Intramural Floor Hockey at LSC

The LSCIHL aka the Lyndon State College Intramural Hockey League. For many people they have never had the chance to play the game of hockey on a organized team, the LSCIHL gives people just that chance to play. The league consists of only allowing 4 experienced hockey players with high school hockey background or higher. The rest of the players must be people who have not had any prior hockey experience or background. This adds a competitive spirit to the league. The players who have experience must play with players that are new to the game. And the new players must adapt quikcly.  We notice the experienced hockey players act as leaders and help teach their newly adapting teammates to the game. The new players learn fast and quickly become competitors amongst other pers. To many, league seems very balance of how the teams are set up and its fun watching a bunch of people just having fun. We attended one of the floor hockey games to see the final outcome between two powerhouse teams,“ROOOF”(Red/White/Blue) vs team“Whale Pack” (Green /Blue) face-off against eachother last Tuesday night. Rooof started off with a bang scoring two goals in the first period. Rooof scored their third unanswered goal early in the second, but than the Whale pack answered back with two quick goals to bring the score within one. But than Rooof desided to score twice more, than the Whale pack was able to slip one more goal by before the end of the second. With a score 5-3 going into the third, after some arguments of officating and calls, both teams were unable to score as Rooof once again remains the most undefeated team in regular seasons in LSCIHL History. What is it that keeps players so interested and so motivated to play a game of street hockey?  Some people believe that it is the level of competiton amoungst the teams. Some players are just trying something new and challenging, and most players are just trying to have fun. A lot of the teams in the LSCIHL are a group of friends that all share one thing in common, the love for the game of hockey. During the game confrontations may occur, but once the buzzer sounds everyone shows sportsmanship by shaking hands, laughing and congradulating eachother about the game, and egar to play eachother once again every next Tuesday or Sunday night. credits credits credits : richie Photos: Bryan White, Richie Hansen Audio Editing: Richie Hansen Soundslides: Ryan Holmes Text: Ryan Holmes