If there is refs on the ice, a lot of things still don’t go in bar league hockey…if you are a player like that, i feel unfortunate for you

Great article on homophobia in hockey…after having friends from WCHA school with a men’s and woman’s team, I can certainly tell you the women’s side is much more open and accepting and I’ve known girls who were open and others who came out but struggled with the issue at first….I’m as guilty as you mention in your comments about behind locker room doors, and when I think about it, it’s not really right but slurs like “gay” and “fag” get used their fair share and I’m as guilty as the next….It’s angering for me who is someone who openly supports gay marriage and equal rights

Also, probably equally poor for playing time is that their goalie got scored on by a guy coming down on him without wearing skates. or 98% of the rest of his gear. I’d think twice about starting that tendy…

I am a career centerman (yes, I skated all 200 feet and and worked on faceoffs for 20 minutes every day in college), but switched to D in rec league (too lazy to forecheck or backcheck anymore). In regards to on-ice etiquette, I don’t mind a wrister into my shinpads (nobody is Ovie, therefore nobody has a wrist shot that would hurt me), but slapshot through a screen should be only reserved for D-men from the point. If everyone shot low through screens, I wouldn’t care if they used the slapper in front of me. I shoot through screens (wristshots only) because I was never able to overpower goalies.

we had some kind of sliding scale where as the shooters decreased they needed less goals to score.

4 shooters 8 goals
3 shooters 6 goals
2 shooters 4 goals
1 shooter 2 goals

something like that to keep it balanced.

second of all, post practice games are hilarious. when i was in juniors (this was right when survivor was still the only reality tv going on) we often played a game called “survivor rebound.” in rebound, for those unfamiliar, you have 5 shooters all around the crease. they have one puck that they are trying to get into the net. it is those five verse the goalie. the goalie is trying to get the puck behind the goal line, but not in the net, or covered. its a good time. first to 10 wins.

in survivor rebound, a shooter gets voted at the end of each game. we made up a ton of ridiculous rules. we also had a variety of punishments to the the loser when their was just a lone shooter and goalie left. the punishment was declared before the initial game started. i forget all the exact punishments we came up with. i only remember that the winner was awarded a trophy made of hockey tape and broken goalie sticks. i also believe he was given some kind of pardon in kangaroo court.

and finally, rec league hockey has no etiquette. you would think that defensemen wouldnt take face high slapshots with their own wingers in front of the net, you would think. i try to keep all my shots through screens low since most of us arent wearing shoulder pads and have work in the morning.

I think the statisic is something like up to 10% of the population is homosexual. The gay hockey players are there – they probably just don’t feel safe enough to come out. If hockey locker rooms are a haven for homophobes, it would really kill a team’s chemistry. Do you hear about any gay men on professional sports teams??