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ev4n:

--- Quote from: Metope on 23 Feb 2014, 17:38 ---Wait what? I got a Tapatalk notification that you someone quoted me, but I never wrote the post you quoted! What happened here, I don't even care about hockey.  :psyduck:

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Oops.  ???

True quote from one of Canada's most popular homegrown bands:


--- Quote ---You said you didn't give a f__ about hockey
And I never saw someone say THAT before...
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Method of Madness:

--- Quote from: ev4n on 24 Feb 2014, 02:53 ---
--- Quote ---You said you didn't give a fuck about hockey
And I never saw someone say THAT before...
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Curious...is that line a positive (as in the person is unique) or negative (as in the person doesn't care about hockey and is therefore unworthy)?

ev4n:
neutral/surprise I guess.


--- Quote ---If there's a goal that everyone remembers
It was back in old seventy two
We all squeezed the stick and we all pulled the trigger
And all I remember is sitting beside you

You said you didn't give a fuck about hockey
And I never saw someone say that before
You held my hand and we walked home the long way
You were loosening my grip on Bobby Orr
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In the lore of Canadian hockey, nothing is more important than 1972.

Skewbrow:

--- Quote from: ev4n on 23 Feb 2014, 14:20 ---All that said, I'm baffled as to why only 2 of the 6 big hockey countries play the women's game at the top level.  Are Sweden and Finland (to name 2) just not as progressive with regards to women's sports?

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I like to think that we both are very much ok with women's sports. In the 90s it was mostly about us being behind. At the time at women's WCs the final was usually between Western Canada and Eastern Canada. Then USA started catching up. But women's hockey here just hasn't really caught on. I can think of the following reasons.

1) Women who want to play a team game on skates often pick ringette here. That is another game originating from Canada (and played only by women). Much like hockey: same rink, same size goals. Only the sticks don't have blades, and instead of a puck they use a rubber ring that players control by putting the end of the stick through the loop. I think that over here it is easier for interested girls to find a ringette club as opposed to a hockey club. I don't know if it is the same thing in Sweden?

2) A popular alternative to hockey in both Sweden and Finland (also Czech republic and Switzerland) is floorball. The basic idea of the game is very similar to hockey, or may be street hockey :-). Except that as the players run (so move slower than on skates), and shoot that hollow ball instead of a puck, they need no padding. The rules are also limiting bodily contact quite severely. So it is a lot cheaper as a hobby than hockey. I play myself (for exercise only) with a group of local thugs gentlemen in the 40+ age bracket. The pleasures of hockey (sans body checks) with reduced risk of injury, and only needing to buy a stick and shoes fit for indoor arenas. I really wish this game would catch on in North America. The Swedes have been dominating the sport long enough, leaving us in the role of a spoilsport with an occasional upset. Among Finnish women I think it is safe to say that floorball is more popular than either ringette or hockey. Don't know if it is for the listed reasons or not? Those reasons do explain that floorball is played in phys.ed. classes in schools everywhere, but hockey is so-so (boys probably prefer hockey - weather permitting).

jwhouk:
The Russian Federation had applied to have Bandy included for these games, but it was turned down by the IOC. I think that's a game the women are more prone to play in the former Soviet republics, but I could be wrong.

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