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Just wondering what the thoughts are about running up scores. What's the purpose and which teams/coaches make this part of their program?

hometown warrior wrote:Just wondering what the thoughts are about running up scores. What's the purpose and which teams/coaches make this part of their program?

Feeling remorse for the LOW game ???

Stats, Stats, Stats -

Final scores say a lot about the coaches, and teams.

There are such diverse gaps in ability between girls teams that its pretty clear which games can end up being embarrassing score wise.

Playoffs, tournaments and state tourneys are a different story. The regular season games that have double digit score differences tell a story about the people involved.

Saying that a "double digit score says a lot about the people involved" is a little over-simplistic.

I've seen games where the coaches have told their girls not to shoot on the net for the rest of the game because it's 10-0 after the first period and they only put 15 shots on net. How embarrassing is it for girls to have to go through two periods where the other team has a passing practice? But the coaches made sure that they didn't run up the score anymore to try and save some dignity for the other team.

I've also seen games where its 7 or 8 to 0 and the coach never let his third line touch the ice because they were obviously out to get points for their stars and to put in as many as they could.

Each game is different. Judge them accordingly.

Doesn't a double digit score differential say a lot not matter what happened or which lines played during the game?

Since it was a generic "running up the score" question, I attempted to give a generic answer.

There is a difference between running up the score, and embarrassing the opponent. The options are limited in games that have a large gap in ability. Being respectful means different things to different people.

I agree that running up the score is different than embarrassing the opponent. That was the point I was trying to make, just not very successfully.

The key is intent. Hard to control the score difference because of talent sometimes.