"Hockey, that's dumb. I just don't get it. Whatever is it baseball season yet? Is it Football season yet?" Maybe not word for word from me but I will say that was pretty close. I thought Hockey was kind of boring, the rules were kind of confusing and half the guys on the ice I couldn't even pronounce their names. I believe it was two years ago I finally decided to give hockey a good fair chance. I would set aside time instead of just catching a game when nothing else was on. I've done this before with soccer and basketball and I will say it truly works. Not only just setting aside time but also genuinely trying to learn the rules and the players. Last year I was a little late into the season but I gave it the shot and I fell in love. First you have to go see it live to truly understand the speed and how hard these guys hit. Hockey is so fast paced and sometimes a little hard to follow. You can be at home and go to the pisser and 2 goals are scored. Also you can sit through an entire game and only see 2 goals. Its not like basketball where they score all the time. Scoring is very tough. Goalies in the NHL are truly amazing. I won't go over how awesome hockey is but you should really give it a good honest chance. I was thinking the other day what hard core football fans do during the off season besides just waiting for the season to start again. Hockey may not be hitting and tackling the entire time but there is some real action during the game. These guys check (basically hitting) and these guys fight (real fighting not just scrums). All this is really about is giving hockey a good honest try. Start slow, learn the rules of hockey. Go to a live hockey game. Don't worry about the score, just enjoy the action. I really enjoy this game and I believe more people should as well. I think there is a longer conversation here but I wanted to make this quick.
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