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Jun 24, 2015 18:45
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shyduck posted:My refs are just lazy. If it's after 11pm they pretty much stop calling anything. Offsides by a foot or two? Eh. Icing, what's that? This one really grinds my gears. Especially when we're the team trying to intentionally ice the puck.
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Jun 24, 2015 18:51
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I usually have a ref that also does AHL games. He sometimes makes calls that I don't agree with. I'll civilly talk to him about it, and he always sticks to his guns. But isn't a dick about it. Treat refs as you would like to be treated.
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Jun 24, 2015 21:01
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Doctor Butts posted:CCM came out with a skate called the jet ski and their marketing speak is incredible. For instance, SpeedBlade is also the name for a set of irons they released a year ago. And they used the RBZ wordmark for both golf and hockey for a while, with different meanings. Hockles posted:I usually have a ref that also does AHL games. He sometimes makes calls that I don't agree with. I'll civilly talk to him about it, and he always sticks to his guns. But isn't a dick about it. shyduck fucked around with this message at 21:42 on Jun 24, 2015 |
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Jun 24, 2015 21:40
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Benson Cunningham posted:....We're talking about the guy at Castle Shannon, right? Yeah. He also refs at Southpointe. For all my claims above, most refs are fine, great people. This one is kind of a dick. Hockles posted:Treat refs as you would like to be treated. Absolutely this. I'm pretty genial with most refs, but this guy takes offense if you so much as ask him why he called something the way he did. I don't even bother trying to talk to him anymore.
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Jun 24, 2015 22:06
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What's the best way to clean the chin guard on face masks. Gettin' some hella sweet acne from the sweat buildup I think. Soap and water good enough? Those alcohol pad things?
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Jun 25, 2015 00:50
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Grow a beard.
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Jun 25, 2015 01:05
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Cleaning equipment is for tryhards.
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Jun 25, 2015 01:31
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If you don't get a staph infection you aren't doing it right
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Jun 25, 2015 02:18
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drizzle posted:What's the best way to clean the chin guard on face masks. Gettin' some hella sweet acne from the sweat buildup I think. Soap and water good enough? Those alcohol pad things? Like one of those Lysol wipes probably. I wipe the whole inside of my helmet down with that stuff every now and then because the padding is a glorified bike helmet and won't get absorbed. Or you could just grow a goatee/stubble/beard.
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Jun 25, 2015 03:58
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Some guy on my team said I should get my blades contoured, what's the deal with that?
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Jun 25, 2015 05:34
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I'm guessing contouring is the same as profiling? No icing has a pretty good description of profiling. It's a bit crazy to read with the 90s layout and marquee text.
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Jun 25, 2015 14:09
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My chin cup doesnt even touch my chin and this problem is worse with the easton helmet i got on eBay. The helmet fits fine but the cage made for the helmet is p big
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Jun 25, 2015 14:30
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Man that new CCM boot looks like they copied the Total One stitch for stitch then added some red.
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Jun 25, 2015 21:35
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drizzle posted:What's the best way to clean the chin guard on face masks. Gettin' some hella sweet acne from the sweat buildup I think. Soap and water good enough? Those alcohol pad things? Or if you wanna drop $12.00 on something that's removable and washable, you can spring for one of these. In my head I'm trying to devise one made of terry cloth and Velcro, but I get to the part about self-adhesive Velcro likely coming off after continuous exposure to sweat and washings and that's where I get hung up. Velcro that you stitch on seems like an obvious solution, but I've worked with that poo poo before and it's a mad bastard to deal with. Also, it's kinda hard to sew Velcro to a foam chin cup. #hockeyproblems
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sellouts posted:My chin cup doesnt even touch my chin and this problem is worse with the easton helmet i got on eBay. The helmet fits fine but the cage made for the helmet is p big I'm like the exact opposite of this - my chin cup barely passes the 1-finger test even with the J-clips dropped all the way and a big cage which in turn kinda forces my helmet down to Messier-levels of Cro-Magnon brow-riding. Apparently I have a lot of face or some poo poo?  I may be the Ron Pearlman of Hockey. Fortunately the beard help wick away the sweat - it's like homegrown under armor.
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Jun 26, 2015 02:11
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Duke Chin posted:My username is literally Duke Chin Duke Chin posted:I'm like the exact opposite of this - my chin cup barely passes the 1-finger test even with the J-clips dropped all the way and a big cage which in turn kinda forces my helmet down to Messier-levels of Cro-Magnon brow-riding. Apparently I have a lot of face or some poo poo? 
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Pleads posted:I am just having - the - hardest - time - figuring this one out.  well... yeah... touche'... That's more or less where this silly ol' nickname came from.
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Jun 26, 2015 02:41
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gently caress you, puck. Took a wrister on the inside of the ankle on sunday, right on the knobby part. No bruise but it's been tender, slowly felt better as the week progressed. Went to drop-in tonight, first shift I took another wrister in the exact same loving spot. Could barely skate it hurt so goddamn bad. When I play games this weekend I'm just gonna bail if an opponent scoops up the puck, gently caress that noise. Also I suppose I should actually buy some of those skate fenders. gently caress you, puck.
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Jun 26, 2015 06:26
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Due to a rare tornado/storm in South Jersey my game was canceled because the rink has no power. I hate missing hockey.
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Jun 26, 2015 13:24
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I've had weird deflected pucks hit me in the cage the last three times I've played. Cages are cool.
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Jun 26, 2015 15:03
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Thufir posted:I've had weird deflected pucks hit me in the cage the last three times I've played. Cages are cool. Good God, man, a cage? Are you crazy?! You're lucky you didn't get concussed!
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Jun 26, 2015 15:15
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My beginner league game started to get a bit chippy towards the end on Wednesday, I had a pretty good corner battle in our zone and there was a lot more stick lifting and incidental contact than usual. I forgot how much I love that. I haven't really been able to do it since switching to ice hockey but now I'm stronger on my skates and that feeling of really, really wanting a puck and going up against someone else who also really, really wants it is just awesome and exhausting.
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Jun 26, 2015 18:27
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At my butt league game last night it seemed like every time I touched someone from the other team they fell down. They were getting pretty fed up with it by the end. First one I probably could have been called for interference. I was playing D and sprinting back to break up an odd man rush. Tried to step into the space of the 2nd forward in on the other team, and we started leaning on each other. His legs gave out and we both went down. Gave him the usual, "Hey, you all right?" check-in, he waved me off good-naturedly, and play continued. Second one, I was skating back toward my goalie, trying to stay in front of an opposing forward. So his partner couldn't feed him the puck from behind the net. I made a small adjustment to stay in front, and the dude tripped right over my leg. Maybe it was a tripping call, but certainly not intentional. He throws his arms up from the ice and yells at the ref to get a call, then follows her to the faceoff dot, complaining about how she needs to call penalties for safety's sake. I wouldn't have been surprised to get that call either, but it didn't happen. Third one, I was backing up from a forward carrying the puck, trying to keep in front of the shooting lane. He loads up really hard and I poke at the puck, hitting it and his stick at the same time. He falls down kind of hard (maybe he was relying on his stick to keep him upright?) and his teammates start yelling for a call on me. No call. Final one was off a faceoff, puck gets thrown down low in our own end and one of their forwards rotates down to retrieve it from the corner. As I go to play him, I'm calling out the whole time, "I'm coming in, I'm behind you" and I ease way up before reaching around him with my stick. I put a hand on his lower back just to let him know where I was, no pressure whatsoever, he panics, loses his skates and falls down. I get called for a board or a rough or something. I didn't even bother to ask. The first two definitely could have been called, but the one I actually got called for was pretty weak in my opinion. Ref acknowledged that too as she went to set my time on the scoreboard, but said she had to make a call in that situation.
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Jun 26, 2015 18:43
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I played D last night, and got a pass back from a winger as I was sitting on the blue line. I step into a slapper annnnnnnnnnd..... my calf cramps up. I fall over like I got shot right as I was hitting the puck. It gets gently passed to their winger about 10 feet in front of me. Dude picks it up and takes it the other way for a breakaway. Drink your electrolytes, folks.
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Jun 26, 2015 19:10
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I have literally never had a muscle cramp while playing hockey. Sometimes my tummy aches if I drink too much water too fast on the bench, I guess.
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Jun 26, 2015 19:13
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I haven't cramped yet either. But I hydrate like a fish, always sipping on some water.
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Well, I ran 6 miles in 105' heat earlier in the day, so I'm guessing I was just super dehydrated by the time hockey rolled around.
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