Un-Anchored Goals

[Rook1079]

I'm going to assume that almost everyone here plays with golas that aren't anchored to the floor in any way. Anyone think that this makes you more tentative of big movements from post to post? I mean, the fact that you can't push off the post itself is a handicap alone.

[sloth2946]

In my limited inline experience I found it to be a help rather than a hinderance. If pressured I would go very hard into the posts on purpose and get a stop. It would all be in the flow of the game so it wouldn't look like I was trying to move the net, but I kinda was anyway.

[Aaron]

I play on a urethane floor on Sundays with a lightweight metal net. If you breathe on it, it moves. One good thing about it is that if I move to the post, I'll actually pull the net up against me I have played here for 6 years so after a scramble etc. I'm used to just turning around and re-centering the net on the floor.

Where I play leagues at, they actually cut a hole in the sport court and put some black pipe insulation foam inside there, so it works kinda like ice pegs. It works pretty darn well actually!

[Bernie]

Right what aaron said. I will not play league in a house that does not have a "real" net because the featherweight toy nets some rinks use can be easily kicked a foot away from you. Sometimes you can actually move the net into the path of the puck and get scored on

[KDB]

I hate unanchored nets, which are of course all I play on now. I've never used them to push off, so that's not an issue. I'm just tired of having to turn around every time the puck leaves the zone to check/readjust the net.

The first place I played drilled holes into the floor and had some sort of two piece hose deal that worked well. I don't know why all dedicated courts don't do this....

[Vision]

We have actually used the pegs used on ice with some success. They are set into a hole drilled in the sport court and do allow the net to come off if really run into but provide sufficient support to allow the goalie to push off on. Can't explain why more facilities won't try a setup of this nature.

[Roymond]

I hate having to move the net back into place I've knocked it off by accident and have goals scored in the open net because i don't even know i knocked it off.

[Chasedog]

At a rink I formerly played at, the net had been knocked about a foot off during the play. The refs let the play continue and they scored in that "extra" net. I couldn't believe it! The ref said it was my responsibility to keep the net centered.

[WERNER 1]

I've had that happen to me as well, the net's off a foot or two, and a goal is scored....

Once durring a scramble I noticed that the net was off prett far, so once the puck moved to the corner I screamed to get the refs attention to let him know about the net (like he couldn't see it or something! ) He just shook his head. After the play had left our zone, he comes by to adjust the net while I'm asking him "What gives???) and he says that the net has to be off over a foot before they will stop play. I just stood there dumbfounded!

I never heard of such nonsense!

Now if it happens, I make sure to "accidently" bump it past the one foot mark.

[newgoalie]

I find that I do think about it, i.e. hitting the posts and moving them. However, I worry most most about those "jam-in" type goals where I'm trying to protect the post and someone keeps whacking at it an eventually gets it in. I had one of those last night and was a bit irritated since I had it blocked but it went in after the post moved. On the other hand, movable nets are actually a bit of an advantage at times as before every game I always adjust the posts and if I can get away with it, I move the posts slightly over the goal line so about half of the post is outside of it.

[KDB]

I can't see any advantage to moving the net forward, unless you're giving up short side shots. Just work on your positioning instead...

[Ryan]

I can see a couple advantages to moving the net over the goal line. First off to deal with the net moving when you lean on it, you can lean on the net and when it does move a little it will just shift right on the goal line. That way when it shifts and the puck gets passed out to the point the net isnt off and your angles wont be screwed up. Second reason is on breakaways guys who try to be fancy and do some crazy move (signature roller hockey) when they decide to deke and go to either the right or left, they could be caught without any net to shoot at besides the side of the net.

[KDB]

Do you really believe that moving the net 1.5" is gonna do much to stop a deke that gets around you? Besides, I'm pretty sure forwards are paying attention to the goalie and the net, not the goal line...

[MrMikeEMike]

Man, I guess I should feel lucky...

Our rink uses real ice hockey nets (Granted, with cheap paint that turns the back of my jersey a nice shade of pink.), and they drilled a couple of bolts into the floor with about three pipe washers that act as pegs. The net only comes off when run into, and that happens MAYBE once or twice a session.

[leaferguy]

The place I spend a majority of my time at has very nice full-size ice hockey nets. They don't move too much, but when they do, the ref is usually very cool and right there to fix it. I don't like the fact that they can move because I like to hug the post and push off a little bit, but it's very hard to do when it's not secured.