Hockey Prompt:
There is absolutely a place in the SHL and hockey for that matter for the pest. Being a pest is a great way to get another teams players off their game and can give your team the edge they need. Now saying that there is a line to it. Being a pest means you can get into a guys face and chirp, beak, name call, whatever you want to call it. However when you start crossing the line with doing dirty things like sticking a guy in the nuts or sucker punching a guy then you have crossed the line and that doesn’t have a place. There is a borderline in there somewhere where the rules are “grey” that you can live and be successful. In reality though to be the best pest on the ice is to be a hard working player that finishes every check and puts up points on the board as well. Out working a guy and getting a beak in may get a player off his game but man lighting them up hurts them way more.