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also, I've read a lot of hockey history books and have never, ever once heard soccer mentioned as an influence

Posted by Reagen Jun 26 '14, 12:38

Fun fact: rugby was invented when someone got fed up during a soccer game and picked up the ball and ran with it.

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I don't see how anyone with a working set of eyes can not see the similarities between soccer and hockey. - groiny Jun 26, 12:54 27
- I think I just invented Hoccer and Sockey on board 2. -- nm - David Jun 26, 13:27 2
  - There is field hockey. - Reagen Jun 26, 13:36 1
    - or as most of the world calls it ... hockey -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 26, 14:07
- not to mention polo (horse and water) whatever that weird version they play in afghanistan with the dead goat, field hockey -- nm - zuitgusto Jun 26, 13:22
- Agreed. Goalies, nets and a lot of time wasted in the area between. -- nm - Spawnaldo Jun 26, 13:15 2
  - Look who you're agreeing with, groiny! -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 13:17 1
    - although, Hockey is much less boring, because the field is smaller, and you can hit people. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 26, 14:05
- field size, net size, padding, interference, body checking/fighting, sticks, 3 vs. unlimited substitutions, fixed line offsides vs. moving, hand passe - Zorcàs Jun 26, 13:11 11
  - at it's core, it is players, shooting a ball or puck at a net, that is guarded by a solo player to score points. - groiny Jun 26, 14:04
  - "If you take away all the things that are the same, they're completely different!!!" -- nm - Ender Jun 26, 13:14
  - grass/ice, skates/cleats -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 13:13 8
    - One has an 'H' in its name! -- nm - Ender Jun 26, 13:14 7
      - One's in the summer olympics, one's in the winter... -- nm - Ender Jun 26, 13:15 6
        
        The leagues have completely different names... -- nm - Ender Jun 26, 13:17 5
        
        One is completely corrupt, the other is only incompetently run... -- nm - Ender Jun 26, 13:21
        
        they're both games where you shoot things at a net! -- nm - mafaça Jun 26, 13:19 3
        
        baseball and hockey both use gloves! -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 13:19 2
        
        and they both wear things on their heads! -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 26, 13:20 1
        
        and they all spit -- nm - Zorcàs Jun 26, 13:20
- *body checks you* -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 13:07
- "If you take away all the things that are different, they're exactly the same" -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 12:56 6
  - All kidding aside, that's really true in a lot of ways. -- nm - David Jun 26, 13:26 5
    - baseball and cricket are really the only two team sports that don't really fit the larger pattern. - Reagen Jun 26, 13:31 4
      - I suspect that it is like the ill-fated clock decision. Some people see it clearly while others do not and there is not a lot of gray area. - David Jun 26, 13:34 3
        
        I put individual sports in a different category - Reagen Jun 26, 13:38 2
        
        I would imagine that there was a lot of arguing about the rules during the early days of curling. -- nm - David Jun 26, 13:44 1
        
        well, duh. it was invented by the scottish!...nm - x Jun 26, 13:55
(Although I'm reading now that that story is aprocryphal) - Reagen Jun 26, 12:48
I thought lacrosse influenced hockey since the Canadians needed a sport in winter time. -- nm - CQ Jun 26, 12:41 3
- lacrosse is fun to watch. they beat the ever loving shit out of each other -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 13:08
- There's definitely some cross polination there - Reagen Jun 26, 12:43 1
  - As a kid, I recall hearing about the lacrosse influence but then ... - Zorcàs Jun 26, 13:07

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also, I've read a lot of hockey history books and have never, ever once heard soccer mentioned as an influence

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