Is it tougher physically to play football than to play ice hockey?

[Guns 'n' Roses]

I have often noticed that football players can excuse a poor Saturday performance with "we were tired since we played a game on Wednesday."

In the NHL the playoff - after a season with a ****load of matches - consists of "best of 7 games" in the QF, SF and finals where they often play back to back days.

[halfsharkalligatorhalfman]

[redgunamo]

[Pat Vegas]

finals it's another potential 28 games. plus in the playoffs the games are much harder and people are playing with injuries.

Having played both it's hard to compare.

Though Ice hockey must be for poofs as they wear pads.

[Classic Jorge]

That said, I genuinely dont know whether it's tougher as I only ever played street hockey.

That is just knackering on your back, mostly.

[Pat Vegas]

when I was a teen I was so good I never came off the ice.

[Pat Vegas]

play a load of games too.
Though the contact isn't there.

[Ashberto]

no?

[Pat Vegas]

puck. or some nutter hitting you.

Though I escaped pretty much injury free. apart from my missing tooth ripped gum, dodgy clicking hip and my knees are f**ked but apart from that it was fun.

[Progbook]

leave you in a heap either because your lungs have imploded or because you've been trampled.

[Classic Jorge]

Is they just concentrated on one game they could have a fairly decently popular minor sport there.

[Classic Jorge]

That said, I played a fair bit of basketball as a kid and it was supremely knackering

[The Tony]