What is your favourite hockey or road hockey memory?

Question

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Answer 1

Well I grew up next door to a now very famous NHLer and yes he played Team Canada too! They were four brothers and all the boys in the neighbourhood just always seemed to gather to play in our mutual driveway that we shared with our neighbours. There wasn't a day our driveway (spilling over onto the street) wasn't filled with boys playing hockey.



My favourite memory is that before my dad wised up and put metal mesh over all the basement windows...they would often get smashed by a ball or puck...so out would come running my (Italian) grandma with her wooden spoon waving in the air and chase everyone off. If you knew how common this scene was would you would laugh...because there were kids who would purposely entice her just to see her chase them with a spoon, broom, and often wooden bat...it was comical. My grandma didn't speak Engish so often she went by body language and she would just know when they were making fun of her and that would just get her going even more!



Mr. S. next door however always very kind and made sure any damages were paid for by the responsible party...I would just sit on my porch and watch all the action. I couldn't play of course...there weren't many girls on our street and so it wasn't much fun being a girl and being told hockey was not for girls that's for sure!



Now I watch my own boys play and those will one day be fond memories too.

Answer 2

Well, where do I start!?! I'm born and raised in Detroit so of Course the Red Wings! But, there is more to it then just that. I've played hockey my whole life, and in the summer when I was a kid, would participate in the Jr Wings hockey Camp with Red Wing players making appearances and skating with us little 7 and 8 yr olds. I thought that was awesome and always looked up to them for that. Plus we have a Bar here in Detroit Called the Hockey Town Cafe that is around the Corner from Joe Louis Arena. The History and Heritage with the Team has a lot to do with why the Wings are my Favorite Team. I'm also a Toronto Maple Leafs fan and a Buffalo Sabres Fan.

Answer 3

Well, I play on a newly put together all girls team. I live in a city that has about 20 thousand people and only about less then 100 girls play hockey. Probably around 40 now that we have had a year of playing.



On my bantam team, we had some 11 year old, 12 year olds and some 13 year olds. Only one of them being a goalie and five of them actually played hockey before. The rest were new to it.



We went into a girls toury, just doing it for fun. But we ended up having two overtime games and wining the second place meddle after a shootout. I have to say, me I have been playing hockey for as long as I could remember, and I was pretty surprised at how good girls can be when they put their minds into it.

Answer 4

There are two, when I was in Grade 6, in early 2004 (I have my own backyard rink every year) I started it off as just a little thing where me and my friends have a game of hog/shoot around. Nothing else. But it turned out to be really great, because tons of people were home, which rarely ever happens to me where all of my friends are home at one time. It was -35 outside and we played for 6 hours, I think the total number of people there was 14. It was one of those things where you had to be there, it was really great from start to finish.



Then we played road hockey, this time intended for alot of people in November. It was a game that 17 people showed up too. We had so much fun it went an hour longer than scheduled. It was 3 hours of a great road hockey tournament and two more hours of a great movie (we watched Forrest Gump) and best of all, I did the game for charity. I made a video of the game and sent it to one.org but they didn't accept it. It was still a great party! Here a link to the video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCWR31vJSso

Answer 5

Teaching my 3 year old how to play road hockey with the neighbourhood team. Between coming home from work and dinner each of the kids in the neighbourhood would come out to play with me, my daughter and my neighbours husband. It was where she began to learn about teamwork, passing and being a good sport.



She's 9 now and one of her favourite things is watching and discussing hockey games during the season. Go Canucks Go!

Answer 6

My fav hockey road trip was when we went up to canada to play in a tournament. I got mvp and had a blast playing solid hockey with them canandiens. Playing floor hockey and raiding the halls of the hotel was fun to. I love staying at a hotel knowing that there will be a big game the next day. I love Canadian HOCKEY!

Answer 7

PAUL HENDERSON



The Goal of the Century



Paul Henderson, a member of the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, became a Canadian sports legend on September 28, 1972. His goal, with 34 seconds remaining in the final game, lifted Canada to victory in the "Series of the Century", against the Soviet Union. Incredibly, Paul Henderson scored the winning goal in each of the last three games of this historic first series between the two superpowers of hockey.



That goal is the reason why every little kid right now wants to be in the nhl.

Answer 8

My favourite memory? Well one time I was playing on a midget hockey team. Our team won the league championship and we got an invitation to the national finals in Regina. On the bus ride the guys on my team were just unbelievable. We were listening to our Walkmans and talking non stop hockey. When we got to the hotel the guys were crazy-u know being away and having freedom from their parents.

The game was even better. We were down 5-0 into the second and came back to tie the game. It went to OT then the a shootout. Everybody missed and my best pal who was the worst player on the team scored. He worked so hard and never complained about his ice team. So nice to see him get the goal. On the way back everyone was just so high spirited. These hockey childhood memories are ones to treasure as they can not be experienced again!

Answer 9

When it was my eleventh birthday my mom took me to see my first hockey game at the Gardens, the Leafs won, after the game she took me where the players come out and I got almost all of their autographs, a moment I will treasure for ever. I have 7 brothers who all play hockey, great memories. I also have an amazing hockey card collection.

Answer 10

Growing up in Canada, road hockey was what everyone did. We played every season of every year for as long as we all went to school.

My favourite memory was being goalie. I was 5 years younger than most of the boys in the neighbourhood, and about two feet shorter than them. I recall seeing these giants running at me and slamming me with a slapshot that would make a grown man cry like a school girl....but, I took it and played on....and of course, I got stuck moving the net everytime a car would come up the road. Great times....great memories...thinking about it still makes me smile (especially with the game playing on the tv tonight in the background).

Answer 11

I've been a HUGE hockey fan for as long as I can remember. My husband, being the wonderful guy he is, surprised me by taking me to The Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto for our honeymoon! No small feat, as we live in the southwestern part of the United States. When we finally arrived at the Hall, he graciously accompanied me inside, then stood by me as I stared at and oggled everything in sight. I knew he had no idea what the big deal was, but he never complained or seemed bored.



When I finally saw the Stanley Cup, I cried. It was so beautiful!



It was definitely my most awesome hockey memory!

Answer 12

It was in the '70's and the Montreal Canadians were playing their rivals the Boston Bruins and Guy Lafleur hit the puck from the opposite end and the puck just sailed across the ice all the way into the Bruins' net and SCORE!! It was like time stood still and no-one moved, the puck was on its own - it was such a rush - it was one of the greatest goals I have ever seen

Answer 13

My favourite hockey memory is when the 2006/2007 team of the GRANDE PRAIRIE STORM who are in the Alberta Junior Hockey League; they were down 3-1 in a series and they came back and won the series.... They make me so proud....WAY TO GO GUYS.....My second favourite hockey memory is when the 2005/2006 Edmonton Oilers made it to the Stanley Cup Finals....WAY TO GO......they also had their Training Camp here in Grande Prairie, Alberta that same year!!!!

Answer 14

I am not so into hockey... as a child, I was traumatized by a faulty TV screen which had a tiny black dot in the centre. The players would sweep right past the "puck" all the time! AAAAGGGH!



Anyway, much later, I was hanging out with my boyfriend, watching hockey. He knew I wasn't into it but couldn't help but watch it, as it is quite important (as every Canadian knows). I was falling asleep. Every time a fight broke out, I straightened right up. He turned to me and said, "You're such a barbarian! You only like the fights!"



(sigh) it's true...

Answer 15

1962 Ontario provincial minor bantom provincial championship game in Coburg. The final game was against Parry Sound with Bobby Orr. Coburg was a dry town so our assistant coach went to Trenton to get some beer. He stopped in a hotel and did not make it back for the game ( our equiptment in his station wagon) Lucky for us, our peewee team was also there in the provincial peewee final. The five smallest players used the equiptment of the five biggest peewees plus the goalie and put up a decent try loosing 5-2. The assistant coach planed a big party for us when we returned to Scarborough, but he partied alone!!!!!

Answer 16

I think the best hockey past time for me was watching Tiger Williams at the Maple Leaf Gardens. Those were the times that stayed with me the most, he was a very colourful human being. Perhaps seeing the great Borje Salming is one of the highlights of my time, as I was ten and my dad was always able to get hockey tickets. Sitting at the Maple Leaf Gardens with my dad and he always loved going to those games, he always made sure that I we got there early so that I could sign autographs. Sadly we could never get tickets for my dads 75th birthday as it is nearly impossible to get, but he is watching now probablly front row.

Answer 17

Never played hockey myself but my children do. My fav memory though is watching Tampa win the Stanley Cup, then being able to celebrate when the Cup came home to our little town along with the Conn Smyth and Lady Byng trophies. Way to go Brad Richards!

Answer 18

My favorite hockey memory is being able to attend NHL games with my son for a reasonable price. Due to the ever increasing costs of a ticket and the 'extras'. like parking, program, etc.,etc., I like so many others, haven't been at a hockey game in close to 20 years and doubt very much if I ever will again. Thanks very much NHL.

Answer 19

My favourite memory is when I was playing goal in ball hockey. The other team had a guy who was on the school ice hockey team. He had a wicked shot, really hard! You could see the ball curve as it came toward you when he shot it. His idea of taking it over centre was to shoot on net. Our centre tried to block him, but he got the shot away. I snapped my head toward it and flicked my glove hand up in the air at it. I saw the faces of everyone go oblong and I saw hair on the ball, which had become oblong too. The yard behind me and the net went up into a big, tarred-over hill. We all waited for the ball to come back down for a bit. Then I glanced in my glove. I shivered and couldn't believe it, but I had caught it!

Answer 20

My favorite would be ice hockey and i also love road hockey to they are all good sports

Answer 21

The Vancouver Giants Winning the Memorial Cup last weekend

Answer 22

I will never forget the very first time I saw Wayne Gretzky.



Edmonton was playing the Winnipeg Jets.



Our seats sucked.

But I went down to the plexy glass while the boys were doing thier pre-game warm up.



I remember being in awe of him. And rest of his team

Kurrie,Coffee,Lowe, Messier,Fuhr.

I could not belive that he was real and I was watching him.

Felt like I was the only one in the rink.



I had the pleasure of seeing him many more times and got several autographs over the years.

He was always so so nice.

Even if they were booed all night.



No one will ever hold a candle to my Wayne.

Answer 23

Playing road hockey in the early 80s in Denver and having people come and ask us just what game this was...



...that and meeting Chico Resch and Rob Ramage at the Denver airport as the Mighty Colorado Rockies were so powerful they still flew coach.

Answer 24

I just remember being little and playing downstairs and hearing Hockey Night In Canada on the upstairs TV, in the days when Bobby Orr and Yvon Couroyer were amongst the star players.

Answer 25

After the Oilers won the Stanley Cup in 1988. Through mutual friends I went to Mark Messiter's parents house and drank out of the Sanley Cup. They live in St. Albert, Alberta and I lived there as well.There was Lobster and Champage all over the kitchen. Then I sang New York, New York for them and Mark laughed all the way through. He said I had more guts then most chicks be-cause I stood in his parents kitchen and sang New York, New York. He has been my favourite player ever since.

Answer 26

Being in some sort of parade in Eveleth, MN at the hockey hall of fame. That was pretty cool... Or stealing beers from the parents at hockey tournaments and slamming them down in the parking lot after a tough game. I miss those days.

Answer 27

Has nothing to do with playing.. gathering round the tv as a kid with the family on Saturday night. Hockey Night In Canada on the tv and mom would make a big bowl of popcorn and we would all watch.

Answer 28

history of hockey im not real great at.

not sure if this the answer you want but penguins flyers may of 2000 playoff game was the best game hockey memory i have 5 ot's that game was awesome still sad the pens lost

Answer 29

My Favourite Memory is in hockey i scored 79 goals in 52 games! Another memory is that in a tourney i played in i got 4 shut out in 6 games i only let in 2 goals in 6 games!

Answer 30

When I hit Grade 11 and P.E. was no longer mandatory. Not that I did much hockey in highschool, if any, but just the utter sense of freedom that from that point onward, sports would become just utter nonsense. Indeed, sports are garbage.

Answer 31

When I was learning to play hockey in gym class a few years back, I had figure skates on. I kept on tripping over the picks, and continuously falling into the boards. Good times :)

Answer 32

My favourite road hockey moment...when I was playing goaltender, I committed myself to na low shot so I flattened myself on my side and when the ball was shot high, I rose my right leg up to stop it, the ball fell into my chest and I held on for a face-off. Or the time when I robbed a very hard wrist shot that was taken by one of the best minor league players in my city.

Answer 33

I grew up the southern US and had never watched a hockey game in my life. Hockey was important to my husband so on our honeymoon, he took me to watch the Toronto Maple Leafs vs. the Dallas Stars at Maple Leaf Gardens. It was the night that Wendel Clark came back to the Leafs. We were in the nose bleed section, but I thought it was grand.

Answer 34

I was raised in Camp Wainwright, Alberta, Canada. My mother was watching a game and when she yawned the puck flew in her mouth causing her mouth to bleed and cut at the edges, after that they put up a net around the hockey rink. We are going back over 47 years ago......When I went to watch the games I made sure I was far back.

Answer 35

My favourite memory was when the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup back in 1967.

Answer 36

With a playoff spot on the line for my team the same day that I break up with my girlfriend and bein criticized by my team for lack of heart I silenced everyone who said I was done with a 4 goal 1 assist performance in my teams 5-1 win to make the playoffs or another is in my final organized hockey season i was 0-5 in the finals so id of gave anything i had for a championship so in my last hurrah i score twice and added 2 assists in a 6-2 win I had my 3rd goal disallowed though it was the best goal i ever scored, split the d and roof it with 1 hand the ref said no goal the net was off or something dumb

Answer 37

I was a security guard at a cement plant-nightshift- and was on the bus at seven thirty in the morning five days a week. One morning as I rode along two chinese boys got on loaded down with equipment bags, skates and sticks. It was obvious that one was describing the terrific shot he had performed at some time. He used the same motions as I had as a kid the only difference was he was speaking chinese. Made me feel better and sort of put paid to the "true" canadians argument against minorities being different. The first english or frenchman was different but they changed.

Answer 38

The last game of my senior year in College...I knew from the minute I laced my skates up that it was going to be a special day...and it was. Our playoff hopes were done for, and I knew it was coming to an end, so I just went out there to have fun...It was the best game I have ever played offensively and the most fun I had on the ice since I was 6!

Answer 39

My favorite hockey memory was when Guy Lafleur returned to the Montreal Forum after he had retired.

Answer 40

Very good John, you remind me of my sons. They constantly play road hockey for hours at a time, although I don't think they have played for 12hours. Every month they have a fathers vs sons game. I applaud your initiative in turning something fun into a challenge and to benefit something worthy.



Tammey DeYong

Cottam, Ontario

Answer 41

i played as a goalie and we were in a tournament, we always lose against this team that is hosting the tournament. So of course it comes down to us and them in the final game. It was my game to start and we score, 1-0, we're leading the whole game just 1-0. finally they pull their goalie near the end, they have the pressure on, but every shot they take, just seems to come slowly to me, last few sec. of the game my defence man has just enough time to shoot it down the ice. As i watch it go down.....and into XD the net. i knew we had won the game. So i shut out the best team, we win the tourny, and i get MVP for the game. One of the best days.

Answer 42

i would have to say when i was growing up in Edmonton in the 1980's , and they had some of the best players in the NHL. they won a few stanley cups, and the fever in the city was absolutly intense, some of the best years of my life. everyone was watching hockey, and cheering them on. those are the days i will never forget. Gretzky is still a hero in alot of eyes.

Answer 43

My favorite hockey memory was when the Calgary Flames won the Stanley Cup. I remember driving in the street and people cheering everywhere you looked, all estatic about their victory.

Answer 44

2003 World Cup. Sweden were down 5-1 against Finland in the Semi-Finals. We came back and won 6-5. amazing...

Answer 45

when i was like 12 yrs old i was playing road hockey with an older kid and instead of him giving the bright orange ball a slap shot, he did it to a rock which flew into my face and went right through my skin just below the bottom lip and knocked out a tooth

Answer 46

Watching the old guys (the Toronto Maple Leafs - Bower, Sawchuck, Horton, Baun, Armstrong, etc) win their last Cup in 1967.

Answer 47

Being voted best goalie by league players (Metro Toronto Ball Hockey League1988) when my team did not win or tie one game that year. We were 0 for 22!

Answer 48

I'm 43, but I remember a game I played when i was 10 like it was 5 mins ago. I was a goalie, Gump Worsley was my hero.

The play came to our end, the game included Dads as well. The play was in my right corner. The ball shot straight out to the point, and a Dad fired a shot. I had spun around, with my goalie stick a foot off the ground, and level. The ball hit the stick, and dropped. I fired it past him, and he yelled at me, 'Who are ya? Ken Dryden's son!!!' I was peppered like crazy, and nothing went in. I frustrated the crap out of them!

Answer 49

mine is watching my two boys 8 and 6 haul out the net in front of the house after school, to play street hockey and all the other kids on the street coming out to play as soon as they see the net set up. It is a timeless and classic sight!!

Answer 50

I must have been 10 years old..my brother was playing al star adam division hockey in Welland and there was a tournament...and who was standing beside me in the bleachers of our tiny arena but the ever so famous johnny Bower..I knew who he was right away...My brother scored a goal and i couldn't see because everyone jumped up to cheer...Mr. Bower lifted me up to see the excitement...I was telling him that my brothers team was now going to win the game..it was then he told me his grandson was playing on the other team...we laughed;;;he shook my hand after my brothers team won and walked out of the arena...

Answer 51

When the Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup.

Answer 52

Team Canada winning both Gold Medals @ Salt Lake City

Answer 53

I remember as kid watching the games between NHL and Russian clubs. Habs vs. Moscow Dynamo was a highlight of my early hockey fandom.

Answer 54

In the 80s, we organized our neighbourhood boys into teams and played in one driveway for each game. Me and my friends were on the Edmonton Oilers, and it was always hard to start as we each wanted to be Gretzky. Oh well, we would take turns being him and Messier and Kurri. What a great time we had!!!

Answer 55

playing on a BIG court on a school yard and having like 10 guys of each team with goalies and my favorite was i deked the whole team out which is ten uys and scored top corner on the goalie and i'm 16 so most of these guys were maybe 18 which made it harder

Answer 56

In ice hockey, blasting a slapshot so hard, the goalie couldn't hang on to it - knocked his hand back, the puck fell out of his glove, into the net. I didn't even see the puck go - just heard it hit his glove, saw his hand jerk back and the puck drop.

Answer 57

Getting A Slap Shot To The Neck By Kurt (My Neighbor)

Answer 58

I dont get what is road hockey?

Answer 59

Running over the little brats that blocked the road. Sorry but it gets tiresome, when they could play in the park that 20 feet away. Perfect basketball court, nicely paved, was made just for them. cheers.

Answer 60

Playing road hockey in my pre-teen years in Hamilton,ON

Answer 61

uh, well i wasn't particularly a good hockey player, i played for one year didn't know how to stop, and this caused extreme problems when skating towards opponents or team mates for that matter. so one day after struggling to learn how to stop my couch turned to me and said "Katie, dont worry about it, if you cant stop just smash into someone not wearing the same color as you" i though fair enough....we won 12-0 that night..good times lol I did actualy learn how to stop on a side note!! lol

Answer 62

My first time watching an NHL game in person: Leafs-Canadiens at Maple Leaf Gardens.

Answer 63

playing at the street hockey jamboree a few years ago in toronto, I got to play against Maple Leafs legend Rick Vaive and block a shot, and deked him out.



I know i know, he probably was trying to hard.

Answer 64

When I scored the only goal in the Tournaments Finals.

Answer 65

The best part about hockey was my cousin Jacques Demers be manager. I was and am a fan of his. He did a great job.

Answer 66

Championship game, 3rd peroid, we are up by 2 goals and wiht 4 seconds left a brawl breaks out. our team won the championship and won 3 out of 4 fights. great....

Answer 67

when Salmon River won CBC's Hockeyville

Answer 68

just hearing the boys on the street play road hockey...the cheering and the sound of a slapshot...ahh...back in the day...lol oh and yelling caaaaaar.

Answer 69

Once I was playing and I got hit into the boards then my helmet came off. Then my BF came and kissed me. (I PLAY BOYS HOCKEY)



Thanks 4 listening,

Katie

Answer 70

Getting whacked in the nuts by the puck and THEN getting hit in the face by the stick.LOL

Answer 71

Gordie Howe lacing up my skates when I was 6.

Answer 72

1955 penticton vees beat the russians 5-0 when they came a real big deal here also toronto maple leaf nut.

Answer 73

i tried to do a cool luongo save and pull the glove back after i caught and i ended up throwing it in the net by accident!!!:)

Answer 74

Almost all of them being the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Answer 75

Luongo saves the goal in this year's stanley cup he was the Canucks' saviour!!!

Answer 76

when i was goelie and saved this shot wr the center was on the right of me shot i bloked and quickly shot the puck to his team mate that was to the left of me and i jumped to save it and i did.

Answer 77

TEAM CANADA 72'

Answer 78

playing until you couldn't walk and then playing one more game to five.

Answer 79

when my friend got hit by a car sad

Answer 80

getting a puck in the mouth

Answer 81

PAT QUINN ON BOBBY ORR

Answer 82

smelly socks

Answer 83

Just having fun with my friends. ^__^

Answer 84

yelling caaaaaaaaaaar

Answer 85

yelling car!!!!!