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ChaoticAaronStout- t1_itzy3dl wrote

I used to play ice hockey. It's a lot of fun. Thrilling and exciting. Great exercise. It's a great time to hang out with the fellas and have a few post game beers in the locker room.

If my opponent doesn't show up to the game, then we don't get to play hockey. Any hockey is more fun than no hockey.

So even if I hate the team I'm playing against, I have to be thankful that they showed up for the game. If they didn't play against us we would just be out there figureskating poorly.

In recreational leagues there's often a tradition that we line up and shake hands after the game. It's a ritual signaling that the competitiveness of the game is over, and now we are all friends again.

Also, while it's fun to be aggressive, dominant and throw your weight around, it's not fun to actually hurt someone (unless your a psychopath). I knocked someone out one night. It kinda sucked standing there for a few seconds hoping he opened his eyes, got up, and skates off the ice.

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Rockzilla78 t1_iu03cpo wrote

The handshake line tradition goes all the way up to the NHL level as well. After every playoff series, no matter how hard-fought the games were, once a winner is decided the players and coaching staff will all line up and shake hands as a show of respect and good sportsmanship.

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theathguy t1_iu1gi1q wrote

>it's not fun to actually hurt someone

One of the best things to be said, was playing waterpolo and got tangled up on a guy and popped his arm out of socket; don't know how it happened, but didn't feel good. Gave the same guy a concussion in a different match and felt even worse. Got to know him later; thankfully he didn't blame me for either injury, and we were able to laugh about it. We were both competetive and aggressive, and sometimes people get hurt, but you can put that all to the side for comradery and the love of the sport.

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