Give me a break. Do you know hockey? You've done a good job on
sensationalism. I guess hockey is a sport of thieves, thugs, and
cheaters.
 
I've played my entire life and from the youth ranks on up through
juniors, and how into college, it's the classiest sport that I've seen.
Players at all levels have come to respect each other and even in the
most basic way of when you see a teammate or opposing player injured,
you salute the player with something as simple as banging your stick on
the ice. Yeah, there's cheap stuff and some of what you say is true but
in this sport it is so fractional. Of course there will always be some.
 
Let's try to look at the sport in the right context, not with
sensationalism and 'facts.'
 
Vicki Price wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> Hockey has a respect. This respect comes from coaches and parents. This is an
> honorable game and should be played as such.
>
> I concur with the concept of respect and honor. However, right now the game
> is taught to include cheap play and winning at all costs. This is just as
> true at the youth level. Good behavioral examples in regard to "fair play"
> and sportsmanship should come from the coaches and parents. Sadly this isn't
> the case very often; too often it's the parents who fight in the stands over
> a call or a hit. That's not role-modeling.
>
> More respect for each other and less concern with winning at all costs would
> make all that equipment a moot point. Will that happen? The logistics of the
> playing arena (boards, glass), the increased skill and speed of the game, and
> poor officiating contribute to injuries.
>
> One of the questions asked at a behavioral study of youth hockey players in a
> MN tournament: would they intentionally hurt an opposing player to win they
> answered...
>
> Yes.
>
> Vicki Price
> Concussion Free Zone
> at violentcontact.net
>
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