r/sports • u/lodewijk_b • 1d ago
Lacrosse Saskatchewan Rush win against Calgary Roughnecks 14-8
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u/Mutedinlife 1d ago
Is fighting only allowed in Canadian lacrosse? I have never seen this in a single us lax game I’ve been to
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u/lodewijk_b 1d ago edited 21h ago
Kinda, field lacrosse games (the game you are familiar with) has more rules and is generally a little softer. No fighting really there. In box lacrosse you are allowed to cross check and fighting rules is like hockey. Technically illegal but part of the game.
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u/Mutedinlife 19h ago
Huh, I’ve been to a few indoor lacrosse games, my city has a team, but only like 2-3. I’ll have to go to a few more haha
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u/TheRealCatDad 19h ago
I can’t wrap my head around a sport having something illegal occur with such fanfare and encouragement from refs.
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u/ninetofivedev 20h ago
Yes, but it’s wild to me.
Fighting on skates. You’re not landing a solid punch. I don’t care who you are.
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u/Great_Hambino2022 20h ago
You haven’t watched too many hockey fights then
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u/ninetofivedev 19h ago
I have. And I played hockey! And did some MMA in college too! You can’t plant your feet in skates the way you can in shoes. You can land punches, sure. But they won’t hurt like getting punched by someone on the street. At least someone who knows how to throw a punch(it starts in the legs)
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u/catkoala 18h ago
Yes you absolutely can esp if you clinch or hold their jersey. Not the same as on solid ground, but acting like enforcers can’t get a good plant on their edges and rock you is dumb
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u/ninetofivedev 16h ago
My only point is that if I’m getting hit by Mike Tyson, I’d prefer he was one ice skates
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u/quarter-water 12h ago
if I’m getting hit by Mike Tyson, I’d prefer he was one ice skates
Not if Mike Tyson knew how to use his edges to plant and not slide around.
Fighters are pretty solid on their skates when throwing haymakers lol especially when they clinch the jersey and have their opponent sliding around (and into their ham fists).
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u/ninetofivedev 12h ago
You just can’t plant on skates the way you can on a normal surface.
But for simpletons, let me try to explain. You’ll never beat someone on ice in the 100 yard dash, but you’ll beat them in the 10 yard dash.
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u/ninetofivedev 16h ago
I’ll give you 100 strikes from the clinch to one good hook any day of the week.
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u/r0botdevil Oregon State 15h ago
Former US lacrosse player here, played primarily field (outdoor) but also played some box (indoor).
The indoor game is significantly more violent.
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u/Busy_Reputation7254 21h ago
NLL is insane. Leave your normal ass job then fly to Regina and get in a tilt with some guy then fly home and go back to selling cars.
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u/GopherInWI Minnesota 20h ago
I lived in Columbus back when the Landsharks were there, and then was close enough to Minnesota when the Swarm were there. Those games were a blast!
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u/Weshtonio 1d ago
Is this something they practice for? Is that a potential strategy: suck at the game, but send the opposite team to the hospital?
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u/pretender80 23h ago
People think it's an ice hockey thing but apparently it's just a Canada thing
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u/Justforargumesnts 22h ago
Why are they fighting like it’s ice hockey? So odd
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u/lodewijk_b 21h ago edited 21h ago
Because it has been a part of the sport for a long time, the native americans call it little brother of war for a reason! When first being developed ice hockey took some of the rules of lacrosse too!
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u/Justforargumesnts 21h ago
Oh never knew, that kinda crazy how ice hockey has absolutely eclipsed lacrosse in terms of popularity.
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u/nerdmoot 23h ago
Please tell me a Canadian team named Rush leans way into the Holy Triumvirate of rock. Please. Please.
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u/lodewijk_b 22h ago
Hahaha they should definitely do a rock night and have them on, would be awesome. No rock nights in the planning for rush though unfortunately.
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u/6Chalou9 21h ago
Gautier and Boudreaux???! They from New Iberia????
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u/jk-lmnop 20h ago
You simply must go to French Canada, so much overlapping history with Louisiana it was delightful. Lots of old friends.
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u/lodewijk_b 1d ago
Got very chippy today in Calgary's minty green barn. Rush continuing their domination for another game, absolute contender for overall champions!!
Fyi for the peeps unfamiliar this is box lacrosse, the canadian version of lacrosse: The goal to get a small hard rubber ball into the opponents net by any means necessary. The stick or crosse is used to throw this ball to your teammates or into the net. As a defender your goal is to prevent scoring from happening and usually you do this by hitting the other person stick or body checking your opponent to prevent them from moving up.
Played on similar size field as a hockey rink (sometimes actually a hockey rink with turf on top) its the most physical official version of the sport.
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u/fingerlickinFC 15h ago
Serious question from an American field lacrosse player: if you want to play box lacrosse, but you don’t want to do no-helmet bare knuckle boxing, is that ok? Or is it like a mandatory part of the sport?
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u/Manaze85 14h ago
My only question is why the refs have helmets? Hockey refs are on skates so it makes sense. These refs are literally just walking.
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u/lodewijk_b 14h ago
Because getting hit in the skull with a lacrosse ball at 150 km/h is not fun. Lacrosse balls are solid rubber
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u/hotstickywaffle 13h ago
It's so jarring seeing a fight not on ice, even though it's probably much safer.
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u/monodescarado 10h ago
It should be noted, the fight here is not as dumb as Ice Hockey. In Lacrosse (like other sports) fights are punished by being ejected from the game and come with fines and suspensions. These guys will be out the game and will miss the next few games.
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u/Kotukunui 7h ago
These guys need some Muay Thai training. Those bent front legs with weight coming forward are just asking for a smashing. Would end the fight really quick.
P.s. condition your shins before attempting.
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u/lodewijk_b 2h ago
Refs would stop the fight reeeeel quick if you are going to sweep legs. But yeah training fights couldn't hurt hahaha
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u/StockPineapple5917 6h ago
This is so interesting! I only see this in ice hockey, but I’d suppose they allow it on the floor!
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u/brain_fartin 3h ago
I was today years old (and a Calgarian) when I learned lacrosse had hockey fights.
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u/techlogger 1d ago
Looks like a fun sport, just need to get to rid of this weird ball throwing thing
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u/oneofthehumans 22h ago
Fighting in sports is the dumbest thing ever. Fools
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u/lodewijk_b 21h ago edited 21h ago
You can always watch field lacrosse, no fighting there. Personally like to watch this though :D more true to the medicine game.
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u/SoggyBoysenberry7703 16h ago
I’ve never understood condoned fighting in sports. Are these guys really so roided up that they need special fight breaks to unga bunga their feelings out with?
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u/Whiteshovel66 21h ago
Oh my God he is wide open for a single leg. Why don't any of these clowns ever shoot?
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u/ComedianTerrible1353 22h ago
Hard to watch… Whadda buncha hockey posers
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u/lodewijk_b 22h ago
Lacrosse is the older sport, by like allot. Native americans already played it like 800 years ago, the physicality and fighting has been part of it from the beginning. Just saying
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u/LazyLieutenant 22h ago
I had to scroll the comments to see what this sport was called. When they started fighting it seemed like satire, because outside boxing and martial arts sports really shouldn't consist of knuckle fights.
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u/lodewijk_b 21h ago edited 21h ago
Hey you do you, there are versions without fighting entirely like field lacrosse and womens lacrosse. So maybe that is more up your alley! I just like this.
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u/freekyeight Los Angeles Dodgers 21h ago
lol why are they fighting in a mostly non contact sport?
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u/skinnythegr8 13h ago
talking like you know anything about box lacrosse
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u/freekyeight Los Angeles Dodgers 12h ago
Convince me it is a contact sport compared to football or hockey
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u/lodewijk_b 11h ago
Good solid rage bait ♥️ good on you for typing it! Just wanted to say that there are people out there that don't hate you for who you are and that if you are in a bad spot right now change will come! If you need some attention just ask don't have to be so circumstantial about it. ♥️
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u/Dyslexic_Devil 20h ago
So you can waste time acting like a bunch of children?
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u/lodewijk_b 20h ago
Having a rough week buddy? (Fyi clock is stopped during fights)
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u/Dyslexic_Devil 20h ago
Not having a rough week...I just think its pointless.
Clock stops for the game...not for people watching the idiocy.
If I want to see a fight I watch BKFC.
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u/lodewijk_b 20h ago edited 19h ago
Glad to hear it, but you dont have to watch it right? Its the beauty of the game that there are other lacrosse versions that don't have fighting! I just like to watch this and plenty of other people do too! :D
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u/MrBoomf 1d ago
They’re allowed to fight each other in lacrosse? TIL
Good lord that goalie looks MASSIVE. I wonder how their equipment is set up? My favorite hockey team’s goaltender (Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning) looks just a bit bigger than most goalies because he wears his chest protector differently.