Monday, April 16, 2012

Two lacrosse videos in a row, you don't see many lacrosse videos getting too much publicity, but this one and the one from the last post are pretty entertaining.
This is a pretty impressive goal. I'm not trying to say I could ever do this in a game, but as a lacrosse player, you can kind of tell that this was a lucky goal in a way. He went to the cage and got doubled teamed and really should have lost the ball, but the fact that he was able to score after getting himself in that position in the first place is impressive enough. The actual game had a pretty interesting outcome as well. Most of you probably don't really know who the favorites for the Army Navy game is, but Navy was definitely expected to win this one. Army actually came out with the victory though. I feel like lacrosse is the easiest sport to get upset in. By that I mean it's the hardest sport to be the better team in and just show up to play and expect to win. I guess it's just one of those things you'd have to play the sport to understand.


Now I was trying to find a video of a compilation of all the fights between the Rangers and the Flyers in the first round of this years playoffs. Unfortunately, I could not find any good videos of the fights. The series is very very entertaining so far. I heard a stat today, not sure exactly what it was, that said these NHL playoffs already have the most penalty minutes in history. Pretty crazy that something like that is even possible in the first round of the playoffs.
I have lost interest in hockey over the years from when I was younger, but I still do enjoy watching games and especially watching the playoffs. People are talking about changing the rules to reduce the amount of fights in games, but to me, the fighting is what makes hockey so entertaining. Everyone is watching these two guys beat the hell out of each other trying to get his team back into the game. I don't know how it affects the game and what not I guess, or if it ruins the game, but I think the fighting should not only be kept in the game, but should be encouraged.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Connor,
    When you say you'd have to play the sport to understand, you copped out as a writer! It's your challenge to make your reader feel what a player would feel or come as close to it as possible. I'm just sayin' --

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