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What is the half wall (in hockey)?


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I think its just another term for the boards (they only go up half way, then its glass

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Isn't it where the benches are? The players climb over the half-wall to get on the ice.

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Thanks - that makes sense now - I was also sent a PM that explained it really well...........I never heard it until this year - have they always said that? Maybe I haven't watched enough hockey.

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I've been watching hockey for over 30 years and the only one that I ever heard use the term "half-wall" is Mike Emerick. Others have copied him and it's become a more popular term. I can't recall RJ ever using that term. Wouldn't any wall, even boards in hockey, be a full wall? It's not like any of it is missing.

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I've heard RJ use it many times this year.....I heard GR's guys use it yesterday..........I specifically looked to see if any walls/boards were half - but they are all the same like you say............Thanks to the Wallers I now know what they are talking about. (It was also mentioned in the Drury article the other day).

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