The Magical Hockey Helmet.

[cusimano_brothers 1,655]

The story behind it.

The video.

[MannyK 16]

so true.... same thing happens at kids' soccer games.

just cheer! what happened to that? =/

[Drake_Marcus 890]

It's been like this for so long... it's pretty sad nothing changes. My brother was a talented young goalie that just quit the game at 16 because he couldn't take the horrible behaviour he got from parents of kids on both teams (he'd even get hell from parents of kids on his team when they were shut out by the other team).

This certainly isn't unique to hockey. South Park makes an excellent point about how important enforcer fathers are to little league games.

[Statts 4]

It's been like this for so long... it's pretty sad nothing changes. My brother was a talented young goalie that just quit the game at 16 because he couldn't take the horrible behaviour he got from parents of kids on both teams (he'd even get hell from parents of kids on his team when they were shut out by the other team).

This certainly isn't unique to hockey. South Park makes an excellent point about how important enforcer fathers are to little league games.

"I'm sorry, I thought this was America"

Yeah, I have also been a witness to such behavior unfortunately.

I'm not sure if its parents trying to live through their kids or competitiveness or something else, but its a shame. Just let your kids have fun playing a wonderful sport.

Nothing better than the innocence of kids.

[BlakChamber 8]

Good for him.

I'm glad I was never good enough at sports to play in a league where parents cared.

[Drake_Marcus 890]

"I'm sorry, I thought this was America"

Such a classic episode.

[Ms_Hockey 0]

I used to be on a roller hockey league for 8 years. (Roller hockey because dear old mommy and daddy couldn't stand seeing their little girl checked. So voila! No checking hockey!) Anyways, I was the only girl on the team. And I used to get called names, berated, and otherwise told to go and play with Barbies whenever I made a mistake. The parents would be so rude to me that I'd go home from every single game crying.

Essentially, this is why I gave up on the sport altogether. I was only about 8 years old - and I couldn't take the general bashing and intensity from the parents. If I would go near a boy on another team, there would be the shouts of "C'MON, DANNY! YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LET A GIRL DO THAT TO YA, ARE YOU? SHOW HER THAT HOCKEY ISN'T FOR GIRLS." That's fairly tame - but to an 8 year old, it's pretty painful.

My dad - being the coach - would want to intervene, but couldn't. He was too busy trying to get me to stop crying or otherwise too busy just coaching the team. And, I honestly think the worst part of the whole story is that I can distinctly remember going to the bench, taking off my helmet, and crying to my dad that I didn't want to play anymore - and some kid's father yelling "YEAH, THIS ISN'T A SISSY SPORT. GO HOME."

:Shrug: Hockey was ruined.. but that's life, I guess.

[SouthernWingsFan 854]

All courts where kids games are played need to be protected by soundproof glass from nutjob parents.

[JayUp88 1]

So true, this is why I hate most parents. Everything thinks their child is the best thing to ever happen. Just let the kids play parents.

[hallelujahlogic 1]

that kid is awesome, and so right on.