citrin (03/27/83)
From: citrin (Wayne Citrin) To: net-sport-hockey Is there anyone else in netland who plays in the NNHL (National Novice Hockey League)? For the uninitiated, the NNHL is a league of players over 22 years of age who have never played hockey before or have had limited experience. There's even place for people who have never skated before! The league is a non-checking, non-slapshot league, and is a lot of fun, with a good deal of instruction during the player's first season. Currently, there are leagues in the Baltimore-Washington, Los Angeles-Orange County, and San Francisco Bay areas, but next year it is hoped that there will be new leagues started in Denver, St. Louis, and Phoenix. I'd like to hear the impressions of anybody who's played in one of these leagues. If anybody out there is interested in the NNHL, send me mail and I'd be glad to send you the address of the national headquarters or the San Francisco office. Wayne Citrin ucbvax!citrin
naz (04/02/83)
Reply-To: naz@sdcvax.uucp (Norman Azadian) Organization: System Development Corp. (A Burroughs Company) References: <ucbvax.122> I have been playing in the NNHL here in LA since the league started about a year and a half ago. I used to play on the neighborhood pond after getting home from high school, then played once a week at midnight with some other hackers in college (Cleveland). When I moved to LA I despaired of ever finding a group of people even close to being as bad as me. When I heard that NNHL was teaching people to skate as well as play hockey, I brushed 6 years worth of dust off my equipment, bought the rest of the equipment I needed, and joined right up. Since I already knew how to skate and fake playing hockey, I skipped the eight weeks of instruction. The first game I went to was a real trip -- talk about falling bodies! Well, almost everyone (including me) has improved immensely, and every once in a while, it even looks almost like real hockey. I'm on the South Bay Leafs and enjoy playing even though we have a terrible record this year. One gripe: I figure we each pay about $10/game. Since about 30 people pay for each game and ice costs $75/hour, I think we are paying too much. However, I recommend it to anyone who isn't a great hockey player but enjoys playing and can spend about $500 a year for fees, practice time (most teams practice weekly), and skate sharpening. Norman H. Azadian cbosgd!sdcvax!naz decvax!trw-unix!sdcvax!naz