Football as WAR

[P_Funk]

Hockey:

Dump and Chase - Hard forechecking where you rush the defenders and get the puck past them before they reorient themselves. Kinda like Panzers ploughing through to the rear of the enemy and getting in behind.

Hitting and Checking - You bash the guy so he can't play the puck. Same as suppressing fire to prevent any coherent deliberate acts on the part of the other team.

Give and Go - Pincer attack anyone? Or should we save that for those lovely sandwich hits?

Though I'd say that if we wanted to compare hockey to war (and that means if I wanted to since I seem to be the only one :p) then I'd venture to say that Hockey is more like Geurilla warfare. Hard hitting, fast movement. Its not about vast plans and ritualized rules that force you into a narrow corridor of behavior. Instead you get fast play with improvization in almost every moment. Small things lead to attrition. Hit and run.

Its easier to compare that to the Vietcong than Patton's 3rd.