John Feigal writes: >Excerpts from Mike M's response to Kenny Z: >> The reason for the offsides rule in the first place was to prevent >> goal-hanging. > >I have never heard of the term goal-hanging before. What does this refer to? I.e., a player who would just hang around the offensive zone waiting for his teammates to get the puck up ice and to him so he could score. You hear this a lot now in informal street hockey games. Being the solid defenseman that I am, it is usually my job to cover these meatheads. >> I cannot recall seeing it at least recently, but I have seen old films where >> #4 would hold the puck far from his body, still in control, and simultaneously >> fend off a defender as he entered the zone before the puck, which was at about >> a 45 degree angle behind him. > >Who is the #4 you are refering to? Robert Gordon Orr, also known as the Baybanks guy. - mike