Any Ice Hockey fans out here?

[Guest Da Showstoppa]

Just been watching the NHL Premier games highlights on C5 - held in our very own Millennium Dome (Aka the O2) also go to watch the Guildford Flames when I can. Although NHL wise I'm a Redwing fan.

 

I was just wondering if there were any fellow hockey fans in TWO?

[Guest FreeSpirit]

I do like some NHL action now and again, just for the punch ups. That's where my interest in the sport comes to an abrupt end though.

[Guest Laffy]

I follow Tampa Bay and Pittsburgh

[Guest Da Showstoppa]

I do like some NHL action now and again, just for the punch ups. That's where my interest in the sport comes to an abrupt end though.

 

Initially it was the fights that hooked me, but the game itself is fast and furious - and there are some real vicious checks and hits! Great fun.

[Guest Redneck Messiah]

Flyers, Sens, and Sharks fan. Been a fan for around 17 years and probably my favorite sport to watch.

[Guest Da Showstoppa]

Flyers, Sens, and Sharks fan. Been a fan for around 17 years and probably my favorite sport to watch.

 

Bet it's great to watch the best in the world live! My nearest Ice Hockey is the Guildford Flames (who are basically top of the second division) I assume PA is Pennsylvania.

 

Still Guildford is great fun.

Edited October 4, 2007 by Da Showstoppa

[Guest Laffy]

NFL Results

Anaheim 0-2 Minnesota

Los Angeles 1-4 Detroit

 

British Hockey Results

Saturday fixtures

ELITE LEAGUE

Hull 1-7 Belfast

Nottingham 1-2 Sheffield

 

ELITE LEAGUE CHALLENGE CUP

Basingstoke 3-4 Cardiff

 

PREMIER LEAGUE

Slough 6-3 Bracknell

Swindon 1-6 Milton Keynes

Telford 11-7 Romford

Wightlink 1-6 Sheffield

 

PREMIER LEAGUE CUP

Guildford 5-0 Chelmsford

 

Sunday fixtures

ELITE LEAGUE

Manchester 6-1 Belfast

Edinburgh 2-5 Nottingham

Cardiff 7-5 Basingstoke

 

ELITE LEAGUE CHALLENGE CUP

Newcastle 4-1 Hull

 

PREMIER LEAGUE

Bracknell 6-5 Guildford OT

Milton Keynes 2-1 Swindon

Wightlink 2-3 Sheffield

 

PREMIER LEAGUE CUP

Peterborough 8-2 Telford

Romford 7-4 Invicta

 

 

Come on Peterborough great win yesterday you need to get a bit better, Cardiff are doing ok just need to play a little better for longer periods.

[Guest Da Showstoppa]

Cheers. What I want to know is how the Hell Basingstoke got in the Elite league when Guildford were refused. Guildford have a better record and a bigger venue (Olympic size rink at Spectrum)

 

Nice to see the Redwings are on a roll :) How are the NY Rangers doing?

 

Watched a great match from last night, Toronto and Pittsburgh. Excellent game.

[Guest Reno]

I've only really recently just got into ice hockey, along with baseball. My favourite NHL team is the Calgary Flames. :xyx I've still gotta learn all the rules and stuff, but it is a really fun sport to watch.

[Guest Wolverine]

Ice hockey was a really big thing over here for a year or two when the Belfast Giants started up. I know quite a number of people who used to regularly attend their home games, and a few even joined the Giants's youth teams. But now that the novelty's worn off, nobody really cares any more. I haven't heard anybody mention ice hockey in ages. Which is good, because I can't stand it. I've tried watching it a few times and it's a challenge just to actually see the puck. And the fights are a bit crap really.

[Guest Da Showstoppa]

I've only really recently just got into ice hockey, along with baseball. My favourite NHL team is the Calgary Flames. :xyx I've still gotta learn all the rules and stuff, but it is a really fun sport to watch.

 

I learnt the rules from playing NHL videogames!

[Guest JC]

Ice hockey was a really big thing over here for a year or two when the Belfast Giants started up. I know quite a number of people who used to regularly attend their home games, and a few even joined the Giants's youth teams. But now that the novelty's worn off, nobody really cares any more. I haven't heard anybody mention ice hockey in ages. Which is good, because I can't stand it. I've tried watching it a few times and it's a challenge just to actually see the puck. And the fights are a bit crap really.

 

Yeah there's the odd ******** who trys to make out he still goes to every single match but it really has died down.

 

 

Then again I think it's a worthy night out if your bored of hitting the clubs; get plastered then head to a Giants game..you might even enjoy it :D

[Guest Laffy]

When I lived in Peterborough I went to every game same as when I lived in Newport I went to every Cardiff game now I live no where near a ice hockey venue so i watch the NHL on TV.

 

NY Rangers are bottom of there table.

 

Eastern Conference

ATLANTIC GP W L OTL PTS GF GA PP% PK% HOME AWAY L10

Philadelphia 4 3 1 0 6 17 10 26.3 76.5 1-0-0 2-1-0 3-1-0

NY Islanders 6 3 3 0 6 14 20 19.2 88.2 2-1-0 1-2-0 3-3-0

Pittsburgh 4 2 2 0 4 14 15 16.7 83.3 1-1-0 1-1-0 2-2-0

New Jersey 5 2 3 0 4 13 16 25.0 75.0 0-0-0 2-3-0 2-3-0

NY Rangers 5 2 3 0 4 10 10 10.3 87.5 2-1-0 0-2-0 2-3-0

 

NORTHEAST GP W L OTL PTS GF GA PP% PK% HOME AWAY L10

Ottawa 7 6 1 0 12 22 14 14.7 97.0 3-1-0 3-0-0 6-1-0

Buffalo 5 3 2 0 6 24 16 22.6 81.0 3-1-0 0-1-0 3-2-0

Boston 5 3 2 0 6 15 14 28.6 80.0 0-0-0 3-2-0 3-2-0

Toronto 7 2 3 2 6 26 29 10.3 81.3 2-2-1 0-1-1 2-3-2

Montreal 4 2 1 1 5 10 11 21.1 77.3 0-1-0 2-0-1 2-1-1

 

SOUTHEAST GP W L OTL PTS GF GA PP% PK% HOME AWAY L10

Carolina 6 4 1 1 9 21 11 26.5 80.6 1-0-1 3-1-0 4-1-1

Tampa Bay 4 3 1 0 6 14 10 19.0 76.2 3-0-0 0-1-0 3-1-0

Washington 5 3 2 0 6 11 12 15.4 81.5 1-0-0 2-2-0 3-2-0

Florida 5 2 3 0 4 13 15 22.2 85.2 2-1-0 0-2-0 2-3-0

Atlanta 5 0 5 0 0 9 23 9.5 68.8 0-3-0 0-2-0 0-5-0

 

Western Conference

CENTRAL GP W L OTL PTS GF GA PP% PK% HOME AWAY L10

Detroit 7 4 2 1 9 23 20 21.6 85.0 3-1-0 1-1-1 4-2-1

St. Louis 4 3 1 0 6 15 8 9.5 94.7 2-0-0 1-1-0 3-1-0

Chicago 5 3 2 0 6 10 9 15.4 80.8 2-1-0 1-1-0 3-2-0

Columbus 4 2 2 0 4 10 8 20.0 91.7 2-0-0 0-2-0 2-2-0

Nashville 5 2 3 0 4 17 18 21.7 88.0 2-2-0 0-1-0 2-3-0

 

NORTHWEST GP W L OTL PTS GF GA PP% PK% HOME AWAY L10

Minnesota 5 5 0 0 10 11 4 5.3 90.5 3-0-0 2-0-0 5-0-0

Colorado 5 3 2 0 6 16 14 17.4 83.3 3-0-0 0-2-0 3-2-0

Vancouver 6 3 3 0 6 18 21 26.5 81.8 1-3-0 2-0-0 3-3-0

Calgary 5 2 2 1 5 17 17 20.0 66.7 0-1-1 2-1-0 2-2-1

Edmonton 6 2 4 0 4 13 20 4.0 82.6 2-1-0 0-3-0 2-4-0

 

PACIFIC GP W L OTL PTS GF GA PP% PK% HOME AWAY L10

San Jose 6 3 2 1 7 14 15 15.8 85.7 0-1-0 3-1-1 3-2-1

Anaheim 8 3 4 1 7 19 23 13.7 79.6 3-1-0 0-3-1 3-4-1

Dallas 6 2 2 2 6 16 16 20.7 85.7 2-0-1 0-2-1 2-2-2

Phoenix 5 2 3 0 4 12 14 12.5 72.7 1-2-0 1-1-0 2-3-0

Los Angeles 6 1 5 0 2 16 27 24.2 76.5 1-3-0 0-2-0 1-5-0

[Guest Laffy]

Boston 5-2 Toronto

Philadelphia 3-4 NY Rangers SO

Ottawa 3-2 Buffalo

Pittsburgh 3-2 NY Islanders

Florida 2-1 Washington

Nashville 5-4 Chicago OT

Edmonton 2-4 Minnesota

Phoenix 0-6 San Jose

Los Angeles 3-6 Anaheim

 

UK Hockey

ELITE LEAGUE

Belfast 2-4 Cardiff

 

ELITE LEAGUE

 

15 November

P W OW OL L F A Pts

 

Newcastle 17 11 2 1 3 52 40 27

Coventry 15 11 1 1 2 58 27 25

Cardiff 19 11 1 0 7 61 51 24

Sheffield 17 9 1 1 6 47 46 21

Nottingham 18 8 1 0 9 53 52 18

Belfast 17 7 1 0 9 49 49 16

Manchester 17 6 1 1 9 47 51 15

Basingstoke 17 6 0 1 10 57 64 13

Hull 18 5 0 3 10 40 60 13

Edinburgh 17 4 0 0 13 42 66 8

 

PREMIER LEAGUE

 

11 November

P W T OL L F A Pts

 

Bracknell 14 10 0 1 3 73 39 21

Sheffield 12 8 0 1 3 54 36 17

Milton Keynes 10 8 0 0 2 36 16 16

Guildford 12 6 0 4 2 56 43 16

Chelmsford 10 6 0 0 4 48 46 12

Slough 7 5 0 1 1 38 19 11

Telford 12 5 0 0 7 49 74 10

Peterborough 11 5 0 0 6 38 44 10

Swindon 12 4 0 0 8 36 49 8

Wightlink 13 4 0 0 9 42 56 8

Romford 13 2 0 0 11 39 87 4

Edited November 16, 2007 by Laffy

[Guest Da Showstoppa]

Just spent the weekend catching up on a few NASN2 games I had recorded. Still have the game from Saturday night to watch as well.

 

Did anyone see the Sean Avery V Darcy Tucker fight from the Rangers v Toronto game? Man that was a slobberknocker!

[Guest Jasper]

I watch it, watch as many games as i can on NASN/Setanta.

 

I have followed the maple leafs and penguins for years. I check on the Newcastle Vipers results too and hoping to go see them at the metro arena sometime soon.

Edited November 20, 2007 by Jasper

[Red05 343]

I've seen a few Ice Hockey games on the sports channels from time to time. It's okay, but hard to see the puck. Coolest thing I've seen is the guy who had his throat slit in the middle of a match. Mucho bloodo!

[Guest Laffy]

I watch most weeks or check the results missed this weeks due to other commitments.

[Guest Da Showstoppa]

I've seen a few Ice Hockey games on the sports channels from time to time. It's okay, but hard to see the puck. Coolest thing I've seen is the guy who had his throat slit in the middle of a match. Mucho bloodo!

 

I agree that it's hard to follow the puck, but believe it or not you miss so much if you try to focus on it. A lot of the spectacle of hockey is seeing guys get taken out with ferocious checks, skaters skating into space to recieve the puck - pushing and shoving and fighting, this often happens away from the puck. Plus you get the idea when someone scores!

 

I read about the guy you're talking about. He was a goaltender and someone fell in front of him and their skate sliced his carotid artery - if you notice now, goaltenders have a plastic neck guard under their masks.

[Red05 343]

I read about the guy you're talking about. He was a goaltender and someone fell in front of him and their skate sliced his carotid artery - if you notice now, goaltenders have a plastic neck guard under their masks.

 

Clint Malarchuk gets throat slit by skate!

 

Enjoy! And oh yeah, be warned, quite a bit of blood. :)