Mickey's_Girl Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Okay Phatmass hockey fans: here's your chance! I want to learn all about hockey (now that I actually watched 2 games and am thoroughly confused). So, I'll post questions and you post answers. Also, if you have any websites that you think will be useful, that would be awesome, too. Question 1 (and related sub-questions): What is a power play? -Is it where they play 5-on-5? -How many people are normally playing, then? -Why on the 6th Stanley Cup game did they have a power play with the clock stopped, then a bit later have one where the clock wasn't stopped? -How long do they last? Why do they have a separate clock? And why in game 6 did the power play clock have more time on it than the actual game? What would be the point of that? Thanks for the help; none of my family or friends follows hockey, and I've never been a sports-y girl up until a couple of years ago. Also: PLEASE DO NOT HIJACK MY THREAD! Please. Thanks! MG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader_4 Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Okay i played AAA hockey and still continue to play at a very high level (prob going to play it again next year with a different team...long story) at any rate here i go with your questions k. 1) A Power Play is when a team is penalized and they must take a player off the ice (regularly the game is played with 5 players from both sides) thus a team only will have 4 players on the ice while their opposition will have 5. The Player who caused the infraction (penalty) will sit in the penalty box for a certain number of time regulrary 2:00 minutes although it depends on the infraction some are worse then others. 2) I am not quite following your other question about the clock being stopped but i was watching the game so i could perhaps make an assumption. As i mentioned before they normally last from 2:00 all the way to 5:00 minutes although a player could be kicked out of the game or in the box for even 10:00 minutes the max his team will b on the PK (Penalty Kill) for is 5:00 minutes. When a player recieves a penalty the second clock goes up to let the fans and players know how much longer his team is shorthanded for. In the case of Game 6 there was only 1:?? left in the game and the player recieved a penalty for 2:00 therfore his team was on the PK for the rest of the game and it shows the clock simply because you do in all cases and two to let people know for the rest of the game the team is shorthanded. 3) As well there are certain other changes to the rules that occur during a PP (Powerplay) that i could explain if your interested altho i believe i have answered your immediate questions for the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusader1234 Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Ohhh william tell us the story! tell us the story! -rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusader_4 Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 perhaps richard if you start a different thread i will vent about it but ...lets not hijack Mickeys oppurtunity to learn about the greatest sport on Earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeTeamFamily Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 i know that in game 6 the two minute penalty (the time that calgary was shorthanded) was longer than the time left in the game......so instead of just setting the powerplay clock they just left it..... for example....there is one minute left and your team commits a penalty.....so the power play for my team has 2 minutes on it but since we only need one minute to get us to the end of the game we only use one......so your team is shorthanded for the rest of the game get it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cure of Ars Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 All I know is that when two people fight. Everyone stands around and watches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Wednesday Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 [img]http://stunzkonstantin.com/draft/img/hockey/Smiley-thumb.gif[/img] We need a hockey smiley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey's_Girl Posted June 8, 2004 Author Share Posted June 8, 2004 Crusader_4: Thanks for the explanation! That made sense to me. Also, I think I would be interested in hearing about other PP rule changes, if you can do it in words that will make sense to the hockey-ignorant. Lanky: your clarification helped! Thanks! Ash: I like the idea of a hockey smiley...but I think it needs a stick! As Red Green says, "Keep your stick on the ice!" (what does that mean, anyway?) Question 2: What is a face-off? When does that happen? Question 3: Please explain the boundaries (isn't there some sort of middle line, like scrimmage in football). MG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey's_Girl Posted June 8, 2004 Author Share Posted June 8, 2004 [quote name='Crusader_4' date='Jun 8 2004, 12:02 AM'] perhaps richard if you start a different thread i will vent about it but ...lets not hijack Mickeys oppurtunity to learn about the greatest sport on Earth. [/quote] LOL! I appreciate that. :wub: MG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusader1234 Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Ohh boy... how can you not know that?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey's_Girl Posted June 8, 2004 Author Share Posted June 8, 2004 (edited) [quote name='crusader1234' date='Jun 8 2004, 12:23 AM'] Ohh boy... how can you not know that?!?!?! [/quote] Not know what? If you mean the Red Green quote, I always assumed it meant something like "keep your head on straight" or "hang in there" or "keep your chin up". ??????? MG Edited June 8, 2004 by Mickey's_Girl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Wednesday Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Face off is when two opponents face each other and the ref drops the puck, and they try to win the face off. That's where the ref is next to two slashing players and he gets out of the way FAST! Three zones total on the ice: Attacking zone (zone farthest from your goal), defending zone (zone closest to the goal.... GET THE PUCK OUTTA THERE!), and neutral zone (middle of the ice) The goal crease is the area around the goalie. Wanna make a defenseman really mad? Be an offenseman trying to boogie your way in there and harassing the goalie in the process. :ph34r: There is one thing nobody has ever quite explained to me sufficiently -- the plus/minus of a player. Help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeTeamFamily Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 to the best of my knowledge...... ok a situation will work best i think my team is team A yours is team B team A scores, me in particular.......everyone on my team who was on the ice gets +1, i get +2 for scoring, +2 maybe for the assist im not sure.......everyone on your team who was on the ice when my team scored gets -1.....so if i score two goals, but am on the ice when two goals are scored on us, i am at +2 for the game it doesnt apply for goalies im pretty sure that is right but if someone wants to check me on that feel free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeTeamFamily Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 as far as question three.....the boundaries......the red line is the center and the blue lines denote the attacking/defending zones.......if someone on your team is in the attacking zone (as described by ash) before the puck gets in there, you are considered offsides and a faceoff (as described by ash) takes place in the neutral zone (as described by ash).........that is what all those little spots are for you see on the ice.....they are where faceoffs take place during the game for various reasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey's_Girl Posted June 8, 2004 Author Share Posted June 8, 2004 (edited) [quote]Face off is when two opponents face each other and the ref drops the puck, and they try to win the face off. That's where the ref is next to two slashing players and he gets out of the way FAST![/quote] I get ya. Do they only face off at the beginning of each period? Or at other times? (I haven't even started figuring out the penalty things yet, although I do know *what* the penalty box is. [quote]Three zones total on the ice: Attacking zone (zone farthest from your goal), defending zone (zone closest to the goal.... GET THE PUCK OUTTA THERE!), and neutral zone (middle of the ice)[/quote] Makes sense. Why is it called "attacking" zone? Do they hit the puck really hard there to get it across the ice, or something? A related question: there was a penalty or something tonight where the guy went too far over a certain line and got in trouble (does anyone know what I'm talking about?). Would those 3 zones be related to that, or was it something else? [quote]The goal crease is the area around the goalie. Wanna make a defenseman really mad? Be an offenseman trying to boogie your way in there and harassing the goalie in the process. :ph34r: [/quote] Goalies are cool. They get to do all kinds of stuff. They can do basically anything to stop the puck, right? Okay, so does everyone besides the goalie play offense and defense at the same time? I didn't see a lot of changing in and out, and it seemed that the puck got passed back and forth between teams quickly. I'm assuming it's NOT like football, where you have an offense team and a defense team. ??? Oh, and here's another one: are they really allowed to hit the puck up in the air? I saw that happen several times. Also, can you list the different types of ways to hit the puck? What is "slashing"? Is that like dribbling in basketball? I saw something like that, hitting it back and forth with the stick to keep it away from someone else. MG PS. I appreciate you guys taking the time to help me out. I know my questions must sound ludicrous to those of you who are long-time fans... Edited June 8, 2004 by Mickey's_Girl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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