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Originally Posted by Circa89
I grew up playing Lacrosse and never understood the hockey mentality that the stick faces towards the boards and not the net. It automatically reduces the net to the short side shot with a worse angle than if they were on their "off wing". I get it for defencemen and puck retrieval but as a hockey player i prefer to play on my off wing to maximize the shooting angles. seems odd but smarter men than I have determined this is the way.
note: to be clear in Lacrosse lefties play on the right side and righties play on the left side of the floor.
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As a left shot winger I found it way easier to play LW in my own end than on my off hand. The offensive zone benefits of playing my off wing weren’t enough to offset the defensive zone deficiencies I experienced. Especially as someone who wasn’t offensively gifted.