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The Cook does not have Sky Sport 3 but they took my phone number and the guy will see if he can get it hooked up for the Stanley Cup. It doesn’t sound promising though.
What about Eureka?
The Terrace sounds good to me since it’s just around the corner from my place.
The Cook had Sky the last time I was there, god knows how long that was though.
EDIT: I don’t know if they had Sky Sport 3 last time I was there.
EDIT 2: I’m about to go for lunch over in that direction so I’ll stop by and ask on the way past.
Whoever organised this deserves a beer … or maybe a keg. I thought getting the NZIHL here was pretty major, then getting the world champs was even more impressive, then seeing how packed out the crowds were despite negligible advertising was astonishing. But a fully televised event with the accompanying pro advertising is frickin’ amazing!!!
Perhaps that ‘open day’ could be a useful time to do the pond hockey idea? That way people can come along and join in without the hassle of needing equipment etc.
One end of the rink could have pseudo competitive pond hockey games (scores kept and winner decided etc.) whilst the other end could be an open session?
"Kyle":2gu0idof wrote:"vpatrol":2gu0idof wrote:I did it for effect the 2nd time but I guess that was lost on you folk. *sigh*
[/quote:2gu0idof]I was entertained by your wee joke. My girlfriend found it amusing as well.
Ryan’s earnest post somewhat rolled over your effort though.
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I did get the joke. I feel misunderstood. I haven’t been able to play hockey in over a year, correct quote tags are all I have left to live for!
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[/quote:2gu0idof]Quick tutorial for those of you who are QUOTE tag idiots:
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[html]"vpatrol":36pkquf3 wrote:I don’t know how to use quotes[/quote:36pkquf3][/html][/size:36pkquf3]Remember that if you open a quote [html][quote:36pkquf3][/html], then you need to make sure that you close it afterwards [html][/quote:36pkquf3][/html] or you will end up quoting yourself like vpatrol did above.
Here is an example which adds the quoted persons name and the URL of their post:
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[html]"Azzy77":36pkquf3 wrote:Learn how to use the quote boxes properly people!!!!![/quote:36pkquf3][/html][/size:36pkquf3]For what it’s worth, the level of refereeing in Dunedin has skyrocketed since 2005. It used to be just the occasional random player who decided they wanted a few bucks. They didn’t seem to care about the rules and enforced whatever they felt like. It was appalling. Thankfully the standard has shot up significantly since then and many of the referees seem to take a lot of pride in the job they do.
They also seem to quite openly admin that they need more experience, which is a nice change from the past. I recall trying to politely bring up the issue of refereeing standards in the past and being told that there was nothing wrong with the standard and that they had no intention of changing their ways! Thankfully a bunch of new people stepped up to the plate and took charge.
The (nearly) complete lack of full-contact hockey played here really doesn’t help the situation with checking unfortunately.
Ah, that would make sense.
So is Jens still the unofficial head coach? Or is this mystery man actually calling the shots?
"Kyle":1aye3iml wrote:I suspect if it was a little kids tournament, we would put in place a referee[/quote:1aye3iml]That’s probably a good idea.
"thirteen":1aye3iml wrote:how is pond hockey not ice hockey klye? its hockey played on ice![/quote:1aye3iml]I would also consider it ice hockey. Depends on how you define ‘ice hockey’ I guess though.
"Rhys M":1aye3iml wrote:If I see no contact at all, in this very physical game I’ll happily eat my hat!!
[/quote:1aye3iml]AFAIK your sticks are allowed to contact, but players are required to avoid all physical contact in pond hockey. That doesn’t of course mean that there will be no contact, just that if there is then there has probably been a rule breakage.
