Rink Rage
“Come on Ref! What kind of call was that? Why don’t you put on a blue sweater? Come on you guys hit! Can’t you do anything right? Put the puck in the net!” I think to myself, I know these people and they are not like this at all. Why would they say such things, after all it’s just a game, meant to be played for fun. This is called rink rage. Players, coaches, parents, and fans are all affected by this rage. It is starting to get serious, and something needs to be done. At a peewee playoff game in northern Ontario last year, things got so out of hand that the whole crowd of 200 people, along with a few coaches, had to be ejected. The reason? A few bad calls caused a few bad fans to throw stuff onto the ice, including coins, water bottles, and a broom. Since the referees couldn’t tell who exactly threw it, they ejected the entire crowd. The coaches got mad, so they were ejected too. The officials had to escorted from the arena by police to avoid attacks from the angry fans. This is just one example of rink rage. In July 2000 in a Massachusetts ice rink, a team was having an unofficial shinny practice. The man
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Approximate Word count = 765
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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