Ice Roller Hockey

What sport is better and why Lacross or Ice/roller hockey?

Well since there is no Lacrosse section, and you are in the Hockey section you are gonna get ice hockey as your answer. It pains me to say that many people in this country still dont really no much about Lacrosse besides that the Duke team was in the news for a heinous act(which they never even commited but some how the news didnt really report on that as much as they did the false allegations). Anyway, Lacrosse is known as the fastest sport on two feet, because it truly is. Hockey is by far my second favorite sport but you can not argue that since it is on ice and skates it is fundamentally different then Lacrosse and because of that comparing them is really a moot point. It just matter on whether or not you want to run, or skate.

Also, to the comment about Hockey being more physical or there being more hitting, this is essentially only true because it is harder to avoid hits in hockey, quick lateral movement to side step a hit is much harder to do on skates then when you standing on your toes on turf, but the strength of good body checks is pretty much even in the two sports.

Tomjc brings up a great point, that I honestly forgot about, playing the field version of lacrosse all of my life makes me think of that before box lacrosse, but he is right when the NLL finally gets its television rights with an actual station and a real marketing team, it has the potential to be just as watched as hockey.

Alright well, you cant blame the lack of a good lacrosse announcer on anything other then the fact that there simply aren't enough people who know the sport in and out and have the ability to announce. However, to answer your question on why the pads are so big, think about it what was the score of the game you went to, I can pretty much assume that both teams were in the double digits even with the goalie wearing so many pads. I personally dislike the way the NLL has there goalies wrapped up in so much equipment but even all of it the players still score alot. It is easier to control ball placement with a lacrosse stick then a hockey stick.