Views on the death during the nhl game

[PaInTbALL zAcH]

I thought this was really sad and I wanted your views on it and i also encourage you to donate to the Brittanie cecil fund.go to the link to find out how

http://www.bluejackets.com/news/features/arts/780.0.html

[DJSOLID]

This was a sad, sad thing. I was speechless when I heard it, and I don't know what to say now, either.

[beam]

Life is short.

[jah871]

yes life is short and be prepared because you could go at any time. my friend was hit by a car walking home from school about 2 weeks ago and didnt make it. he was only 14

[shartley]

Life is short.

[MagMan5446]

Life is short. Live it to the fullest.

[Cha0tic]

when you go to hockey games, you take a risk of being hit by the puck. just like when you play paintball you take the risk of your tank blowing up, or your mask falling off and being shot in the eye. at hockey games, they also warn you about pucks leaving the rink...

that is very unfortunate about her...

[PaInTbALL zAcH]

Stiil u shouldn't have to worry about dying while watching a hockey game

[Snooky]

i was never sure why they didnt put netting over the whole rink. never made any sense to me.

[-�on-]

I saw that on MSN and My eyes got all watery becasue I almost got hit with a puck at a UMAINE Black Bears game a week before that all happened. It could have happened to me...

[shartley]

[Griffin]

I play hockey, and I'm sad this happened...but you can't hold the players at fault. The NHL has been going on for years and years and this happened once. Maybe they should put nets up, who knows?


-Griffin

[StuDawggie]

Originally posted by Snooky
i was never sure why they didnt put netting over the whole rink. never made any sense to me.

I know a few people who work for the NHL and at a major hockey arena, and I asked this question once before and the answer that I was given was a load of crap in my eyes. I was kindly informed that if netting was to go up completely around the rink, it would cause a problem for the spectators, by impairing the view of the ice, and the cost to put it up and to make the modifications to the arenas wouldn't be worth it. Basically what it came down too was that the arena didn't want to spend the money, to make it safer, and they would have people complainign about the netting blocking their view of the ice surface. Hopefully that answers your question as to why netting isn't put up.

[PaInTbALL zAcH]

I guess its kind of like airplanes.
Sure one crashes every now and then but people still go on them.

This accident was preventable but a lot of plane crashes are too. The difference is that airlines do their best to keep the passengers safe. The NHL seems like they could care less and that this was inevitable.

Also plane crashes can never be stopped totally but this can be and the NHL just has to be the one to make that decision...

[Hysperion]

Zach...you obviously don't play hockey or go to hockey games...I for one wouldn't go to a hockey game with a big net obstructing my view and noone else would either. By going to a hockey game, you are assuming a level of risk just like if you get hit by a foul ball at a baseball game, you can't sue. Same here. The only person who could have prevented this was the girl who wasn't paying attention. Unfortunate but you know what they say. *Stuff* happens.