The NHL thread

[CFH]

Here's the tribute to Bourdon. I'll be honest, I teared up watching. Tom Cochrane is the guy singing. The video was preceding by the presentation of Bourdan's last game worn jersey to his family. At the end of the last game of the year, the Canucks (and other teams) do the "shirts off our backs" night, the players give the jerseys they wore in the game to fans in the crowd, and the people who won Boudon's donated it back to his family.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgprFmu0C6U

[amat]

Yeah FUCK CALGARY, and FUCK JAROME IGINLA. Now that Nolan is gone there is nothing pure in Calgary except that little kid imitator Kiprusoff has, that kid is the man.

That kid is awesome. The only thing I hate more in life than Calgary is Edmonton. I hope a giant black hole swallows up Alberta (and somehow transplants all that oil to B.C. in the process).

I feel the same way about LA. Take Hollywood to San Diego or Bakersfield or something and just give us all the boxing. The Dodgers can go away and the Angels will just have to ditch the LA from their name.

Good stuff on that Bourdon tribute, very sad. Motorcycles are no good.

[CFH]

Yeah FUCK CALGARY, and FUCK JAROME IGINLA. Now that Nolan is gone there is nothing pure in Calgary except that little kid imitator Kiprusoff has, that kid is the man.

That kid is awesome. The only thing I hate more in life than Calgary is Edmonton. I hope a giant black hole swallows up Alberta (and somehow transplants all that oil to B.C. in the process).

I feel the same way about LA. Take Hollywood to San Diego or Bakersfield or something and just give us all the boxing. The Dodgers can go away and the Angels will just have to ditch the LA from their name.

Good stuff on that Bourdon tribute, very sad. Motorcycles are no good.

Yeah, I posted a better version of the entire tribute, not just the song/video. I don't know if you saw it or the 1st one I had up.

As for the accident, he'd gotten a crotch-rocket 2 weeks before his death and was out riding it in highish winds (40-50 km/h gusts) and he was going around a corner (with his girlfriend driving a car behind him) when a gust hit him and forced him head on into an oncoming Semi.

[amat]

Damn. I once almost witnessed something like that, some kids we were picking up friends from were skating down a huge hill that went straight down into the heart of our city on longboards and had a truck following behind keeping speed right behind them to see how fast. Finally some guy at the house flipped out on them saying how stupid it was so the dumasses on longboards kept going and when they turned around to go back up the hill they pulled out like 10 feet in front of a guy on his way down and he bailed to the side which his board hit right into the back tire of his truck.

Obviously Bourdon wasn't exercising such stupid judgement but the description just reminded me. Terribly sad, what an awful way to go out.

If it's the video still up then yeah that's the one I saw.

[amat]

Former NHL goalie recovering after shooting - NHL - Yahoo! Sports

Talk about bad luck, damn. Most gruesome sports injury I've ever seen and now he accidentally shoots himself. Glad he's OK.

[CFH]

Former NHL goalie recovering after shooting - NHL - Yahoo! Sports

Talk about bad luck, damn. Most gruesome sports injury I've ever seen and now he accidentally shoots himself. Glad he's OK.

He's had a ton of mental problems as well. I've heard it suggested on some of the sports shows that it may not have been all that accidental. Apparently he was belligerent when help arrived and was refusing treatment, resisting help etc. at the hospital.

[amat]

Really? Damn

Espn did a special on him a while ago and it was pretty inspiring and he talked about how the fear of that just paralyzed him and tramautized him. It was really good.

[CFH]

Canucks are 2-0 now. Came back from a 3-1 deficit to win 5-4 in overtime, again against Calgary. This is definitely a different team than last years Canucks, they come from behind to win, stick up for eachother, fight and actually win. Rick Rypien beat the shit out of Brust on the Flames, I'll see if I can find a youtube vid. of it. Luongo looked average and they still won.

FUCK CALGARY!

[CFH]

Here's the Rypien-Brust scrap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DizcQkHDsBA

[Youngblood]

Here's the Rypien-Brust scrap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DizcQkHDsBA

lol I love the trash talk from the penalty bench. "Wait till we get out of here! Meet me in front of the penalty box...you can pepper me with shots again tough guy. Yea, didn`t think so, Chicken. Bawk!``

[CFH]

Here's the Rypien-Brust scrap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DizcQkHDsBA

lol I love the trash talk from the penalty bench. "Wait till we get out of here! Meet me in front of the penalty box...you can pepper me with shots again tough guy. Yea, didn`t think so, Chicken. Bawk!``

To be fair, he probably wasn't thinking too clearly after taking that many shots to the head.

[Youngblood]

Here's the Rypien-Brust scrap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DizcQkHDsBA

lol I love the trash talk from the penalty bench. "Wait till we get out of here! Meet me in front of the penalty box...you can pepper me with shots again tough guy. Yea, didn`t think so, Chicken. Bawk!``

To be fair, he probably wasn't thinking too clearly after taking that many shots to the head.

Curious isn`t it, though. Almost every hockey fight i`ve ever seen...it is always the guy who got his ass whooped talking the most shit after in the box lol. I love it.

[CFH]

New York Ranger's prospect Alexei Cherepanov collapsed today during a game in Russia. He died a short time later. Cherepanov was 19 years old. R.I.P.

Ranger prospect Cherepanov collapses on bench

[Mikkel_K]

New York Ranger's prospect Alexei Cherepanov collapsed today during a game in Russia. He died a short time later. Cherepanov was 19 years old. R.I.P.

Ranger prospect Cherepanov collapses on bench

Sad news indeed. R.I.P.

[Mikkel_K]

Not sure if it belongs in this thread, but these things always gets me thinking.

I used to play handball (look it up) as a kid, and coming from a rather small town we were pretty much the same 10-12 boys on the team every year. One day at practice - we must have been around 13-14 - during warm up, one of our players just collapsed. He freaking became blue in the head, and watching a good friend like that is easily the scariest thing I have ever experienced. 10-12 years later and I can still see that face. He didn't make it to the hospital. They found out afterwards that he had been born with a certain heart condition, but some things just go unnoticed until it's too late, I guess.

Anyway, my heart is with Cherepanov's family right now.