Look how little of the net the goaltender covers. He really had to be on his game…
00sgamer
It’s always interesting to see how everyone is well dressed to watch the game in those days.
sensman14
NHL attendance was strong from the get go in 1917 with the best teams constantly upgrading their rinks to accommodate more people. Crowd sizes have only gotten bigger year over year.
tuxedo7777
Whatâs distracting is the advertising on the boards, goalies with balloon pads and the protective netting
Swimming-Fan7973
The đ„ looks way bigger and the goalie way smaller.
yodazer
Nah. You kind of zone them out. Maybe on the bench you notice, but Iâve played in a packed house before. Once youâre playing, they basically disappear
scumbagstaceysEx
Part of what you are seeing here is due to this photo being taken with a telephoto lens. Probably from behind the other net. When you use a telephoto lens it compresses everything to make things look closer together. For example most of the skaters in this pic are in the neutral zone, not right in front of the net. Jacques is out in front of his net, not sitting in the cage. And crowd isnât really as close as they seem.
gnikyt
You tune it out pretty quick when you’re hyperfocused on the game (speaking as an old goalie anyways).
NBA-014
Itâs a lighting illusion. Back then, cameras had their own flash bulbs. Today, a camera is linked to strobes in the arena that donât give this illusion
BubbaSpanks
Also noticed no netting around the rink you really had to watch the game
theTallBoy
Plante learned the hard way to become the first goalie to wear a mask. When you see just how exposed he is in a pic like this its insane.
hughheffres
I played in front of pretty packed rinks in high school and college hockey. Once you are on the ice you are in your own world. There is so much going on so fast that you aren’t caught up in that at all really. Maybe in a fleeting second on the bench but thats it
eldonte
Doesnât look like there is any glass around the rink, though I see what seems to be stanchions. Is it a play of light or was there no glass around the boards in this era of the NHL? The sticks look flat, so I wonder how hard the shots were.
joe-dirt-mcgirt
You are staring at the puck most of the time
Dis-Ducks-Fan-1130
Tell me you havenât played hockey without telling me youâve never played hockey (or most other sports for that matter).
FightingForSeeking
Plays are dialed-in to the game, so distraction wouldnât be an issue
devildance3
A wonderfully diverse crowd in Montreal.
AmielJohn
I played rugby with quite a few hundred spectators and you donât see the crowd but you do hear them. If youâre at home, the cheers are great in giving you a boost! If youâre away, those boos and hisses are draining.
Scamnam
The bright lights shining on the ice makes the crowd dark you wouldn’t even notice.. Plus you’d be in the zone
punkdrummer22
Athletes don’t pay attention to the crowd.
When I played soccer it didn’t matter if it was 10 people or 2000. All the same to me
Fausto_Alarcon
Is thst Mr Potter in the front with the hat on?
Pogodickbanana
No protective plexiglass? I wonder how many times someone in the crowd took a puck to the dome?
LogieThePerogie
It really does theres no jerseys just suits
No_Interaction_4925
I assume youâve never done an activity in front of a large crowd. You zone them out entirely. Your brain is cool like that.
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Keep your eye đ on the puck.
Look how little of the net the goaltender covers. He really had to be on his game…
It’s always interesting to see how everyone is well dressed to watch the game in those days.
NHL attendance was strong from the get go in 1917 with the best teams constantly upgrading their rinks to accommodate more people. Crowd sizes have only gotten bigger year over year.
Whatâs distracting is the advertising on the boards, goalies with balloon pads and the protective netting
The đ„ looks way bigger and the goalie way smaller.
Nah. You kind of zone them out. Maybe on the bench you notice, but Iâve played in a packed house before. Once youâre playing, they basically disappear
Part of what you are seeing here is due to this photo being taken with a telephoto lens. Probably from behind the other net. When you use a telephoto lens it compresses everything to make things look closer together. For example most of the skaters in this pic are in the neutral zone, not right in front of the net. Jacques is out in front of his net, not sitting in the cage. And crowd isnât really as close as they seem.
You tune it out pretty quick when you’re hyperfocused on the game (speaking as an old goalie anyways).
Itâs a lighting illusion. Back then, cameras had their own flash bulbs. Today, a camera is linked to strobes in the arena that donât give this illusion
Also noticed no netting around the rink you really had to watch the game
Plante learned the hard way to become the first goalie to wear a mask. When you see just how exposed he is in a pic like this its insane.
I played in front of pretty packed rinks in high school and college hockey. Once you are on the ice you are in your own world. There is so much going on so fast that you aren’t caught up in that at all really. Maybe in a fleeting second on the bench but thats it
Doesnât look like there is any glass around the rink, though I see what seems to be stanchions. Is it a play of light or was there no glass around the boards in this era of the NHL? The sticks look flat, so I wonder how hard the shots were.
You are staring at the puck most of the time
Tell me you havenât played hockey without telling me youâve never played hockey (or most other sports for that matter).
Plays are dialed-in to the game, so distraction wouldnât be an issue
A wonderfully diverse crowd in Montreal.
I played rugby with quite a few hundred spectators and you donât see the crowd but you do hear them. If youâre at home, the cheers are great in giving you a boost! If youâre away, those boos and hisses are draining.
The bright lights shining on the ice makes the crowd dark you wouldn’t even notice.. Plus you’d be in the zone
Athletes don’t pay attention to the crowd.
When I played soccer it didn’t matter if it was 10 people or 2000. All the same to me
Is thst Mr Potter in the front with the hat on?
No protective plexiglass? I wonder how many times someone in the crowd took a puck to the dome?
It really does theres no jerseys just suits
I assume youâve never done an activity in front of a large crowd. You zone them out entirely. Your brain is cool like that.