Talk:Captain (ice hockey)

The proper term is alternate.

From the NHL Rule book (Bolds are my own)

"Rule 14 Captain of Team

(a) One Captain shall be appointed by each Team, and he alone shall have the privilege of discussing with the Referee any questions relating to interpretation of rules which may arise during the progress of a game. He shall wear the letter "C", approximately three inches (3) in height and in contrasting color, in a conspicuous position on the front of his sweater.

In addition, if the permanent Captain is not on the ice, Alternate Captains (not more than two) shall be accorded the privileges of the Captain. Alternate Captains shall wear the letter "A" approximately three inches (3) in height and in contrasting color, in a conspicuous position on the front of their sweaters.

(NOTE) Only when the captain is not in uniform, the Coach shall have the right to designate three Alternate Captains. This must be done prior to the start of the game.

(b) The Referee and Official Scorer shall be advised prior to the start of each game, the name of the Captain and the Alternate Captains of both Teams.

(c) Only the Captain, when invited to do so by the Referee, shall have the privilege of discussing any point relating to the interpretation of rules. Any Captain or player who comes off the bench and makes any protest or intervention with the Officials for any purpose shall be assessed a minor penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct under Rule 41(b) - Abuse of Officials. Should this protest continue, he may be assessed a misconduct penalty, and if it further continues, a game misconduct penalty shall be warranted.

A complaint about a penalty is NOT a matter "relating to the interpretation of the rules" and a minor penalty shall be imposed against any Captain or other player making such a complaint.

(d) No playing Coach or playing Manager or goalkeeper shall be permitted to act as Captain or Alternate Captain."

Now, also working with common sense, an ice hockey captain does not need an "assistant". One does need an "alternate" when they are not available. Unless you have any evidence to assure your point, please stop changing "alternate" to "assistant".Habsfannova 23:26, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

And the proper name for the state is "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations," while the name of the city is really "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de la Porciúncula," not "Los Angeles." It still doesn't mean people won't call you a cranky pedant for insisting on the accurate and correct terms. As it happens, "assistant captain" is common and general usage. Common sense is irrelevant. RGTraynor 06:06, September 13, 2005 (UTC)

If "assistant captain" is common usage, as it does seem from a couple of Google searches, then that is a fact worthy of noting in the article, so I'm putting it in. -- Jao 10:09, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

RG, I don't think geographical names, which do change with times, are really relavent either. While I'm not opposed to using the term "assistant" in the article (I admit, I should have put that in there as well, my bad), I was opposed to simply replacing "alternate" with "assistant" without any grounds showing so. This is an encyclopedia, and we should use the proper terms when necessary. I also apologize if I came accross as haughty.Habsfannova 15:46, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

If the rules say Alternate, so be it. Say RGTraynor ,did you happen to notice that (correct me if I'm wrong) from the 1979-80 to the 1985-86 Nhl season, the teams did't have alternate captains (Nobody wore 'A's) they had Just The Captain. If you have notice this (in old NHL team photos & games), is there a reason for it having occured? 23 October 2005.

Help Please

Does anyone know for certain if Bryan Trottier ,was the Captain of team Canada in the 1981 Canada Cup? If not Trottier, then who? 23 October 2005