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Two came to my mind, Ulf Samuelsson knocking out Janet Gretzky, and Mike Modano stretcher falling after him getting knocked out by Mark Messier.
Most surreal things happening in a hockey game
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BUF goalie Clint Malarchuk's carotid artery sliced in a game vs. STL Blues on March 22, 1989.
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The heavy fog game with the bat if we take a bit of a literal way:
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How about two surreal things in the same game....bench-clearing brawl in international hockey, which was unbelievable. And then somebody kills all the lights in the arena.
I was watching the game; it really was surreal, completely bizzare, and unforgettable.
And that goddamn bastard Turgeon....!
I was watching the game; it really was surreal, completely bizzare, and unforgettable.
And that goddamn bastard Turgeon....!
Saw it live on T.V.
He left a bright streak of blood, trailing from his head that you cant see on the bad quality videos online.
Rich Peverley having a heart attack on the bench and the game being stopped (then postponed and resumed later).
Derek Morris deflecting a puck shot by Espen Knutsen into the crowd where it hit Brittanie Cecil (may she rest in peace).
Derek Morris deflecting a puck shot by Espen Knutsen into the crowd where it hit Brittanie Cecil (may she rest in peace).
Takes balls to stick to your principles
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First one that came to mind for me.
I know there’s an old Sportsnet top 10 fitting the topic quite well.
I like the time a fan was caught on tape mocking Mike Sullivan after he’d been clipped with a high stick to his face, then later on in the game, that same fan gets karma handed to him when he’s spotted getting helped to a towel to his bleeding face by presumably his girlfriend, having himself been struck by an erratic puck off the boards. Sullivan skating past the guy with some remarks of his own, and the reaction of the guy and the girl just loving it, laughing and giving Sullivan thumbs up, just priceless:
First one that came to mind for me.
I know there’s an old Sportsnet top 10 fitting the topic quite well.
I like the time a fan was caught on tape mocking Mike Sullivan after he’d been clipped with a high stick to his face, then later on in the game, that same fan gets karma handed to him when he’s spotted getting helped to a towel to his bleeding face by presumably his girlfriend, having himself been struck by an erratic puck off the boards. Sullivan skating past the guy with some remarks of his own, and the reaction of the guy and the girl just loving it, laughing and giving Sullivan thumbs up, just priceless:
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That was such a dirty hit, always hated Messier, what a pig!
The Panther
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I feel bad for Modano when he got hit by Messier, but I also thank God for that clip because Modano getting stretcher-dropped by the medics is the single funniest thing I've ever seen in my life...
It's unfortunate that no one pounded the crap out of him
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Yeah, the Peverley thing was the first thing that came to mind. That was the game I was watching that night and I was just sitting there in silence. The day before I was just talking with someone who knew Pevs personally and he was telling a couple stories and what not, so it just hit me a little more in that already scary moment...
It might be the most eerily quiet I have ever heard an NHL arena...
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Surreal, funny, odd, strange and sad...
1932 - I'm sure the penalized players in France (Paris) found the view from the bench amusing
1940s - The Riverside rink in Durham (England) with a wooden beam/post in the middle of the ice.
1954 - When Detroit Red Wings played in a prison against Marquette Prison Pirates. Unthinkable today.
1955 - When penalized NHL players shared the penalty bench with each other
1955 - Teargas at the Forum and the start of the Richard riot
1960 - Not hockey, but Swedish bandy at top level, played on a lake near Gävle
1960s - Gladiator themed Intermission entertainment in Boston featuring Ed Westfall
1962 - Toronto and Chicago players on their hands and knees looking for Bob Nevin's contacts
1968 - A sad day in NHL history. Bill Masterton, the only one ice fatality in the league
1968 - A riled up NY Rangers fan, smoking, trying to grab a stick and then swinging his belt at Jacques Laperriere (# 2) and Terry Harper (# 19), before being stopped by New York's finest
1968 - One of the most vicious stick swinging incidents ever. Larry Zeidel vs Eddie Shack
![1969-03-13 – The referee Strikes Back–Ex NHL’er Bob Fryday [1928-2007] leaping high off the ic...jpg](https://forums.hfboards.com/attachments/1969-03-13-%E2%80%93-the-referee-strikes-back%E2%80%93ex-nhl%E2%80%99er-bob-fryday-1928-2007-leaping-high-off-the-ic-jpg.1033543/ "1969-03-13 – The referee Strikes Back–Ex NHL’er Bob Fryday [1928-2007] leaping high off the ic...jpg")
1969 - Referee Bob Fryday, who used to be an NHL-referee leaping high off the ice, delivering a straight right hand to the face of an obnoxious fan during a collegiate game in Toronto
1970 - Pittsburgh Penguins mascot "Re-Pete", being paraded on the ice at the Civic Arena by animal trainer Peter Schepis during an intermission. I don't think this would fly with PETA today
1972 - No, it's not the movie Slap shot, it's just good old EHL (New Haven vs Syracuse).
Goalie Jim Armstrong (New Haven) straddling referee Gordie Heagle while choking him
1972 - Chico Resch and the rooster in the IHL
1972 - Buffalo and Boston in an all out brawl. Wayne Cashman and Jim Schoenfeld crashed through the Zamboni entrance at the Aud and slugged it out, while their teammates joined the party
1973-74 - Jersey Knights played at the Cherry Hill Arena in Cherry Hill, NJ. The ice was slanted so one of the teams would need to skate uphill for two periods during the game. The arena also only had one locker room, so the visiting team had to dress at their hotel prior to the games
1974 - Miss Cyndi, one of the earliest NHL-streakers. Here at the Forum, wearing only a Kings hat and holding a Kings pennant
1974 - Miss Cyndi wasn't the only streaker that year. Penthouse Nightclub owners hired ladies to streak the Pacific Coliseum on national TV (Hockey Night in Canada)
1975 - Already mentioned, but this is a real classic. The famous fog game. Bernie Parent swinging his stick at a bat before Jim Lorentz took care of things
![1977-10-06 - Author George Plimpton [1927-2003] in goal. H. Bennett (# 22). The Flyers scored ...jpg](https://forums.hfboards.com/attachments/1977-10-06-author-george-plimpton-1927-2003-in-goal-h-bennett-22-the-flyers-scored-jpg.1033561/ "1977-10-06 - Author George Plimpton [1927-2003] in goal. H. Bennett (# 22). The Flyers scored ...jpg")
1977 - Author George Plimpton in goal during a preseason game. Flyers scored once (Orest Kindrachuk) against him during his 5 minute stint in goal. Plimpton who by the way was credited with helping wrestle Sirhan Sirhan to the floor when Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1968
1979 - NY Rangers-Boston – The Christmas Brawl – Unforgettable moment when Mike Milbury beat the sh*t out of a New York fan with his shoe. Several of Milbury's teammates followed him into the stands
1980 - Intermission. Future referee Paul Stewart having words with Lanny McDonald, while Bobby "Dr.Hook" Schmautz is wielding his stick against him in a bizarre confrontation
1981 - Boston and Minnesota set an NHL-record with 406 penalty minutes on February 26, 1981.
Minnesota North Stars coach Glen Sonmor was livid, pummeling away at a Boston fan. The Police eventually had to drag him away from the fracas
1987/88 - A Pittsburgh fan poured beer on NHL-rookie Brendan Shanahan. The Irish blood boiled over and Ken Daneyko frantically tried to stop Shanahan from scaling the plexi
1988 - Replacement referees dressed in New Jersey Devils Cooperalls and yellow jerseys at the Brendan Byrne Arena before playoff game 4 between New Jersey and Boston. This happened after the "have another donut" incident between Devils coach Jim Schoenfeld and referee Don Koharski (Game 3)
2001 - Tie Domi sitting in the penalty box being heckled by a Flyers fan. Domi responded by squirting him with a water bottle. The fan then leaped over the glass and fell into the box, being pummeled by Domi
2002 - Calgary streaker wearing only red socks - slipped on the ice and hit his head, knocking himself out
2008 - Pittsburgh. People who returned to their seats during the intermission thought that someone had been run over by the Zamboni driver...as it turned out, it was just leaking hydraulic fluid
2008 - Richard Zednik sustained a life-threatening injury when the skate of his teammate Olli Jokinen accidentally sliced his common carotid artery. "I saw Olli's skate go up to my eyes so I instinctively put my head up and I felt his skate stabbing my neck."
2011 - Vancouver’s green men harassing Olli Jokinen
2012 - A glass pane falling on Boston's David Krejci
1932 - I'm sure the penalized players in France (Paris) found the view from the bench amusing
1940s - The Riverside rink in Durham (England) with a wooden beam/post in the middle of the ice.
1954 - When Detroit Red Wings played in a prison against Marquette Prison Pirates. Unthinkable today.
1955 - When penalized NHL players shared the penalty bench with each other
1955 - Teargas at the Forum and the start of the Richard riot
1960 - Not hockey, but Swedish bandy at top level, played on a lake near Gävle
1960s - Gladiator themed Intermission entertainment in Boston featuring Ed Westfall
1962 - Toronto and Chicago players on their hands and knees looking for Bob Nevin's contacts
1968 - A sad day in NHL history. Bill Masterton, the only one ice fatality in the league
1968 - A riled up NY Rangers fan, smoking, trying to grab a stick and then swinging his belt at Jacques Laperriere (# 2) and Terry Harper (# 19), before being stopped by New York's finest
1968 - One of the most vicious stick swinging incidents ever. Larry Zeidel vs Eddie Shack
1969 - Referee Bob Fryday, who used to be an NHL-referee leaping high off the ice, delivering a straight right hand to the face of an obnoxious fan during a collegiate game in Toronto
1970 - Pittsburgh Penguins mascot "Re-Pete", being paraded on the ice at the Civic Arena by animal trainer Peter Schepis during an intermission. I don't think this would fly with PETA today
1972 - No, it's not the movie Slap shot, it's just good old EHL (New Haven vs Syracuse).
Goalie Jim Armstrong (New Haven) straddling referee Gordie Heagle while choking him
1972 - Chico Resch and the rooster in the IHL
1972 - Buffalo and Boston in an all out brawl. Wayne Cashman and Jim Schoenfeld crashed through the Zamboni entrance at the Aud and slugged it out, while their teammates joined the party
1973-74 - Jersey Knights played at the Cherry Hill Arena in Cherry Hill, NJ. The ice was slanted so one of the teams would need to skate uphill for two periods during the game. The arena also only had one locker room, so the visiting team had to dress at their hotel prior to the games
1974 - Miss Cyndi, one of the earliest NHL-streakers. Here at the Forum, wearing only a Kings hat and holding a Kings pennant
1974 - Miss Cyndi wasn't the only streaker that year. Penthouse Nightclub owners hired ladies to streak the Pacific Coliseum on national TV (Hockey Night in Canada)
1975 - Already mentioned, but this is a real classic. The famous fog game. Bernie Parent swinging his stick at a bat before Jim Lorentz took care of things
1977 - Author George Plimpton in goal during a preseason game. Flyers scored once (Orest Kindrachuk) against him during his 5 minute stint in goal. Plimpton who by the way was credited with helping wrestle Sirhan Sirhan to the floor when Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1968
1979 - NY Rangers-Boston – The Christmas Brawl – Unforgettable moment when Mike Milbury beat the sh*t out of a New York fan with his shoe. Several of Milbury's teammates followed him into the stands
1980 - Intermission. Future referee Paul Stewart having words with Lanny McDonald, while Bobby "Dr.Hook" Schmautz is wielding his stick against him in a bizarre confrontation
1981 - Boston and Minnesota set an NHL-record with 406 penalty minutes on February 26, 1981.
Minnesota North Stars coach Glen Sonmor was livid, pummeling away at a Boston fan. The Police eventually had to drag him away from the fracas
1987/88 - A Pittsburgh fan poured beer on NHL-rookie Brendan Shanahan. The Irish blood boiled over and Ken Daneyko frantically tried to stop Shanahan from scaling the plexi
1988 - Replacement referees dressed in New Jersey Devils Cooperalls and yellow jerseys at the Brendan Byrne Arena before playoff game 4 between New Jersey and Boston. This happened after the "have another donut" incident between Devils coach Jim Schoenfeld and referee Don Koharski (Game 3)
2001 - Tie Domi sitting in the penalty box being heckled by a Flyers fan. Domi responded by squirting him with a water bottle. The fan then leaped over the glass and fell into the box, being pummeled by Domi
2002 - Calgary streaker wearing only red socks - slipped on the ice and hit his head, knocking himself out
2008 - Pittsburgh. People who returned to their seats during the intermission thought that someone had been run over by the Zamboni driver...as it turned out, it was just leaking hydraulic fluid
2008 - Richard Zednik sustained a life-threatening injury when the skate of his teammate Olli Jokinen accidentally sliced his common carotid artery. "I saw Olli's skate go up to my eyes so I instinctively put my head up and I felt his skate stabbing my neck."
2011 - Vancouver’s green men harassing Olli Jokinen
2012 - A glass pane falling on Boston's David Krejci
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When I saw the female stressing one the first thing that popped into my head is some kid saying, "Is that you grandma?!"
The Panther
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The Pittsburgh real-penguin thing is both funny and sad... Apparently, the Pens' brass were not aware that real penguins did not live in the Arctic around "igloos".
The early-1970s' streaking thing is so funny and... weird. What were people thinking back then?
Judging by the photo above (from the awesome @Robert Gordon Orr post), the more recent Calgary streaker didn't have the biggest "package" in the world and thus may have been ill-advised to streak...
The early-1970s' streaking thing is so funny and... weird. What were people thinking back then?
Judging by the photo above (from the awesome @Robert Gordon Orr post), the more recent Calgary streaker didn't have the biggest "package" in the world and thus may have been ill-advised to streak...
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Yeah poor Pete
, that broke my heart because i love Penguins, that's why Pittsburgh is my favourite team...There was a movie I saw about Brian Spencer once and pretty much the only two scenes I can remember from it are one where he's giving an in-game studio interview and he bashes the Penfuin nickname and asks "What does a Penfuin do? It just waddles around!" and priceed to start actually wailing like a penguin.Yeah poor Pete
In the other scene, he's in prison and a the guard asks him what team he played for and he says, "The Leafs, Islanders, Sabres and Pittsburgh. "
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Shoulda got one game in
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Zednik also had a similar injury. Blood gushing from his neck.
I also remember Trent mccleary blocking a shot with his throat. He couldn't breathe and it was scary to watch.
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Maybe less in the context of the game (or the era), but the game Mike Milbury was hitting a fan with his own shoe in the stand... with the mustache security guard trying to stop him:
Do feel like something you would only see in the Semi-Pro hockey league...
Do feel like something you would only see in the Semi-Pro hockey league...
