InvaderZimmer
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Bertuzzi still plays? holy smokes!
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NHL January 2014 |OT| Bobby Orr, Bathroom Stalls, and the Battle at the Big House
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'Plays' is a bit of an overstatement. He certainly exists in the NHL still. 1 point his last 21 games.
They play the Devils next. Talk about going from a high to a low.I'll enjoy this win until they shit the bed next game
BigJonsson
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Quack quack quack
Nice.
Coldnoodle
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Andi looks like she aged five years.
wsoxfan1214
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Fb feed is filled with people saying to bench Kane.
...sigh.
Guess I should look up this play.
...sigh.
Guess I should look up this play.
Unhandled Exception
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Given his injury history we won't get shit unless we condition him and he gets better. And at that point, why trade him?
He cost them the game in OT
Coldnoodle
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Velcro Fly
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Don't know if I could take it if the Pens blow this. Bad enough the Colts got embarrassed.
straight thuggin again on that hit
straight thuggin again on that hit
Velcro Fly
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So bad in the 3rd.
These west coast games are wearing me out
These west coast games are wearing me out
wsoxfan1214
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Yeah, I just watched the last period and a half. You guys played well. You and Tampa scare the shit out of me in the East.
Dumb move by Kane and I don't know what he's thinking. But benching a franchise player? Come on.
Yeah, I mean how terrible of a coach do you have to be to bench a Franchise player?
-looks at Habs-
Unhandled Exception
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Here's hopin' Rask gets a shut out.
InvaderZimmer
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Nice play by Howard tonight gg wings.
The most difficult thing to learn is stopping. More so on your weak foot. Also transitioning to backwards skating and actually skating backwards proves to be difficult for a lot of people. You get those under control and you're pretty good off.
When I started to play hockey at about 16 or so all I could do was skate forward... it took about 3 years to become very good.
Within a year you can probably become OK.
Doable.
I think the biggest hurdle is letting go of anything to hold onto and balance by yourself. When you get past that, the basics are a walk in the park. The act of propelling yourself forward and turning is straightforward. Skating backwards and stopping are the tough ones to learn.
For stopping, most of it is mental. The actual way to stop is simple. Your mind is fighting your body from making a motion that might make you fall over. It's really all about getting used to it. Skating backwards is all about practice.
Falling down or slipping is a big hurdle that can be tough to overcome. You're fighting the instinct to prevent it from happening, like how you would flail your arms to attempt to balance yourself when you're slipping in general. I know an exercise that a few instructors do is let kids slide around and fall on purpose with protective equipment on (helmet, elbow and knee pads).
Next step after all these is learning hockey. On the surface, it's as simple as having a stick and puck to play with, but if you're playing with a team, all of the things I mentioned above come into play: skating (fast), turning, stopping, skating backwards. There's also coordinating with your teammates on the ice to make sure you're all on the same page.
Also, you'll probably only be able to stop one way at first (ie facing left or right). It took me like 2 years to fully learn how to stop using my right skate. This was when I was like 7 years old, but still.
And I agree that if you can get into full gear and practice in it that way, you'll be much less afraid to fall. In fact, I'd almost suggest learning how to fall and slide so you get used to it and lose the fear.
If you really want to learn and be good enough to play in an adult rec league, you really need to commit to it.
And I agree that if you can get into full gear and practice in it that way, you'll be much less afraid to fall. In fact, I'd almost suggest learning how to fall and slide so you get used to it and lose the fear.
If you really want to learn and be good enough to play in an adult rec league, you really need to commit to it.
Unhandled Exception
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Man, if we let O'Reilly slip away I will be fucking pissed. Especially if it's Stastny over him. He's too fucking valuable to this group.
No, he is ours!
Unhandled Exception
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...aaaand he's injured. Hip flexor. Mrazek starting tomorrow. McCollum backing up then I guess since Gustavsson is still out. LOL this team is made out of something more fragile than glass.
Fata1moose
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More like Kessel, Riley and Gardiner.
Unhandled Exception
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The spirit of Detroit?
Fata1moose
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I'd glady give up Kadri and Gardiner for ROR
ROR is better then Kadri and we have a bunch of D prospects that are playing well. Rielly is a similar type of player as well.
We'll throw in a 2nd or something!
This is some HF boards bullshit. All started by that clown Eklund.
Hfboards would be something like:
Orr, Kadri, and a 2nd for Mackinnon, O'Rielly, and a 3rd.
Cool, thanks. I plan on taking an 8 week training course at the Ducks public ice rink by my house, so hopefully that helps. I'm not sure how similar the fundamentals are with roller skating and ice skating, but I played roller hockey for a few years as a kid/teen and also was heavily into aggressive inline skating(lol) so I'm not really afraid of falling.
Fata1moose
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There have been a few O'reilly threads on HF boards this week and in all of them they have proposed Kadri and Av fans have said we don't want him.
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