14th October 2003, 3:13 PM
Might as well cut a paste this from the football thread....
Hockey is a waaaaaay faster game than football is, and you can't say it's not without being a dumbass. Actually 60 minutes of the game are played, not the twelve whole minutes of actualy football that is played in a game (Kickoff, wait thirty seconds, do a running play, wait another 30-35 seconds, do another four second running play, tick thirty seconds of the clock, PASS IT! Oh, dropped pass, at least another four seconds are ticked off etc. etc.). Watching players skate around the ice at insanely high speeds is much more entertaining that seeing a 300 pound blocker (or whatever they are called...) doing his best not to pass out from being on the field for over twenty seconds at a time. Also, being a hockey player requires way more skill than being a football player. Learning how to skate, for one, can be very difficult, and the amount of years it takes to develop a slap-shot that goes over 90 mph is a long road...Hockey players have to excel at every aspect of the game, where as football players only have to be good at one part (running, kicking, catching, being a fat-ass etc.).
Average amount of goals in a hockey game is about 3 a piece...depending on the team you are playing however that can differ. Besides, it's way more fun to watch a third period or overtime game that's at 1-1, 2-2 etc. than a tight football game, because half the time those games end with the quarterback kneeling three plays in a row, and then the game just ending with 35 seconds left anyways.
That's one thing I really dislike about [NFL] football, anyways; they don't stop the clock as much as they should.
The physical aspects of both games are the same, however, I figure.
Hockey is a waaaaaay faster game than football is, and you can't say it's not without being a dumbass. Actually 60 minutes of the game are played, not the twelve whole minutes of actualy football that is played in a game (Kickoff, wait thirty seconds, do a running play, wait another 30-35 seconds, do another four second running play, tick thirty seconds of the clock, PASS IT! Oh, dropped pass, at least another four seconds are ticked off etc. etc.). Watching players skate around the ice at insanely high speeds is much more entertaining that seeing a 300 pound blocker (or whatever they are called...) doing his best not to pass out from being on the field for over twenty seconds at a time. Also, being a hockey player requires way more skill than being a football player. Learning how to skate, for one, can be very difficult, and the amount of years it takes to develop a slap-shot that goes over 90 mph is a long road...Hockey players have to excel at every aspect of the game, where as football players only have to be good at one part (running, kicking, catching, being a fat-ass etc.).
Average amount of goals in a hockey game is about 3 a piece...depending on the team you are playing however that can differ. Besides, it's way more fun to watch a third period or overtime game that's at 1-1, 2-2 etc. than a tight football game, because half the time those games end with the quarterback kneeling three plays in a row, and then the game just ending with 35 seconds left anyways.
That's one thing I really dislike about [NFL] football, anyways; they don't stop the clock as much as they should.
The physical aspects of both games are the same, however, I figure.