boards I will pin it there with my hip/leg. This way he can't go jamming around and my buddy (supposing I actually get some support) can win it out. The fun thing to do (opposing players get really mad) is hold his stick pinned for an extra second after the puck has been moved. Most rec league refs will not call a "holding the stick" penalty but it delays the opposing player from chasing my teammate down. This works especially well when your in the corners in the o-zone. Also results in a relaliation penalty sometimes. Oh and if your on the PP. You've just created an even larger window for your teammate to do something (or not....such as rec league goes). When defending the front of your net (ala d-man on Holmstrom) sneakily use the blade of your stick to push behind the offensive players knee. Without fail they will at the very least lose their balance momentarily. Done deftly and at an opportune time it will render them useless for all of 2 seconds. This is dirty. You can destroy an opponents knee or he can lose his balance, fall backwards and hit his head ( essentially slewfooting ) on the ice. I won't go in to detail as to my reaction to this type of play in retaliation, but I would think if you are willing to do this then you should suffer the consequences. I think you're overreacting a LOT to this. You won't "destroy" somebody's