It's no bother- I'd rather be an expert in horse humping than ice hockey!

Which is lucky

I know nothing about it except that if you are there watching it live you can't see the puck and have to rely on the big screen to find out what's going on.

If your watching it live you also need to bring lots of cash as it's like $14 a pint!

Actually I was very impressed with the Boston Fans last night. Easily the most intimidating Hockey fan's I've heard.

The simplest analogy I can think of in football is a shoulder charge. If a shoulder charge in football can be described as "playing the ball" then you might, possibly, be right.

It's cool.

I don't understand. To me it looked like Nathan Horton had clearly played the puck and Storm had no intention of ever doing anything other than going straight into Horton and taking him out. He also went in high.

Storm has come out and apologized and I'm sure it was more a stupid rush of blood to the head. Not as pre-meditated as say the Bertuzzi incident when if memory serves Steve Moore had been warned he was a "marked man" next time out after badly injuring Marcus Nasland.

In what way????

The noise and the chanting was louder and more coherent than other hockey crowds I've seen on the box.

Do they chant "Go...<insert name> Go" as well?

I haven't heard anything in hockey to match:

"He's blonde, he's bent, his arse is up for rent, Shane Warne Shane Warne" etc.

hahahah

As a long time Warney hater, I love that!

Agreed, it was a late hit and deserved to be punished.

I think that knock him over conveys the intention more than taking him out. I don't think for a moment the intention was to cause the harm he did. Rome is hard but he has never shown any indication in the past that he is a goon.

Hitting can be used to separate an opponent from the puck, or to wear down an opponent and distract them. Usually both. If you can get someone towards the end of the game getting the puck and thinking they had better get rid of it PDQ otherwise some big barsteward is going crash them up against the boards then it has been effective. In football a big centre half leans all over a forward, pulls his shirt, kicks his shins. It is not that different apart from the speed the game is played at.

Borderline IMO, at least through these blue and green goggles. Nevertheless, a player is responsible for their actions on the ice and he hurt an opponent and has to pay the price.

Steve Moore's hit on Naslund was not that dissimilar to Rome's hit last night. It was deemed legal by the referees and the NHL at the time. As I said, players are held responsible for their actions. The locker room "code" is that if the authorities don't take appropriate action the players will. Possibly one of the reasons the NHL suspended Rome for the rest of the play-offs was to ensure one of the Bruins didn't take things into their own hands.

The sporting chants in the US are pretty shit

The Garden is a pretty cool venue though.

I personally always preferred the chants about Sol Campbell and Patrick Viera......

My favourite chant in hockey is when they shout the goaltenders name over and over and over............so laired!

Yeah. Getting him out of the rest of the series is definately a smart move!

ive been to see the Oilers..and the chants and the atmosphere was laughable compared to English football at any level.

That's great.

The atmosphere in Play Off Hockey is much better and more intense than regular season by some way.

The Boston fans were the most impressive NHL fans I've seen so far. And whilst the chants aren't particularly original it's nice to see the chant's aren't homophobic, racist or cruel and fans sitting togethar with out the fear of having the crap kicked out of them by some rowdy mob who shout the odds.