Is hockey worth watching live? Never seen a hockey game.

[William769]

I was given tickets to see Everblades vs. Stingrays.

Don't know If I should waste my time or not. Never watched it on tv either.



Anyone here like hockey?

[sikorsky]

1. I like it a lot! Like most action sports, though, if you have no idea how it actually works, you

probably won't care much for it. Being gay (as I am) has nothing whatsoever to do with it...I like football too (American style) but I despise basketball. You should try it once, especially since it's free...hey what the heck?

[William769]

4. I love to play football, but I hate to watch it.

I'm the type of person that when it comes to sports I like to participate & not spectate. Never did like basketball or baseball though. Living in Florida most of my life I was just never around hockey.

[southernyankeebelle]

8. Well I went to a hockey game once. I had a friend who was married to a diehard hockey

nut. She and I both hate hockey but she begged me to go so I went. It was boring, boring, boring. One team scored 3 goals and I never saw one of the goals go into the net. I told my friend not to ask me again. He is really into all kinds of sports. I am sure they are divorced by now. I couldn't stand the selffish bum. No sports is worth giving up your life for to follow.

[MrSlayer]

2. Absolutely.

The best way to watch hockey is live. The perfect way to break into the game. Grab a program and learn some of the rules. Great live sport.

[William769]

6. I think I just may give it a try.

Thanks.

[emulatorloo]

3. Better in real life than on TV. I don't follow hockey, but thouroughly enjoyed

the hockey game I went to. College rather than pro, but still.

[wandy]

5. Sometimes. One of the cities I lived in had a 'bush' league team. It was the typical .......

I went to a fight and guess what. A hockey game broke out. The fan interaction can be fun. On the other hand some collage or Olympic games can prove that hockey does have some stragity behind it. On TV not so too very good, about one step above watching golf. Two steps above watching paint dry.
Live. Go; have a cold one. If ya get bored leave.

[virgogal]

7. Absolutely worth it----a great,fast moving game.

[Drale]

9. You can never beat something free

even if you end up not staying the whole time. ITS FREE!!

[Ruby the Liberal]

10. I have only been to a few hockey games, but thought they were a blast.

GO. Definitely.

You may not get all of the nuances/rules (I know I didn't), but it is fast action, lots of fun, and the second best thing in sports to a true Figure Skating Emporium

[William769]

12. I'll take #3!

I'll get interested in tennis real quick!

[HockeyMom]

11. My daughter played ice hockey

from the time she was in middle school through college. She played on boys teams and girls teams. When she was 13 years old, her team (girls) played at the Islanders Colesium between periods. I have been to Rangers, Islanders, and youth and college games. I have also been to the EVERBLADES games. As somebody said, go to one of those games to see a fight, and have hockey break out. Never mind the fans in SHORTS AND FLIP FLIPS???? The only people who should wear SHORTS to a hockey game are the HOCKEY PLAYERS.

Anyway, once you have seen NHL, ANY NHL, these minor league hockey teams are a real zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

[William769]

13. Aren't these teams NHL? I'm clueless here.

[HockeyMom]

14. Minor league

If you have been to Minor, or Bush league, MLB games, it is the same. They are players that haven't, or can't, make it to the "big leagues".

[William769]

15. Thanks I learned something today.

[TlalocW]

16. Go for the organ music

It's the best you'll ever hear live.

TlalocW

[cornflake_31]

17. Two words...

Hell yes!
You don't get the crowd energy on TV.

[lastlib]

18. I went to a fight once, and a hockey game broke out.....

they were using sticks and everything!

[Cirque du So-What]

19. Toothless Canucks pummeling one another with curved sticks

It just doesn't get any better than that.

[Old and In the Way]

21. I've had friends in Canada refer to 'Hockey Night in Canada' as 'Fight Night in Canada'

Inside joke I guess. Went to a Junior A game one time up in Ontario...it was quite a spectacle. They love their fights.

[Old and In the Way]

20. I enjoy college hockey

Seems like the game is a lot more open with more end-to-end rushes. Less fights, too. I admit, I'm spoiled because we have the University of Maine Black Bears up here and they've been had many championship level teams over the years. It's fun to watch them live, but they've been sold out for as long as I can remember. I've watched games that have been so close and intense, only to be won or lost in the last seconds of the 3rd period. I think it's my favorite sport to watch...I do also like baseball, though.

[Fearless]

27. Ohhhh!

I may or may not have seen them get trounced in the playoffs a few years ago in at game at my alma mater, UMass Amherst.

(Ok to be fair they were using a backup Freshman goalie, but still... )

[Old and In the Way]

30. OK...you're now on my ignore list.

Oh wait, how'd that last game with Maine turn out?

And lets compare tourney results, shall we?

The UMO Black Bears:

17 NCAA Tourney Appearances
11 Final Four Appearances
5 Hockey East Championships
2 NCAA Championships

OK....your turn.

[Fearless]

31. I do remember one thing...

A guy about three rows in front of me chugged a small bottle of rum during the pregame and bolted from his seat around the ten minute mark!

[Old and In the Way]

33. One must learn to place themselves in game situations.

The adrenaline, action, and excitement can overcome the instincts for rational drink consumption. I still remember a very bad experience I had with a pint of Southern Comfort at a Boston College football game.

[Fearless]

34. Oh my!

The Dramatic Reenactment:











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[Old and In the Way]

35. DUzzy!

[benld74]

22. GO BLUES!

[madrchsod]

24. BLACKHAWKS RULE!

[Iggo]

36. GO KINGS GO!

GO KINGS GO!

[madrchsod]

23. it`s a lot of fun...

i go once or twice a year and have a blast. if you have`t seen hockey then you`ll have one hell of a time following the puck. just yell for the home team and boo for the visiting team. you`ll notice the best seats are right behind the "glass".

who knows you may become of hockey fan

[WillParkinson]

25. It's a sport...

Ew. That's about all I can say.

(Though my friends in Missouri love hockey, so take my dislike with a grain of salt.)

[William769]

28. I'm hoping I at least have eye candy to look at.

[Fearless]

26. I do enjoy hockey live... much more than football or baseball actually...

On TV you don't quite capture the impact of the sport. Football is too damn cold for me most of the time (I do live in the NE but still!) And baseball you sit too far away unless you shell out a ton of cash.

[William769]

29. The game is next Friday night. I'll get to find out first hand.

Thanks.

[Old and In the Way]

32. One thing to watch is the goalie.

The reactions that good goalies have borders on unreal. Typically, a good slap shot is 80-100MPH. A big league baseball catcher will see those speeds from a pitcher. But, he always has a clear line of site to the pitcher, it's always thrown from the same place and distance (60.5')...and he's not on skates with 30 lbs of cumbersome protection, taking slap shots from 30-40 feet away. Add a couple of defensive players and opposition players blocking his line of sight or trying to change the direction of the shot at the last second....it's amazing to me that game scores aren't more like football scores.


Hope you see action like this...have fun!

[joeybee12]

37. For what it's worth, seems to me out of all professional sports...

Hockey players seem more accepting of LGBT for whatever reason.

[HappyMe]

38. Hockey games are a blast!

Give it a try. If you don't like it, at least you didn't pay for the tickets.

The Blackhawks, however, are The Best!


Have fun.

[Laripu]

39. It's theonly sport I watch regularly

I'm a fan of the Tampa Bay Lightning. I watch at least part of almost every game, and often watch whole games.
I don't regularly watch other sports, except the odd football game and the Superbowl.

Hockey is fast, exciting, sometimes brutal, and often displays wonderful skill. I appreciate it even when it's against the team I root for.

I don't know about minor league teams, but I'd go see them. I do love NHL teams on a big screen TV, especially the Lightning.