So where were we? Oh yeah. Locked out, all September preseason games cancelled, and NHLers headed to Europe en masse. If the lockout is long enough to allow for some games to be played abroad, hopefully we get some cards out of this.
That is.. a lot of yellow, Joe Thornton. Also, he appears to be smothering a goalie. Totally normal.
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Disclamer: this is one of my all time favorite hockey fights. For the sheer scale, goalie fight, bench threatening glory of it all.
It was April 4th, 1999 and New York Islanders’ goalie Dan Cloutier went absolutely insane on Tommy Salo. Forget that Cloutier is now more known for this and Salo for a glaring mistake at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
What starts off with many guys squaring off (including Trevor Linden, Zdeno Chara, P.J. Stock, and more) leads to Cloutier literally dragging Salo along the ice and threatening the entire Rangers bench.
Stick with it, things really get interesting around the 1:12 mark.
Glorious. Happy Friday.
Olaf Kolzig’s Hot Dog Is Also Named Olaf
Hockey cards. As fans, we inevitably end up acquiring some of these beauties one way or another. It’s exciting when you get a new pack, opening them up to see what surprises are inside. Hockey cards, like life, aren’t always happy surprises.
It’s Wednesday, hockey is over until October or possibly longer. Let’s take a look at some of the best of the worst hockey cards and have a mid-week laugh.
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