Instead of slugging the guy why didn't he just step out of the way? What a puss. I smell another suspension. Simon went out for the year for his stick hit on Hollweg, how much you wanna bet that's what happens here too.

Stay off the ice:


Seriously:


You could get hurt.

Thanks to LuongoIsGod and Mat83 at Canucks.com forum.

A short film from 2003 by George Plamondon. Thanks to attaboy.ca

A big shout out and a thank you to Canaacks from the Canucks.com forum for posting this on YouTube and sending me the link.

Hockey Primer by Denis Lemieux

Who said hockey players are dumb?

We watched last night. And laughed our asses off at this for the millionth time.

There was another hockey violence episode last night during the the game between hometown rivals, the New York Rangers and the New York Islanders. Here's some disturbing video of the incident from YouTube and HockeyFights.com:

Chris Simon's two-hander on Ryan Hollweg after Hollweg's hit on Simon from the Rangers at Islanders game on Mar 8, 2007.

Ugly.

The Islanders scored on the ensuing power play and went on to win the game 2 - 1. Duh Simon, duh!

I realize that hockey is a contact sport and fighting is part of the game, but this kind of behaviour should not be.

According to CBC Chris Simon has been suspended pending investigation of the incident. Of course he has. We've seen this kind of thing a few times before. Who can forget the infamous Bertuzzi on Moore incident? As a Canucks fan I know I can't. Also, another Canuck related incident was the stick slash to the head by Boston's Marty McSorley on Vancouver's Donald Brashear.

Always temporary suspensions. Why not expulsion? Perhaps if a player shows this kind of lack of control they don't deserve to play the game any more. Making an example of someone might just prevent a death later on. Just few centimeters lower and Simon could have crushed Hollweg's larynx and killed him. Come on Mr Campbell. Take a stand and end this crap.

Yikes. That's awful. Repulsive. This is appalling... I loved every second of it!

But still my all time favourite hockey video is of Jarkko Ruutu, last year as a Canuck, embarrassing Calgary Flambé Dion Phaneuf by tripping him after Phaneuf throws down his gloves for a scrap:


I miss Jarkko. One of those players I'd love to see come back.

From Canucks.com:

SHINING IN DALLAS
Roberto Luongo pitched a shutout in the NHL All-Star skills competition in Dallas Tuesday. He stopped all six skaters he faced in regulation, including Alexander Ovetchkin, to take the overall goaltenders competition.

More NHL All-Star Coverage

I'm looking forward to the game. A buddy is coming over to hang out and watch. I might record it and post some video of my personal highlights later tonight.

It's Hockey Day in Canada again. What does that mean? It means 13 hours of bliss for a rabid Canadian hockey fan like myself. Not all of the games are in HD this year so we don't get to bask in hockey clarity all day long. The important game (Canucks @ Leafs) is, but the other two are not. Boo CBC! That really sucks. You can get HD cameras to Nelson, BC for the yackety yack crap but not to Ottawa and Calgary for the games? What's up with that?

Anyway, here's the schedule:

Hockey Day in Canada 2007 TV Schedule (in PST)

09:00-11:00 - HDIC live on location (Nelson, B.C.)
11:00-13:30 - Montreal @ Ottawa
13:30-15:00 - HDIC live on location (Nelson, B.C.)
15:30-16:00 - Saturday Night (HNIC pregame show)
16:00-19:00 - Vancouver @ Toronto (Go Canucks Go!)
19:00-10:00 - Edmonton @ Calgary
10:00-10:30 - After Hours (Calgary and Camrose, Alta.)

So we'll be hearing the Hockey Night in Canada theme many times today. Due to overly enforced copyrights and some other legal problems surrounding Canada's second national anthem the only legal link to said theme is from CBC's site and in the rarely used Real Audio. If you have realplayer you can listen to the much loved and oft' heard Hockey Night in Canada theme [.ram]. However, if you don't have Real Player and want to listen you can download it or you're SOL. I'd love to post an MP3 version of the Hockey Night in Canada theme song here however it wouldn't be long before I'd get an email from CBC's legal folks asking me to remove it. Sorry folks.

Maybe one day CBC and the theme song's author will settle their differences and Canadians will be able to listen to and share this theme whenever we like.

What a doorknob. Showing off and karma took care of him. Nothing to do with the Canucks (who won again tonight.

Got this straight from Digg.

The Hurricanes won the cup - shit!

This is the bench clearing brawl between Canada and Russia during the World Junior tournament in 1987:


Lest we forget... how embarrassing. And right in the middle of it all? Theoren Fluery. Always one to stir up trouble and he's still at it. More here.

I am so grateful that I got to watch the game and be a part of the crowd! Holy crapola! Team Canada, the underdogs, blanked the Russians and their scoring superstar Evgeni Malkin. I've never seen such a display of team play in my life. These boys, under the coaching genius of Brent Sutter, did a fantastic job and never said die. Congratulations guys, you deserve this win and the gold!

There are pictures and some video after the jump.