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^^^ The NHL is a professional ice hockey league.
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^^ ah thanks for that.... that's not implicit in the title 'National Hockey League' so I didn't know....

 
do they play on grass too??
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No,its a prohibited substance...
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might enhance their performance round the rink....LOL
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fandango, two types of "grass hockey" in the US:  field hockey and lacrosse.  The former is played almost exclusively by women and is closer to traditional ice hockey in that a ball is hit with sticks between players and then shot at the net, whereas lacrosse involves the sticks with nets and the ball is carried around and passed through the air.  I think there may be a professional or semi-pro men's lacrosse league, but the popularity of it is quite small, much less than the NHL, which itself has become a very minor sport in the American sphere.
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^^ thanks for that; very helpful. 
 
Yes, I was aware of lacrosse as a separate sport.  In the UK, we get practically no coverage of either kind of hockey (unless you can find it on an obscure satellite channel)....
 
but we tend to cheer on our teams (mens and womens) every 4 years at the Olympics (on grass) until we get knocked out.  We then briefly wonder why we aren't any good at it, declare that more investment should go into the grass roots of the sport, then promptly forget about it for another 4 years...Ermm
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Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:

fandango, two types of "grass hockey" in the US:  field hockey and lacrosse.  The former is played almost exclusively by women and is closer to traditional ice hockey in that a ball is hit with sticks between players and then shot at the net, whereas lacrosse involves the sticks with nets and the ball is carried around and passed through the air.  I think there may be a professional or semi-pro men's lacrosse league, but the popularity of it is quite small, much less than the NHL, which itself has become a very minor sport in the American sphere.


There is Major League Lacrosse here in the States.

http://www.majorleaguelacrosse.com/

It is really popular here on the East Coast,and HUGELY popular in my state of Maryland.Baltimore has it's own pro team,the Baltimore Bayhawks,and we go to games pretty regularly.

I played alot growing up,and played for my HS for four years.Great game,pretty fast paced and high scoring,it can also be really rough.

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Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:

fandango, two types of "grass hockey" in the US:  field hockey and lacrosse.  The former is played almost exclusively by women and is closer to traditional ice hockey in that a ball is hit with sticks between players and then shot at the net, whereas lacrosse involves the sticks with nets and the ball is carried around and passed through the air.  I think there may be a professional or semi-pro men's lacrosse league, but the popularity of it is quite small, much less than the NHL, which itself has become a very minor sport in the American sphere.
 
Field Hockey is played around the world by men. Pakistan is one of the stronger nation and The Netherlands are quite good at it too. But among male sports, it is over-run bu mùany other sports.
 
Which is not quite the case for women. It appears a bigger sport for them because football, rugby etc.. are not in vogue between them.
 
 
And Lacrosse is quite different. You never hit the ball with the cane, the way you do in hockey as in a slapshot. The Lacrosse cane is more used as a glove than a stick.
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C'mon enough of this sqabbling now.... I feel responsible for ruining a perfectly good NHL thread by asking dumb questions...now where were we...

 

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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:

fandango, two types of "grass hockey" in the US:  field hockey and lacrosse.  The former is played almost exclusively by women and is closer to traditional ice hockey in that a ball is hit with sticks between players and then shot at the net, whereas lacrosse involves the sticks with nets and the ball is carried around and passed through the air.  I think there may be a professional or semi-pro men's lacrosse league, but the popularity of it is quite small, much less than the NHL, which itself has become a very minor sport in the American sphere.
 
Field Hockey is played around the world by men. Pakistan is one of the stronger nation and The Netherlands are quite good at it too. But among male sports, it is over-run bu mùany other sports.

Just to clarify, I was only speaking about the US, where hardly any men play field hockey.  Certainly lacrosse is much more popular with men - my wife's cousin played it in college.  (@ Jody:  I think our lacrosse team up here is the Philly Wings, if I'm not mistaken).
 
Which is not quite the case for women. It appears a bigger sport for them because football, rugby etc.. are not in vogue between them.
 
 
And Lacrosse is quite different. You never hit the ball with the cane, the way you do in hockey as in a slapshot. The Lacrosse cane is more used as a glove than a stick.

Didn't I say that?  Maybe "cane" is a better (or the official) term for the "apparatus" carried around by lacrosse players.
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Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:


Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:

fandango, two types of "grass hockey" in the US:  field hockey and lacrosse.  The former is played almost exclusively by women and is closer to traditional ice hockey in that a ball is hit with sticks between players and then shot at the net, whereas lacrosse involves the sticks with nets and the ball is carried around and passed through the air.  I think there may be a professional or semi-pro men's lacrosse league, but the popularity of it is quite small, much less than the NHL, which itself has become a very minor sport in the American sphere.

 

Field Hockey is played around the world by men. Pakistan is one of the stronger nation and The Netherlands are quite good at it too. But among male sports, it is over-run bu mùany other sports.Just to clarify, I was only speaking about the US, where hardly any men play field hockey.  Certainly lacrosse is much more popular with men - my wife's cousin played it in college.  (@ Jody:  I think our lacrosse team up here is the Philly Wings, if I'm not mistaken).

 

Which is not quite the case for women. It appears a bigger sport for them because football, rugby etc.. are not in vogue between them.

 

 

And Lacrosse is quite different. You never hit the ball with the cane, the way you do in hockey as in a slapshot. The Lacrosse cane is more used as a glove than a stick.Didn't I say that?  Maybe "cane" is a better (or the official) term for the "apparatus" carried around by lacrosse players.


Your team is the Phildelphia Barrage,who we have a fierce rivalry with.



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Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:



Your team is the Phildelphia Barrage,who we have a fierce rivalry with.



Apparently there is more than one lacrosse league!  Shocked

The Wings are a team in the National Lacrosse League (http://www.nll.com).


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I went to the opening night game at the Pepsi Center here in Denver.  The Stars came back 3-2 to beat the Avalanche in overtime.  It was an exciting game, but once Dallas got their offensive game going in the third period, Theodore couldn't make a clutch save.

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Pens winning 4-0 at the moment. Thumbs Up

 
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God the Flyers sucked last night.  Angry  They are not ready to play, that much is clear (and Bobby Clarke said as much in an interview recently).  Worst part is I'm going to have to hear it from Jody now.  Wink
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Yeahhhhhhhhh baby!!!!!!!!!!!!Being a Pens fanatic you have to know I cannot stand the Flyers(sorry Flyers fans,but it's the truth)

I hope that game was a portent of good things to come this year.I was complaining about terrible goaltending and Fleury stopped FORTY shots!!!!



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^^ I didn't see the game because it did not air in NJ, must have been good though.

And Fleury w/ forty saves!!!........ Clap

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