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Posted by torontotrance on Dec-21-2002 16:48:

Do Australians Play Hockey?

Question from a hockey loving canadian....I hear you get winter in australia....ya play hockey?.

Posted by narcism on Dec-21-2002 17:11:

um yes we get winter
but we dont get snow... n its not cold enuf to play ice hockey
i know of a guy who plays ice-hockey in aust.
going over to canada soon to play for aust.
but its not a common sport, here

Posted by webmeister on Dec-21-2002 22:59:

yeah .. our winter is probably on par with your summer, 2-20 degrees C

aussies suck at most winter sports, we've only ever won 2 gold medals at the Winter Olympics (and both of those were in Salt Lake City) - so not really any ice hockey to speak of...

Posted by Romp on Dec-22-2002 01:46:

we are pretty good at field hockey though

Posted by Philby on Dec-22-2002 08:32:

Re: Do Australians Play Hockey?

quote:
Originally posted by torontotrance
Question from a hockey loving canadian....I hear you get winter in australia....ya play hockey?.

we get a winter?
whats a winter?

hehe

yeah we we do get winter, footy season!
and australians play hockey too. the national men and women's teams have won quite a few gold medals and world championships i think, so we do well in hockey.

now ice-hockey is another thing...
not very popular because we don't get the same temperatures and snow etc but there are a few ice skating rinks around the place, which old games and leagues and stuff. but not as much as you canadians

Posted by Philby on Dec-22-2002 08:34:

quote:
Originally posted by webmeister
we've only ever won 2 gold medals at the Winter Olympics (and both of those were in Salt Lake City)

one of which simply has to be the arsiest gold medal ever won in the history of winning gold medals

Posted by Pointy on Dec-22-2002 09:39:

Yes, they were arrsseey barstards.

I play field hockey for school and club..but have only played ice hockey through a school activity. No real league tho

Posted by webmeister on Dec-22-2002 10:06:

quote:
Originally posted by Philby
one of which simply has to be the arsiest gold medal ever won in the history of winning gold medals

lol yeah
true

Posted by Sid on Dec-22-2002 12:58:

we play Rugby league and thats all that matters

Posted by hey cheggy on Dec-22-2002 13:41:

quote:
Originally posted by S_madis
we play Rugby league and thats all that matters

If you keep telling people that, you'll give Aus a bad name. To think that people actually pay to see that game.

Posted by waXology on Dec-22-2002 13:41:

Hockey? what is this....Hockey?

Posted by tubby on Dec-23-2002 00:21:

there is plenty of hockey out here, but you won't play against many aussies, but against ex-pat canadians, austrians, swedes and the like. Don't expect great facilities either, only 1 place even has glass over the boards that I know of in sydney. And make sure you bring your gear over cos it's hellish expensive here, I get my skates via mail order from america, cos it's about 1/3 the price even with the risk of a bad fit.
If you want to play serious, superleague takes in all the east coast cities, there's a few in-house comps going, and some nice regular pick-up games I enjoy whilst making the transition from in-line hockey. A lot of the canadians I used to play with gave up cos they didn't want pick-up type games, and couldn't be bothered training 2-3 nights weeks as well, and there's not a lot in between.
If you want more casual stuff, there's plenty of in-line, ranging from casual beginner friendly stuff up to pretty serious.
just remember though, not many cities in the world where you can surf in the morning, play hockey in the evening like you can here

tubby

Posted by torontotrance on Dec-23-2002 17:18:

HOCKEY IS CANADA.....simply a game of ppl wearing protective gear....skating around a frozen rink....hitting a 6 oz hunk of galvanized rubber with sticks at the other net....with a goalie with even more protective equipment....mad as hell trying to stop you from scoring....with fights....and angry ppl on the benches and ice....=pure bliss....i played goalie for 10 yrs...

Posted by Philby on Dec-24-2002 09:56:

i like seeing the fights on sports tonight
i loved playing like nhl 93 or something where you could get in a fight and it zooms in like street fighter and you start actually fighting! hehe it was funny. gave me hella sore thumbs though

its got to be just about the only non-martial arts sport where the refs just stand around watching the fighting instead of trying to break it up hehe