The NHL thread

[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).

[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

[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.

[CFH]

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.

I've read some unconfirmed reports that he was struck in the chest in an accidental collision with his teammate (former NHL star Jaromir Jagr), they say that Jagr caught him with an elbow to the chest, but they're all from Russian sources and thus unsubstanciated.

[Mikkel_K]

I've read some unconfirmed reports that he was struck in the chest in an accidental collision with his teammate (former NHL star Jaromir Jagr), they say that Jagr caught him with an elbow to the chest, but they're all from Russian sources and thus unsubstanciated.

Considering the pain this must inflict on Jagr, I really hope this is not true.

[TheChosenOne]

the ottawa senators is my
team

[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.

[CGM]

After 20+ years in Toronto, I still haven't managed to form any kind of allegience to the Maple Leafs, thank God. Canucks are still my team.

I don't follow the sport too closely, but I like it when the playoffs get rockin. The best hockey often comes in the first round of the playoffs, when you get the rivalries. Calgary v Edmonton used to have some great series in the 80s.

Best playoff run I ever saw? Edmonton a year or two after trading Gretzky, Messier was still with them. They were down 3-1 to Winnipeg in the first round, and playing like absolute shit. Then they somehow managed to find their old form and blew everyone away, not losing a single game the rest of the way.

Best Team I ever saw? Canadiens of the 70s, who one year went an entire season and only lost 8 games.