A Primer/Cheat-sheet for Chris's First Hockey Game!

[tidal_waves16]

A Primer/Cheat-sheet for Chris's First Hockey Game!

So my roommate/BFF is going to be attending his first ever hockey game when the Blackhawks come to town! Yeah, they're playig the Senators, but Blackhawks!

I bought tickets a while ago, and he wanted to go, so YAY! And really, assuming the Hawks have turned things around by then, it should be a

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[hockeysaurus]

CAN YOU PLEASE POST THIS ON HOCKEYPEDIA FOR IT IS GREAT

[tidal_waves16]

i was just thinking of doing that :P I wasn't sure of it's quality however.

[amyofaquitaine]

[tidal_waves16]

Thanks! XD

I use COMPLETELY DICKISH far too often for my own good. But it is an accurate descriptor, no?

I approve of your life choices. Especially your primer :P SO GREAT. My only problem is that the home team is always gonna be the Sens for me, and unless they're playing one of *teh evils* I'm always going to be cheering for the away team. (I went to see a game against Boston in December, and my Sens-fan friend was all "since when do you cheer for the Sens?" i was all "Boston -_-"

I gotta be honest, I'm fully on board with going to games for the guys. As long as you stay for the hockey!

[cathybites]

EXCELLENT PRIMER.

also, this is the only explanation of penalties that you really need. :D

[tidal_waves16]

THANKS!

Oh man, i forgot about that! Do you mind if I throw this in?

[cathybites]

of course not! I believe that Slap Shot is required viewing anyways for anyone getting into hockey.

[tidal_waves16]

haha, it totally should be, if it isn't already!

[altri_uccelli]

I can tell you from the n00b end of things that this was helpful and awesome. I still don't get icing, or why anyone would come up with a rule like that, but oh well.

I've got 2 questions: what's a dangle? Also, from reading stats it seems like defensemen score more than defensive players in other sports. What's that about, if there's only 2 of them? I get that the more players in the attacking zone, the better, but with the velocity of passes it seems like leaving only one D-man (plus goalie) in the defensive zone would be pretty risky.

Thank you for putting this together!! \o/

[tidal_waves16]

I'm glad you found this somewhat useful :D Icing is one of the stupidest rules, made even stupider when you throw in the fact that if you're killing a penalty and you ice the puck, it's not actually icing... I don't even know

[altri_uccelli]

Do you mind if I friend? I basically just want to read all the posts about all the hockey all the time these days. :)

[tidal_waves16]

I don't mind at all! I'm always up for new friends!

[vamm_goda]

So, I showed this primer to my friend who knows nothing about hockey at all, and she loved it. You explained the general rules so amazingly well that I spent a lot of time clapping happily. And then you got to the team info and I could not stop laughing. Really A+ primer, it's both factual and really easy to read. Thank you for sharing!

[tidal_waves16]

I'm so glad you (and your friend) liked it!

I just added a whole section on goal scoring, because I realized I'd forgotten the most important part!!

Also, I'm happy I made you laugh. I never know if I'm the only one who finds my sense of humour amusing or not :P