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College hockey tonight on big ten network. very nice.

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Nope. You have to know how to skate. Everyone knows how to stand sideways and hit a golf ball badly.

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So which is your argument? Doing these things well or badly? :lol

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Anyone can hit a hockey puck not on skates. The real test is can they hit a golf ball on skates?

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No man. People who are just learning to skate don't have the leg or ankle strength to hit a hockey puck. Even a lot of HS kids can't hit a proper slapshot. Most of the time it's the tall defensemen with the slapshot.

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This thread needs hockey so bad:lol

Penn State vs Minnesota on right now 4PM big ten network. #10 vs #12.

Might be the only hockey we get for awhile.

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Penn State and Wisconsin duking it out on the Big Ten network.

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Wow, this is pretty cool. Gotta love pond hockey! Reminds me of that movie Mystery Alaska a tad!

https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-players...in/c-319730372

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I love "Mystery, Alaska." Great movie! Those photos are cool as hell.

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Hell yeah Roose, such a great movie, IMO right up there with Slapshot in terms of hockey movies but this was serious while Slapshot was a tad on the comedic side.

I saw the pics and was damn jealous. I loved playing pond hockey growing up and even into high school. Wish I could have played on a pond like this one! Love the buildup of snow behind the net that looks natural, I also recall growing up we would have to (when it snowed) shovel up and make our own backstops on either goal line to stop the puck going way down the ponds. Always loved it though, even when I was playing leagues we'd still play pickup games whenever we could and we took it seriously enough to drill little holes around the rink area where we played and slosh pond water over the ice at dusk knowing we'd have pristine ice the next day. Always no slapshots, no goalies and 1 step checking and always 5 v 5.

We always had a great rivalry with the next town over (which I lived right on the border of) and in HS their team would would have some battles - they always figured they'd kill us because their HS had a team and ours didn't - they did not know we played in leagues and it was generally the same 5 of us - loved playing D against them too, most of them fell for a simple poke check every time and if they were on an odd man rush (my buddy Eric and I would play D and we'd switch up with which one of us would play the further back D and who would get involved more on O) I could fake the poke check and put the shaft of my stick down on the ice to cut the pass off - almost never failed to the point where it got comical they never learned.

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College hockey on ESPNU at 6PM.

Michigan vs Penn State.

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One of the nice things about having an NHL.tv subscription for the past 5 years. I can literally use the NHL ap on my Roku and watch any game played in the past half decade whenever I want on my flat screen. Great to see some older games, I also like how the NHL channel is running classic games to entertain us - was cool to see that 'emergency' line Pittsburgh used at times in 08 with Crosby, Malkin and Hossa - damn that is a lot of talent on one line.

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Ohio State at Notre Dame on now on NBCSN. Notre Dame up 2-0.

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Washington Capitals' Henrik Lundqvist out this year with heart condition
play
https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/...ar-heart-issue

Have no idea if this is a covid thing.

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I don't think it's COVID-related, but I wouldn't be shocked if it's career-threatening.

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I don’t think it’s covid related, but the heart condition could be a reason behind not returning because of being higher risk of covid complications.

Regardless, I hope he is alright!

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John Buccigross retweeting backyard rinks.

https://twitter.com/Buccigross?ref_s...Ctwgr%5Eauthor

https://twitter.com/billdris/status/1340040735027027969

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He is a big topic of conversation among NY sportswriters and radio chat guys that I read and listen to every day. This is the feeling I have gotten as well, it is odd but I am dealing with something similar with covid, I had heart surgery almost 13 years ago now and I feel like the damn bubble boy as far as covid is concerned due to my increased risk. I hope Hank is well and back in the NHL as soon as possible.

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Hey. What’s up hello.

Hope everyone is doing well

Let’s have a safe hockey season

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If you're into that sorta thing, Darren Dreger does this every Christmas Eve.

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World Junior warm-up games on NHL network right now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_W...rrent_Schedule

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This is a good change.

NHL makes important change to offside rule
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/nhl-mak...235547656.html

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Consistent with soccer. OK with me.

Just read up on all the changes for 2021. Going to be weird and wild.

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I am ok with 2021 being boring.:lol:lol:lorraine

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Lol what is this?

I play both. They're both fucking difficult (in their own ways) unless you practice. And even then...they can still be hard.

The end.

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Can’t say I’m stoked to play any team 9 times.

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In order to start golfing you need to know how to...walk. In order to play hockey you need to know how to skate.

Next.

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Yeah that is going to suck.

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So golf, soccer, baseball, football, basketball, frisbee, tennis are all equally easy to learn?

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If you want to learn how to play baseball you learn how to hit the ball and catch the ball. You don’t just automatically know how to do it properly because you can walk. :lol so you practice those aspects that go into the sport.

If you want to learn how to play hockey you practice the parts of the sport (which involve skating).