EIHA to Abolish Zero-tolerance Refereeing
At the start of the 2006/07 English Ice hockey season, the governing association, the EIHA, has changed the interpretation of penalty offences so they are now strictly enforced. This change has meant... continue reading »
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"Hockey's a contact sport. Someone, somewhere seems to have forgotten that!"
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"damn right we should have them abolished they are the making of the fast and physical sport hockey being killed!!"
"If kept ZT will ruin ice hockey"
"relax the rules!too many stoppages in the gaem through silly penaties due to the new zero tolerance"
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"Each player has a specific job to do for the team. Coaches match players against players, lines against lines. Some players score goals, some create goals, some work the corners for the puck, some bump and grind, some create space and others enforce! Thes"
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"Get rid of these new rules fast! Match nights are not the same with all the pims. stop/start is just plain boring and will not encourage new fans to this sport. Old fans will also think twice about the sport."
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"The new rules are slowing the game down far too much and making fans who have appreciated the ice hockey for many years are being driven away by these rules!!"
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"They've totally ruined our game!!!"
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"let the game flow . Call the REAL penalties and let the bumps go"
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"Going down the same lines as football with all the rule changes.Leave it alone after all it is a mans game.No wonder people stay away"
"Lets keep the game flowing"
"The games are going to go on for a lot longer than they used to due to all the stoppages in play and penalties!! Not very keen on the new rules, the game just isnt the same!!"
"i think that the new rules have to go i play under 19 and it makes the games feel as if its not a physical contact sport you cant do anything without the refree whistling,its as if all the refree's have swallowed their whistles and everytime they breathe "
"Play the game the rest of us do. As into the rules."
"If the game continues like this it is with great regret but I will no longer watch the sport."