I think that the Czechs, Finns, Swedes, Russians, and Slovaks on the site would disagree with you, Bravey. These are all outside of North America.

Mind you, some of those field hockey ladies with the kilts and curved sticks certainly do merit a fan's adulation. So all due respect to them as well.

I am a die hard Toronto Make Believes fan, or is that the Toronto Make Me Laughs.

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i have to ask, and not to expose my complete ignorance on this topic, is field hockey the same thing as lacrosse?

Nope. Field hockey is played with frustratingly tiny sticks and causes terrible back problems because of the need to bend over so the stick can reach the ground and hit the ball.

Lacrosse is played with sticks that have little nets on the end and nearly zero rules when it comes to contact. Picture some people trying to throw a ball from a net into another player's little net, while other people beat them viciously with similar sticks with nets. The sizes of nets and length of sticks vary by position.

Thanks Chris! I had an idea of what Lacrosse was, but absolutely no idea what field hockey was!

If we're talking about the NHL, I am a die-hard Leafs fan as well. As poorly as they perform, I can't help but love the blue and white.

Leafs!!! Antropov: man of tommorow.

Centurian: Ohhh how I would love to see Antropov make a lap around the ACC with the Cup over his head lol.

Leafs? With the Cup?!? I needed a good laugh. The Cups staying at it's home at the Joe.

I think my Habs would have something to say about that wugdiet. And get that Antropov garbage out of my thread Centurian :P.

The Laffs last won the cup when I was five years old. Those on this site who are familiar with me can do the math. It's pretty pathetic.

On a positive note, this year's bunch of kids are pretty exciting to watch. It won't last but at least, for now, it's a nice change.

P.S. yep I'm talking about NHL, and my name refers to my heritage, not my country of birth. As you can probably tell by my inquiry about the NHL in this thread, I was born and raised in Canada.

The Leafs have a very hard-working team this year, and credit should be given to them for that, but probably not enough skill to do much of anything other than to win this year's draft lottery. An unfortunate situation for an admirably hockey crazy city I'm afraid.

Yeah, the Leafs' last game against Anaheim was an exciting game to watch. No shots against in the third? That's definitely an achievement. We just lack the offensive capabilities to finish the job.

im sorry to break up the Leafs' fan club meeting but im gonna have to say the Stars

Stars are a good team too. Turco played horribly last night though. Guess Brodeur's still got it lol. Either that or Dallas got hardly any shots at all.

Die hard and pained Flyers fan.... We're 0-3-3 this year so far. Woohoo!

If I liked baseball, I'd be loving life right now.

Agreed with wugdiet.

The cup will stay at the Joe this year. :)

Colorado Av's will bring the cup home this year. That's right, I said it.

@Ireland:
the stars have talent they just cant convert that potential into actual goals and you have to keep in mind that goalies can only save so many shots on goal.

i play hockey and im a goalie and its so much less stressful in net when your teammates score bc you are no longer the only person keeping your team in the game. I play better when im not worried about every shot that comes to me and im sure that the pros experience some of the same situations.

Okay to anyone oposes this your wrong..the NHL is the best hockey league and has the best hockey players in the world. and my fav team is the leafs becuase i live in southern ontario,,they will have a bad team this year for sure...#1 draft pick

"i play hockey and im a goalie"

ME TOO! I totally agree with your statement. Where do you play?

I'm in a fairly competitive beer league. lol...as competitive as beer leagues get that is. Which is actually pretty competitive...we got some Juniors, some college and some semi-pro guys in our league.

I've been playing with the same team for about 13 years now. But we actually suffered one of our worst defeats ever a few days ago. We blew a 3-0 lead and lost 5-4. :( Fukin defense. :)

Anyway, I have an ongoing argument where I posit that hockey goaltending is the hardest position to play in ALL of sports. Whatcha think?

"Colorado Av's will bring the cup home this year. That's right, I said it. "

The Av's? Who are the Av's? :)

As a die-hard Wings fan, I will admit though that Roy is my all-time favorite goalie. I get a lot of flak for that, but how can you dismiss such talent?

Well as Roy is retired. I don't really see the Avs making the playoffs nevermind the cup. And seriously, the Leafs blow hard. Not that they aren't awesome and everything.

@Darwyn
i play in a rec team in texas but since im at college currently studying to be a civil engineer i have taken a break from the sport for the time being

I played in a select hockey team for about 2 years but that took up way too much time so now i play in an occassional pickup game

oh and darwyn the Av's are the Colorado Avalanche long time nemesis of the Dallas Stars

stupid Foote

I play in an intramural league in the university I go to as well. I have been a lifetime blueliner, but I just switched to left wing cause I thought it might be a little more fun. Speaking of Roy, he's having his number retired this year at the Bell Centre! As for the Leafs game against Anaheim, don't know what Wilson was thinking, you should never put a cold goalie in for a shootout. Something like 1 out of 9 shots taken against cold goalies in the shootout have gone in. Altogether a dumb move.

"oh and darwyn the Av's are the Colorado Avalanche long time nemesis of the Dallas Stars"

Hmm.... A 13 year old team and a 16 year old team. Not a 'long time' as rivalries go. And while the 'franchise' may have been older and relocated, since the players and most importantly the fan base changed, the rivalry doesn't really carry over from Quebec and Minnesota.

WASHINGTON CAPITOLS

reppin' DC

more than a couple years can be considered long time

and for as far as i can remember(even though i have learned otherwise) it was always Stars and Avs

Those years are just those teams in their current locations. The stars came into the league in 1968 just in Minnesota

I think the Wings-Avs rivalry was one of the more exciting ones in recent history.

Not too recent, the Avs have had a mediocre team in the last few seasons, and as much as I hate to admit it, the Wings have been dominant in the last few years. Not to mention there is far more animosity between say Colorado and Vancouver instead, since that is a bitter divisional rivalry.