Tag Archives: hockey
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Lithuanian Under-18 Hockey Player Hurls His Stick at a Referee (Video)
We see athletes and coaches blame the referees for a tough loss all the time. Most often it’s not really their fault and it’s bad sportsmanship to lay the blame on them, but it happens, and it’s not a huge deal. Guys take the game seriously, they get frustrated when they lose, and then take [...]
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These Austrian Minor Hockey Players Know How to Brawl (Video)
Brawls at youth hockey games: they’re not just for Canadians. Or Russians. Or Kazakhs. They’re also for Austrians. In fact, the Austrians might do youth hockey brawls best. I’m only judging from one example, of course. But I assume that all Austrian youth hockey brawls are as good as this one from a recent championship [...]
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25 Bone-Crushing Hockey Bodychecks GIFs
Some people might say that nothing gets a hockey crowd excited like a fight. That’s certainly what the goons who drop the gloves right after a faceoff think. However, for my money, nothing can take the energy level in an area from a zero to sixty faster than a good old-fashioned bodycheck. I’ll take one [...]
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Line Brawl!: Kid Throws Cheap Shot After Cheap Shot at Minor Hockey Game in PEI (Video)
Another day, another incident of violence at a Canadian minor hockey game. Yesterday, of course, we told you about a bunch of classy parents brawling at a Class C Bantam (15 and under) game in rural Ontario. Today’s incident? A line brawl at a Class AA Midget (18 and under) game in PEI. The two [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 3/26/2013 — Nikolai Khabibulin
Prior to the start of the lockout-shortened 2012-13 NHL season, Sports Illustrated ranked the Edmonton Oilers as the top team in the Western Conference, and the third-best team in the entire league, behind the Pittsburgh Penguins and the New York Rangers. But with two-thirds of the season in the books, the Oilers once again find [...]
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Bruins Coach Throws His Earpiece Over the Glass and into a Fan’s Beer (Video)
Seeing as how Geoff Ward is the assistant coach of the Boston Bruins and a former AHL Coach of the Year winner, I’m simply going to assume that the guy is at least a decent hockey player. And after watching last night’s Northeast Division match-up between the Bruins and the Toronto Maple Leafs, I’m also [...]
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Epic Brawl Between Parents at Minor Hockey Game in Tweed, Ontario (Video)
Sadly, fights between parents and other spectators at youth sporting events are quite common. Whether it’s because people are overly protective of their kids, or too wrapped up in their lives, or too inclined to bring a 12-pack of beer to kids baseball games, these fights happen. However, no parents fight like hockey parents. Sure, [...]
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Colton Orr’s Stat Line vs. Sabres: 29 Penalty Minutes in Two Seconds of Ice Time (Video)
Last night, the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Colton Orr gave us one of the most incredible stat lines in the history of the NHL. The goon scored 0 goals, notched 0 assists, 0 shots, and had 0 hits. However, in just two seconds of ice time, the dude racked up—are you ready for this?—29 minutes in [...]
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Hockey Puck Breaks in Half Following Goal During Swiss League Game (Videos)
In sports, there are a lot of colorful expressions that aren’t meant to be taken literally. In baseball, for example, you might tell a guy to “go knock the cover off the ball,” while in football you might describe a big hit as having “knocked a guy right out of his cleats.” These are figures [...]
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Inspirational Video: Youth Hockey Player Helps Teammate with Special Needs Score a Goal (Video)
If you’re in need of a feel-good story to boost your spirits, this one is for you. Every year, hockey teams from all over Canada, the Eastern United States, and even the U.K. converge in Kitchener, Ontario, for the Special Hockey International. This isn’t a competitive tournament, as you probably guessed by the name. It’s [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 3/19/2013 — Sergei Gonchar
Ottawa Senators defenseman Sergei Gonchar entered last night’s game against the New York Islanders with a seven-game point streak. He exited the contest with an eight-game point streak. Gonchar has been on fire as of late, and it continued on Tuesday night, as he recorded the game-winning goal and added two assists to help lead [...]
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This Day In Sports History (March 19) — Brett Hull
It was on this day in 1991 that Brett Hull became only the second player in NHL history to score 80 goals in a season. Hull finished the year with 86 goals – the third most all-time, behind only Wayne Gretzky’s 92 in 1981-82 and Gretzky’s 87 in 1983-84. Brett also became only the fifth [...]
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Sergei Kostitsyn’s Inexplicable Line Change is the NHL’s “Worst Play of the Year” (Video)
Earlier in the month, the Nashville Predators decided to experiment with their power-play by moving forward Sergei Kostitsyn to the point on their first power-play unit. They might want to abandon that experiment after watching Kostitsyn inexplicably quit on a play and go off for a line change after the puck bounced over his stick and into [...]
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Chicago Wolves and Rockford IceHogs Engage in Epic St. Patty’s Day Hockey Brawl (Video)
You would expect the Chicago Wolves and Rockford IceHogs of the AHL to have a pretty fierce rivalry. For starters, the two teams play their home games about an hour and a half away from each other. On top of that, you have the fact that the IceHogs are the farm team for the beloved [...]
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Florida’s Shawn Matthias Scored (Maybe) the Best Goal So Far This Season (Video)
Usually when we praise an athlete’s effort, it’s when they did not actually win. We tell them, “Good job! Good effort!” because we want them to know we appreciate the fact that they didn’t lose because of a lack of will. However, every once in a while you get to praise a guy for his [...]
