LOL! Didnt seem overly busy did it!

You may have notice though that eliminating the off side rule from the game doesnt seem to have detracted from it at all. If anthing its made it faster and higher scoring to boot. Could be EXACTLY what footy needs? that and sin binning for a yellow card....dont get me started on that one!

Are you OK? Sleeping sickness? You can get medicine for that you know.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Or have you just lost your voice? All that cheering?

They don't appear to be able to fill the place no matter who is playing. It wasn't anywhere near full for the evening prime time game between England and Pakistan either.

You seem like you are knowledgeable on the sport and you understand how big Iced hockey is in Canada, so why do you think Grassed Hockey is virtually unknown in Canada? How do we manage to play in the world cup finals when I bet less than 1% of Canadians could name one member on the team? Doesn't make much sense to me. Also, 6-0 seems like an ass kicking, is that considered a good result against the Krauts? Are the Germans a top ranked team?

Because, hockey whether proper or ice, is crap.

No grass? Bud doesn't do it. And I'm not knowledgeable about the sport (although IainK is). I just like perspective.


Canada is a country of immigrants. We even have a cricket and a rugby team. Oh, and a football team too.


No, the Germans are also-rans. I was being kind.

Has Oink taken your username Steve ?

Actually it is, quite. There's an annual hockey festival in Kelowna which hubby's played at twice, and is great fun!

He was stoked that GB beat the ozzies!

Hockey (field) is not played on grass any more in the UK except where they cannot afford access to artificial turf.

When I was at school, the boys played rugby, football and cricket, the girls played net ball, rounders and hockey. We all knew where we stood in those days.

Goodness me. Did you go to a mixed school?

How old are you?

The off-side rule was changed YEARS ago; what has speeded the game up this year is the "self-pass" from a free hit or sideline (ie you can dribble the ball, you don't need to pass directly). Another new rule this year is that you cannot hit directly into the D from a free hit, and if you are taking a long corner you have to "carry" the ball for 5 m before you can pass into the D. I find that's the hardest new rule to play.

Finally, on carding, a green card used to be a formal warning, but is now a fixed two minutes penalty "on the bench", a yellow card is temporary suspension at the discretion of the umpire, and a red card is a short cut to the changing room, with possible ban for subsequent games.

Times they are a-changing!

Does anyone other than me remember "roll-ins"???