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About This Page: This is a discussion on Hockey Players Forum within the LetsGoKings.com forums, at Los Angeles Kings Hockey Fan Forum. thats the way we do it sunday mornings at culver and it works out great.
Can't tell you how many times I tried asking AI management to set the clock for 2-minute shifts, so that people weren't getting cold on the bench & feeling like they didn't get their money's worth of ice time .... which eventually would take it's toll in reduced attendance & reduced revenue.
Rink management in SoCal is just off the charts when it comes to bad business decision-making. I mean, how much effort would it take to have a rink attendent (who otherwise stand around and do nothing most of the time) set the timer/buzzer before a pickup game?
thats the kind of thing i do tuesday mornings before work. plus we get set up on lines where youre matched up with people of like ability
i know it sucks that were all adults and nobody takes charge, but thats how it happens at unorganized pickup all over. not just anaheim. ive run into that problem at logitech in san jose, khs, anaheim ice and in ventura.
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thats the kind of thing i do tuesday mornings before work. plus we get set up on lines where youre matched up with people of like ability
i know it sucks that were all adults and nobody takes charge, but thats how it happens at unorganized pickup all over. not just anaheim. ive run into that problem at logitech in san jose, khs, anaheim ice and in ventura.
I don't think the burden needs to be on the players to do this. It's not really our job to figure out how to program their clock, plus sometimes the key (or some equivalanet of a 'set top box') is locked away behind closed doors, so we couldn't program it ourselves if we wanted (rink management breaks it out only for 'important' games).
If the management of the Culver City rink can set the clock for all their pickup games (Sunday AM and weekdays at noon), then so can other rinks. It just takes a tiny bit of effort (2 minutes after the ice cut), and the payback is that they'll more often than not get a full complement of players (instead of 5-on-4 with one goalie).
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-- Atlas Shrugged
I find that biggest culprit for at least AnaheimIce is people tend to call the rink and ask if there are any goalies on the list. If they say yes then people show. But if they say no people stay away.
I find that biggest culprit for at least AnaheimIce is people tend to call the rink and ask if there are any goalies on the list. If they say yes then people show. But if they say no people stay away.
pretty understandable especially for players like me who would be coming from pretty far, id be pretty pissed to not be able to shoot on a goalie.
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