Is Hockey the toughest sport of all?

Question

I certainly think so! I mean sure; you can get hurt in the NFL. But in Hockey you have to be very tough! For one thing; I guy on skates at full speed hitting is alot worse than any linebacker or defensive end hitting you!

Nobody cares as much about Hockey because they are a bunch of P.U.S.S.I.E.S! You don't see guys going home to momma after breaking a finger in Hockey! In the NFL, A guy breaks his pinky finger and wines like a 3 year old child.

Answer, I hate to say it: But you are very wrong! Cause in the NFL you land on turf in Hockey you land on Ice. It hurts alot worse! The NFL used to be tough. But now with all the new rules and people afraid of getting hurt it is very much turning into a less contact sport like basketball or track. Kinda like a relay race. If you took NFL players from a few decades ago and put them up against today's players there would be alot of broken bones! The NFL of today is more like backyard 2 hand touch than its ever been!

And to top it all off; I bet you over 90% of the NFL players couldn't even skate! So that pretty much solves the issue.

NFL players in this era are nowhere near the guys from the old school era. When you have guys that are 40 years old and up outrunning 3 year veterans and outhitting them, You have to say that the NFL has went backwards. And you say the guys are bigger? Thats a laugher! What does big have to do with tough? I've personaly knowcked 300+ lineman on their *** and I weigh just a little over 200lbs! So big don't mean ****! It means your fat *** will be hitting the turf harder!

Answer 1

It's definitely the toughest to play. It takes balance to skate which is the premise of hockey. Lots of people can run, but only the agile can skate and handle a puck.

Answer 2

Hockey is the toughest sport to get people to watch maybe.

I think boxing is tougher. So are the martial arts. So is the NFL. You might have basketball and baseball beat, though.

The guy might have more speed because he's on skates, but you take less of an impact when he hits you because you slide along the ice on your own skates. You don't get hit by multiple guys at once in hockey, like in the NFL. You always play inside at the same temperature so you don't have to be tough about playing in inclement weather.

Uhm.............no. Hockey is not the toughest sport.

Edit:

I guess if you like hockey, you LOVE hockey, and if you don't like hockey...... well, you just don't like hockey.

The athletes of today's NFL playing the old school guys would result in a lot of broken bones for the guys from that era.... today's player is that much bigger and more athletic. And turf is just as hard as ice when it's frozen solid, or in any of the stadiums that have what amounts to a carpet over concrete. And, no, they can't skate... they've trained to be highly competitive at a sport that doesn't require skating. What does skating have to do with being tough?

I don't buy that NFL athletes sit down when they get a boo-boo, either. Jeremy Shockey dislocated a finger in warm-ups before a game a few weeks ago. The bone was sticking out of the back of his finger and his hand was dripping blood it was so badly dislocated. He had them pop it back in place and tape it up and he played that whole game and every one since and they're probably not even going to make the playoffs. He's not unique, either.

If your competitive spirit is that intense, it doesn't matter what sport you're playing, you're tough. I'm going to take back everything I said above about what the toughest sport is, though. Upon further reflection, I think the toughest sport is soldiering.
Everything else is just a game and the injuries are voluntary.

Answer 3

It depends on what you mean by tough. If you are talking about rough then I would have to agree because you are right, I think most people would take a 350 lbs guy hitting them at (his) running speed than a 220 lbs guy hitting you at almost 30 mph. Plus you have a puck flying at you at over 100 mph. It definitely takes a special breed to play the game of ice hockey.

Now, on the other hand, if we are talking about difficulty, I have been playing hockey for over 20 years but I don't find a game harder and more mentally and physically draining then the game of golf. People don't think that those guys are very athletic but it takes tremendous completeness (if that's a word) to play that game consistently.

Answer 4

Hockey is the toughest sport of all, back in the old day's allot of players used there sticks as weapons and they still played with blood on there faces. and when it comes to playoff time these players will do anything to win the Stanley cup. here's a thing on Clint Malurchuck. Clint Malurchuck gets throat slit by skate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT4PenDwiPo&eurl=
"Malarchuk spent only one night in the hospital, and was back on the ice with his team two weeks later. a football player even baseball and basketball players take months off from a little bruise on the arm or legs, some hockey players have played an entire playoff series with a broken arm or ankle, and never told anyone till after the series was over just so they can play the game they love. in american sports they will site out for the hole season for a little injury because they know there still getting paid, no love for there sports.


Answer>>>> american football isnt even in hockeys catergorie, yes you might get hit by two maybe tree players at once but they hit you from two feet away from you which doesnt hurt as much as someone skating at you at top speeds 10 times faster then someone running at you then you get hit in to the boards or fall on the ice which is 100 times harder then the grass. and if you go and block a slap shot from a player over 100 mph and some players get it in the face and come back and play. check out on Ryan Smyth from the Edmonton Oilers know thats a tough S.O.B that loves this game.


GO HABS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Answer 5

Rugby League and Rugby Union are the toughest sports. The players use very little or no protective gear at all. The games are fast are furious. Want some proof? Grab a hold of the 2006 State of Origin dvd (Queensland Vs New South Wales) and decide.

Answer 6

Why is hockey being compared to football in terms of which is more rough? I am a big hockey fan, but after talking to some people in Australia last year i came to the conclusion that rugby is the roughest sport. First of all they don't really have any protection. Secondly, they hit almost as hard as football. And last, i was told that in the scrums people will intentionally step all over you with metal cleats, and grab areas you don't want grabbed.

Answer 7

Size and speed is increasing in the NHL as it has in other sports and injuries will increase as well as the hits get bigger. Hockey is also one of the hardest to win the championship in physically as well. Just think if the NFL teams had to play the same team up to seven times in a playoff before going on to the next playoff level where they had to play a best of seven series again! That's the way teams in the NHL have to do to reach the Stanley Cup - the toughest, most physical team championship to win in the world!

Answer 8

Yeah, hockey is the toughest sport of all. Look at the wimps that play in the NHL-that Tank guy with the Chicago Bears needs a gun AND a bodyguard before he has the guts to go to club.

Answer 9

Actually, in Mixed Martial Arts/UFC type events, you can absorb
way more punishment with less protection than hockey. Boxing
is another sport where the amount of punishment is more, but
that's the nature of the beast. Pro Wrestling is scripted, but the
injuries are real. There have been deaths in boxing, pro wrestling,
and other sports because of the sport itself. How many hockey
players have died on the ice? I have heard of US football players
dying in practice because of the conditions. Remember Korey
Stringer, the Pro Bowl player for the Minnesota Vikings who died
in practice? Rugby in all its form, is a more demanding sport than
ice hockey because of the requirements for that sport. Hockey isn't the toughest sport. Try bullfighting, where you facing a beast,
and one wrong move can get you gored to death, or Formula One auto racing, not NASCAR, where the physical and mental
demands are incredible. Hockey is just tough in terms of the expense, and it is physically demanding. It's not the toughest sport in terms of the physical demands. Ironman Triathletes are
tougher physical athletes. Running Ultramarathons, mountain climbing, downhill skiing and other sports are either more physically demanding in terms of the workload and/or the risk
involved. The TourDeFrance may be the most gruelling event in
sports for something that doesn't involve a gas powered vehicle.
Hockey players are protected by padding like football players.
Rugby players are basically wearing the same protection as your
soccer player would be for the most part. I doubt most of you
would even know the sport of jai-alai, but that is a sport where you get hit in the head by the object of play, and that means almost certain death.

Answer 10

I think it is second only to rugby and only because no pads in rugby. In hockey, there are boards to slam into, pucks as hard as rocks to get hit with, a bashing club (stick), skate blades as sharp as knives, not to mention 11 other goal thirsty, barbaric men with the same arsenal. Pretty brutal, but ya gotta love it!