Newfoundland Hockey Talk

The role of the officials has also evolved in hockey as has the game itself. There is a new world order. Indeed there has been directives to CALL the game ...that is to call penalties when there are infractions. I can only speak for the east coast where I live and I will say that the TEAM that unsta...

I expect fighting will be gone from hockey within a decade. The kids coming up through hockey now come through a situation where hockey fights are almost not tolerated at all. It's like visors . They have become now a part of the landscape and it happening easily as kids moved on up through minor ho...

This is the most intelligent discussion I have seen at Hockeytalk in a long time. Honest opinions about a complex subject. It's nice to see something beyond "Bous Rule Wooooa" or The Cee Bees are a cinch for the Herder. On the matter of broadcast I can tell you it is just business. A radio...

What I understand about the Royals and Stephenville is that they are going to play a game there and perhaps a game in Port aux Basques. The last time they played a game in Stephenville because of a scheduling problem they filled the place. Now a game does not a season make but it would give them a g...

This is a question and not a snide remark. Why would you want to get around the one fight rule? Fighting is on its way OUT of hockey. The only reason I can think is that it attracts fans but the question is really are they hockey fans?. The WCHL has a better chance of maintaining its dominance in Nf...

I was at the Mount Pearl -Torbay game and was a bit disappointed. I thought Torbay deserved to win in Mount Pearl Wednesday night but let down this evening . There is a wonderful phrase from English football about a team " holding its shape". That means essentially sticking to the game pla...

If Mount Pearl are going to go anywhere near the Herder they are going to have to learn simple discipline. They are a very good team that are suffering from bad penalties. Penalties in the offensive zone and that extra push and shove and bang to the head is going to bring them down unless they chang...