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Black Wizard said:
I watched a bit of the second quarter (why are American sports in quarters?) and it seems pretty intense. I can never tell what's happening in Ice Hockey though as the puck is really difficult to see. It does look like an incredibly difficult sport to play though as the co-ordination to control a small piece of rubber(?) with a stick while skating will require a hell of a lot of practice.
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Hockey isn't in quarters, it's in periods. There's three of 'em. It's a Canadian sport, not an American sport. And the more you watch hockey, the better you get at following the puck. Most Canadians learn this skill when they're about three - usually, you follow the players subconsciously and they tell you where the puck is.
 
Black Wizard said:
Explain please. :confused:
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Well, the net isn't like solid, it sits on a peg so if someone hits it, it doesn't kill them. In the NHL, if the net is off the peg, it counts as no goal if someone scores. In international rules if the net is at all off it's moorings (as it was in this case, by about 2 inches) the net is illegal, even if the peg is still on the net.
 
I'm somewhat confused there, I figured the peg was essentially the moorings and would be incapable of moving with the net - so does that mean in NHL it can be off it's moorings and still be legal?
Ice Hockey is a damn fast sport, even in regular hockey the action can shift from one end to the other in seconds never mind the ice version. I don't exactly watch sports, but I find the two far more interesting than football.. just compare the number of attempts on goal it's like x10!

Not really watched any Olympics so far other than the women's Skeleton last night and I realised.. other than Figure Skating, isn't like every single event done with helmets ^^. Allows for some personalisation that the regular olympics don't I guess (painting the helm). They're all incredibly fast too!
 
Black Wizard said:
Shouldn't they stop the game as soon as the net comes loose then? It seems like Russia were denied a fair goal to me. :confused:
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It was very hard for the officials to see. It's not a fair goal...in international rules. In the NHL, that was a good goal.

Crimson Idol said:
I'm somewhat confused there, I figured the peg was essentially the moorings and would be incapable of moving with the net - so does that mean in NHL it can be off it's moorings and still be legal?
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Consider the peg a second part. It's pliable - it's a piece of rubber, right? You don't want people slamming into an immovable object at 45kph. So if you hit the net hard enough, it should pop the net out. In the NHL the peg counts as part of the moorings, so as long as the puck would have gone in anyway, it's a good goal. In international hockey the net must be 100% seated in its original position.
 
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