Hey, Fellas - Red Fisher once said, "I went to the fights and a hockey game
broke out!" Modern NHL hockey has become a combination of high finance and
professional wrestling with a cow-chip tossing contest at the end of it.
How many fights does Wayne Gretzky get into? - yet he plays GREAT hockey.
For those of you old enough to remember, how many fights did Bobby Hull get
into? Not many and he won them all! - and he played GREAT hockey, too!
Who cares about injuries; with only one year's salary invested, they need
never work another day in their entire life, so why worry about playing
clean hockey and extending their career? - for enjoyment?!!! NUTS!!!
Glen Eldridge
another maudit Anglais from Kirkland, Quebec
-----Original Message-----
From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
To: Nory <Nory@webtv.net>; mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, February 20, 1998 1:05 AM
Subject: Re: Canada-US
>Nory wrote:
>>
>> On the contrary, Trevor, the skating and finesse with the puck are the
>> required "skills" of the game. There's more to hockey than just bashing
>> the other guy against the boards
>
> What are you, european? ;>
>
> Hockey is a physical game. The highest level of hockey is the NHL
>and the Olympics/World Cup, all of which play the physical game.
>
> Do you consider touch football a "pure" version of the silly
>game that the NFL/CFL/WFL plays?
>
> It takes a lot of skill to do well at contact-free hockey, and
>I respect those who can do well at it. But it's not the real thing,
>so much of the game is missing. It's like a "kit car", it looks
>right and might be fun but it's not right.
>
>--
>Trevor Boicey
>Ottawa, Canada
>tboicey@brit.ca
>http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
>
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