Help settle dispute on athleticism...

[JM Ver. 2.0]

They don't sweat? Clearly, you haven't ever watched or played basketball.

I love you... But you missed the FIRST WORD of his post.....


Silly goose.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

[JM Ver. 2.0]

[Ronin13]

JM, I see your love of Timmy Thomas and raise you Ovechkin's most amazingly incredible goal EVER:

[BPTactical]

Fights in hockey serve a very well planned and useful purpose. You don't want your best players getting railed unjustly and having an "enforcer" or "goon" keeps the other team in check. Make a bad run at a good player just to try and take him out of the game and you may as well resign yourself to the fact that your next shift the gloves are coming off.
Remember what I said about "ettiquite" on the ice?
That's part of it. A strategically planned fight can turn the tide of a game, it can have a way of psychologically boosting a team in a close game that has been getting bad breaks etc.
The proverbial shot in the arm.

Delfuego- I did infact play goal for a total of about 7 years, 5 when I was in school and 2+ in the adult leagues at Hyland Hills. I gave it up in the beer leagues when I got so frustrated I got in a fight playing in the net and got bounced from the game and the next one as well. I thought it was stupid to spend so much to have "fun" and then miss playing cause I was a knucklehead and frustrated.
I went back out to defense the next season.
Goalies love a defenseman that sees the game the same way they do.I miss the intensity of the net though, everything is that much more in focus and the puck seems as big as a basketball when your in the psych.
I had to stop playing in 08 after I blew out my back at work but I find myself jonesing for some ice time now. Maybe I will have to check out a "stick & puck" soon. Got the itch to bang the biscuit around a bit eh?

[ray1970]

This should solve the debate.

I'm 42 years old and have poor cardio.

If you wanted to get a little basketball game going at the local park I could probably play for a while and maybe even keep up with everyone a bit.

If you wanted me to strap on skates and try my hand at hockey, I imagine I would drop dead from a heart attack in about two minutes.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

JM, I see your love of Timmy Thomas and raise you Ovechkin's most amazingly incredible goal EVER:

Here's one that didn't involve a ton of luck.

[MrPrena]

I played more basketball than a hockey. I voted for hockey.
I did NOT play JRV, V, nor NCAA level on neither of those 2 sports.

[TennVol]

I've played both (neither very well). Hockey is WAY more physically demanding than basketball.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

And just because I love the try hards....