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Post by mrhockey on Jan 25, 2023 19:53:29 GMT -6
I thought we could have a little fun with this.
I remember when the longest road trip we had was about 150 km away.
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Post by Gunit on Jan 25, 2023 20:14:19 GMT -6
The rink was packed, even on week days games. 300-400 all the time back when there wasn't much else to do I guess.
Also when there was a team every 20 miles each way.
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Post by oldwarrior on Jan 25, 2023 20:50:51 GMT -6
No plexi-glass…..and you’d hang over the boards and pound on them when your team scored! Had to really watch for flying pucks or you’d lose your chicklets. Also, if you were lucky enough to be on the shovel crew to clean the ice between periods you got into the games for free.
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Post by bsdfarms on Jan 25, 2023 21:10:44 GMT -6
Playing 40+ games a year was normal between pre season, regular season, playoffs and provincials. 2 games per weekend no matter what. Nobody gone on holidays or missing for any stupid reasons. Ahhhh the good old days….
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Post by johnnywhitehog on Jan 25, 2023 21:52:49 GMT -6
Most leagues had teams that were 95% local players from that town. The players played for pride in their town and beers after the game and not a pay cheque.
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Post by skipbayless on Jan 26, 2023 2:48:09 GMT -6
Most leagues had teams that were 95% local players from that town. The players played for pride in their town and beers after the game and not a pay cheque. Then all of their kids moved away from home and most never came back. Would be great to see every small town with a team again but even today lots of "locals" are commuting from the cities for games so its not going to get much better i'm afraid. |
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Post by rr11 on Jan 26, 2023 7:13:01 GMT -6
-handful of guys would have a smoke in between periods
-visors were optional
-1 ref, 2 linesman system
-leagues would have all-star games with beer in the dressing room in between periods
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Post by hockeyguy1 on Jan 26, 2023 8:52:29 GMT -6
Games over Christmas break . Usually biggest crowds of the year other than provincials . House parties after the bar and then going to breakfast after a night of celebrating the win.
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Post by 80shawk on Jan 26, 2023 15:17:19 GMT -6
some great memories posted above...the leroy referee crew acting like the refs on stampede wresting...so biased and it was comical some of the calls they made and didnt call when you know they saw.......and what about the experiment into cooperalls for a few years
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Post by shweatyballs on Jan 26, 2023 15:26:25 GMT -6
I remember seeing at least 1 Good hit every shift, multiple fights every game and the odd line Brawl.
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Post by softdumpinthecorner on Jan 26, 2023 19:54:44 GMT -6
Getting into fistfights to see who could be a goal judge…
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Post by hardrockacres on Jan 27, 2023 7:43:53 GMT -6
Old cold rinks with natural ice but tons of character.
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Post by hardrockacres on Jan 27, 2023 12:26:14 GMT -6
Lol, nope a bit north of that.
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Post by Zaddy69 on Jan 31, 2023 11:48:30 GMT -6
No plexi-glass…..and you’d hang over the boards and pound on them when your team scored! Had to really watch for flying pucks or you’d lose your chicklets. Also, if you were lucky enough to be on the shovel crew to clean the ice between periods you got into the games for free. You can still pound the boards in Hodgeville. No glass there. |
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Post by mrhockey on Jan 31, 2023 11:51:51 GMT -6
I thought Craik was the last rink without glass. Any other towns out there?
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