Shame on NY. Thanks for alerting us to the situation though, I don’t follow the Rangers feeds and never would have heard about this living all the way out here in Phoenix.

http://www.nyrangersblog.com/2013-articles/january/female-fan-responds-to-girls-guide-fiasco-as-rangers-apologize.html

I have found that I love, love, love this game. I watch college hockey, out of market games, clips on YouTube, I went to three AHL games during the lockout and sat behind the players’ bench and took it all in.

I love it. And this blog has been an enormous part of learning about and loving it–and by the way, it wasn’t because of a man that I started watching hockey. It was all me, at home with the kids, shooing them to bed quickly between periods so I wouldn’t miss anything. And now my daughter loves hockey…

…but my son loves football!!

In 1980 I discovered hockey. I, like many, fell in love with the game while watching the 1980 Miracle on Ice olympic team. I still remember staying home to watch the USA vs. USSR game while my parents and little brother went grocery shopping. Seeing that game and hearing Al Michael’s “Do you believe in miracles??? Yes!” was one of my most vivid memories. Who can forget Jim Craig looking for his father or Mike Eruzione getting everyone on the podium with him? Just awesome. From there I started following my hometown Blackhawks (who are completely awesome so far). I was a bad girlfriend and ignored hockey for a bit, but came back during the Hawks Stanley Cup run. How can you not fall in love with a team that has Captain Serious and a defenseman that lost about 20 teeth during the run? I love, love, love hockey.

Hockey is a fast, fluid, and tough sport. I may not know all the rules but I know enough. I love a good hit just as much as I love a good Kaner breakaway. The sport is simply AWESOME. I’m a woman and I love hockey. The fact that there is some serious eye candy…..even better. BUT just because I am a woman AND I enjoy a good looking hockey player does not make me stupid or only liking hockey because of the good looking hockey players.

Thank you Pants and Chuck for having a blog where cool, hockey smart girls can come to talk hockey and fangirl squee when appropriate. 🙂

During a 5-on-3 situation, if the power play team scores, do they get one man back or both?
They get one man back. So then it would be a 5-4.

Can they ever have a 5-on-2?
No. The rule is one team cannot have more than a two man advantage. Put another way, you can’t be down more than two players on the ice. So 5-2 would be a three man advantage/one team would be down three players (aka more than two!). However, that doesn’t mean you can’t have more than two people in the penalty box. Especially when games start to get chippy or there’s a big brawl on the ice, they’ll squeeze a lot of guys in that little box. The rule just pertains to the number of players on the ice.

A 4-on-2?
Yes. I believe so, but it’s pretty rare. The trick would be when the player on the team that has 4 on the ice would get out of the penalty box, because if he came out first, then it would be a 5-2, and, as discussed above, that’s a no-no. But it’s conceivable that the refs could send a player from each team to the penalty box, say one for tripping and one for roughing, so then it would be 4-4 hockey. Then one player gets sent to the box for something, making it 4-3, then his teammate does something sending him to the box, making it 4-2. This would all have to happen in the space of two minutes, because once the first two guys come out (the one for each team) it would go to 5-3. So while it’s possible to have a 4-2 I would say it’s pretty rare and requires the perfect storm of circumstances. Cue fans chiming in with stories of 4-2’s in 5,4,3,2…

Hope this was helpful and didn’t confuse you further. Feel free to ask follow-up questions or more questions. We do love talking about hockey!

Although we don’t always like the same teams or players, Pants and I LOVE the sport of hockey. And by love, i mean LOVE! Every sentiment, statement, and recommendation that she writes above is exactly how I also feel. As women, it is important for us not to perpetuate stereotypes of vapid, uninterested, uneducated hockey fans.

Thank you to our our WUYS readers (male & female) who always have such kind and intellegent things to say about our ramblings. 🙂 We love you.

I’m a hockey fan. I love the game. I’d still like a quiet five minutes with Gary Bettman et al for that lockout BS. It’s a big part of who I am. End of.

I have done everything I can to encourage my girl friends to get into sports (hockey, football, soccer) and it has nothing to do with impressing boys.

It’s about participating in one of the most wonderful human experiences you can find. Is there anything better than being far away from home and seeing someone in your team’s gear, knowing you are kindred spirits? Or watching your team battle back in a tough game? Celebrating those amazing victories and wallowing in defeats?

I wouldn’t trade those moments for anything in the world. THAT is why I love sports. I hope one day I won’t have to defend my stance when people write ridiculously sexist articles about how women should deal with sports.

I love hockey players as much as everyone else on this site, but what I’ve learned is they don’t really know their fans. They get an idea of their fanbase, but they don’t hear us on the other side of the glass telling the guys next to us who number 27 is, that he actually went to Bemidji State not Bajemmy State, and the reason the other team scores is not always because the goalie sucks (all conversations I’ve had at practices).

Truthfully, I don’t think a professional hockey player would know what to do if they ever dated a woman who was a diehard hockey fan. 99% of these guys are married to women who are supportive, but are NOT puck heads. Cause really, how many guys want to come home to “What the hell were you doing out there? You need to finish your checks. There’s no reason you shouldn’t have pressured Ryan in the 1st.” I’m sure there are more, but the only man I know of who married a woman who could kick his ass in hockey is Dustin Brown (one of the many reasons I love him). I am, however, shocked the Rangers would even temporarily endorse such garbage, especially since one of the strongest presences in hockey in NYC is Katie Strang, a.k.a. a woman.

As for the “Guide” if articles like that aren’t bad enough, they’re written by women, who are making their own gender look SO dumb! And nowhere does it mention girls like hockey. In fact, it makes it sound like NO girl likes or understands hockey. Beyond infuriating. Thank God for you and Chuck