The Five For Howling Roundtable: 14 Things We Love About Hockey
by Carl Putnam on Feb 14, 2012 12:01 PM MST
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PrintGreetings Phoenix Coyotes fans. We are dispensing with our normal format in this edition in honor of Valentine's Day. This week staff members at the site were asked to list 14 things they love about the greatest sport on the planet. After the jump you'll see the individual lists four of us came up with. Enjoy.
Ben:
1. No taking a knee to end a game
2. Hockey Hair
3. Customized goaltender helmets
4. Playoff beards
6. A perfectly-executed one timer
7. Shorties
8. Vrby's patented forehand-backand
10. The Winter Classic
11. Goalies trying for an empty-netter
12. A good long cycle
13. The loud "Ping" noise from hitting the post
14. The nicest guy in the NHL, Shane Doan.
The Dude:
1. Third Jerseys
2. Penalty Kills
3. Goalie Helmets
4. Player Nicknames
6. Changes in game momentum
7. Shootout victories
8. Checking
9. Shutout victories
10. Taking a big hit and getting back on the ice even though you're hurting
11. Good beers at games
12. Teammates getting retribution after a dirty hit
13. The fact that any team can win any game, for example the Carolina
Hurricanes, who suck this season, managed to sweep the defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins.
14. Throwing your hat on the ice for a hat-trick
Carl:
1. A successful penalty kill
2. The handshake line at the end of a playoff series
3. Playoff Overtimes - Best drama in pro sports
4. The KLM Line
6. The two way play of Radim Vrbata
9. Hockey in Arizona. Nothing like going to a rink when its 115 degrees outside.
11. Hat tricks
13. Hockey terminology (five hole, one timer, dot, twig, top shelf, etc.)
14. The Hockey Community (see the photo above)
Jordan:
1. Hockey injuries - 100+ stitches and only missing a period or so
2. Lord Stanley's Cup - the greatest trophy in all of the world
3. Personalities and Twitter - I don't think any other sport has gotten as much out of 140 characters or less
4. Touch Up Offsides - keeps the game moving and adds to the speed of the game
5. Speaking of speed - skaters moving up to 30 mph and hitting other guys...yay, that's awesome
6. 0-0 ties - screw the shootout, ties are awesome and 0-0 ties were pretty bad ass too
7. On the other end of the spectrum, a 10-9 game is also kinda awesome
8. Old school wraparound goals
9. Tic-tac-toe passing - not usually the Coyotes forte, but so pretty when done well
10. The lone defenseman covering the 2-on-1 breakaway
11. Blocked shots - the ultimate sacrifice for the good of the team
12. 3-on-5 goals - Mike Richards has the record for career 3-on-5 goals with 3...they are ridiculous
13. Goalie fights - just absurd in every regard
14. Sudden Death Playoff Overtime - when the extra time runs longer than the actual game...
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Made my list before I read everyone elses....
1. Clean Ice, Bucket of Pucks, Skates and a Stick….I can’t imagine a better feeling.
2. The spray of snow on a hard stop – its just an awesome visual
3. A perfect deflection on a point shot
4. That half second where as a shooter you know its in, but the goalie isn’t sure
5. The sounds of hockey – sticks smacking the puck, blades on ice, the crash as people hit the boards. Even for Rec league where there is no crowd, the sounds of hockey are awesome.
6. Shane Doan
7. You play for the crest on the front, not the name on the back
8. Protect the goalie! I love the little scums after the goalie freezes it
9. The uniform. From the sweater, to the fact that it truely is uniform across the team (compared with American Football where you can see 4 players on the same team with drastically differnt Jerseys and socks (White, Black, Half white half team color, the half and half but with 90% white/color showing).
10. The half ‘what the f..k’, half ‘nice hit’ on a player who just go DESTROYED in a (clean) check.
11. A weird one, but the smell of a hockey rink. That combination of sweat, zamboni fumes, and air conditioning to me is truely wonderful
12. The fights. UnPC as it is, I love the fact that if you’ve been wronged, you can hold them accountable.
13. Have I said Shane Doan yet?
14. Lastly, the community. Both here on Five For Howling and globally. If your a hockey player, your a brother in arms. (Except wings fans, fuck them) [Sorry had to get at least one shot in right?]
Of course these ignore some of the obviousones…the Stanley Cup, the CBC Playoff montages, The fact that the players are not little bitches like in other sports, tape an asprin to an injury and get back out there.
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And some of my favorites that others have mentioned:
Ben:
1. No taking a knee to end a game
3. Customized goaltender helmets
6. A perfectly-executed one timer
7. Shorties
12. A good long cycle
13. The loud “Ping” noise from hitting the post (only when on defense, as a forward I’m 90% trained to hate that [damn you pavlov])
The Dude:
1. Third Jerseys (as a uniform geek I like SOME of them, and dislike others (see Islanders black third puke))
14. Throwing your hat on the ice for a hat-trick
Carl:
1. A successful penalty kill
2. The handshake line at the end of a playoff series
7. Glove saves on breakaways
8. Hockey stick prep (I am such a stick geek its not funny…i could fill a fanpost with my little routines)
9. Hockey in Arizona. Nothing like going to a rink when its 115 degrees outside
Jordan:
5. Speaking of speed – skaters moving up to 30 mph and hitting other guys…yay, that’s awesome
9. Tic-tac-toe passing – not usually the Coyotes forte, but so pretty when done well
11. Blocked shots – the ultimate sacrifice for the good of the team
As Featured in Sports Illustrated: http://tinyurl.com/TimmyHate
New Zealand's Number 1 Coyotes Fan - and I have the photos to prove it!
Five For Howling's official image finder and poster. Also somehow I'm a Moderator.
Triple post cause I'm just that awesome
But I dont think I emphasied it enough in my first post.
I truely love the community we have on here. As soppy and unmacho as it is, you guys (and girls – MDO I’m including you for sure!) are extended family to me. In someways I like that we dont have this huge fanbase like other teams, and we actually know each other and all chat as friends.
So I raise a glass to ya’ll. Now lets get the Coyotes in the playoffs, and get them to stay in Arizona!
As Featured in Sports Illustrated: http://tinyurl.com/TimmyHate
New Zealand's Number 1 Coyotes Fan - and I have the photos to prove it!
Five For Howling's official image finder and poster. Also somehow I'm a Moderator.
by TimmyHate on Feb 14, 2012 12:30 PM MST up reply actions 2 recs
This.
Living proof that hockey fans CAN be born in the desert.
by AhwatukeeCoyote on Feb 14, 2012 1:19 PM MST up reply actions
Cheers.
It's not what you've done but what you are doing that matters.
Make its ass quit -TWEsq, concerning my fight against Multiple Sclerosis
by AlabamaJammer on Feb 15, 2012 5:18 AM MST up reply actions
Here is my list.
1. Ice in the Desert
2. Any team can score at any time
3. 5 for Fighting
4. The sound of bodies hitting the boards
5. The game doesn’t stop just to change players
6. Teeth on ice and the player comes back and continues to play
7. Goalies acrobates
8. Stinky gloves
9. 3 periods not 4 Quarters or 2 Halfs
10. no balls
11. that fact that drawing blood adds to a penalty
12. grace and violence at the same time
13. announcers can’t keep up with the players let alone spout out tons of useless stats
14. everyone that dresses for the game will play (except the back up goalie and he may play too)
and a bonus 15th
you have to play both offense and defense at the same time.
Your bonus one is one of my favorites.
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Associate Editor at Five For Howling.
Hockey is the best sport to watch if you have ADD and no DVR. You can’t look away or go get a beer without missing something. I have gone to concessions at football and baseball games and not missed a thing. Then I try and text a hockey goal and miss another while texting
by GalenYote on Feb 14, 2012 6:49 PM MST via iPhone app up reply actions
sometimes this is a good thing...
I went to get myself an Oggi’s pizza before the intermission lines would make it impossible during the game 7 against Detroit a few years back and missed 2 goals against the Yotes during the 3 minutes of game time I was gone. Then I sat down and they scored a shorthander to end the period after killing off a 5-3. These are things I sometimes like to miss when my team is playing horribly;)
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