Thursday, March 18, 2010

well the hockey season is wrapping up...my general observations on hockey in Saskatchewan are and rowdy is starting a blog to share some of our experiences out here in the flat lands

1 Hockey is much better run then in the lower mainland, games at the midget A level come with a pre game on ice warm up, full 20 minute periods with ice cleans and every small place in the province has an ice rink. Kids here are generally hard working with great attitudes, great to coach.

2 Though the general game may be more of a skilled game in B.C, they play hockey here with more of an edge, gritter and in a more Canadian style. One game we had 5 fights in a period, and all the players could play without suspension the next game. Game suspensions only happen in the last 10 minutes of a game, if you fight you gotta sit the next one..reminds me of playing in the old Junior A loop in Northern BC, playing against the Williams lake mustangs and trash talking with a tough looking kid on the other team, both of us looked up at the clock and on a personal note thankfully less than 10 mins in the third...that particular mustang was Craig Berube and looking back im glad that was one fight that didn't happen. Sam's team plays Balgonie in the deciding game of a best of three in White city on Saturday.


1 comment:

  1. Good stuff Rammer ! Wish Sam luck for us and get rid of that SAHA photo !!!!!
    Cheers Buddy !

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