I wasn’t going to post this video earlier, but I just can’t contain it anymore. Watch as these Russian nine-year-olds put the NHL’s nastiest players to shame. It’s a massacre.
On that note, I might as well include last week’s catastrophe from a Kontinental Hockey League game. Given its origins, the league features mostly Russian players. I wonder who started it.
I’m not a hockey nut, but the top three are pretty amazing.
It’s the last day of the decade!
In case you missed any of our Decade Debate series, here’s a link to each individual post (i.e. we put a lot of work into these, so you better take a look!)
10 Biggest Betrayals
Saddest Franchises
10 Biggest Upsets
8 Greatest Comebacks
6 Greatest Rivalries
5 Biggest Quarterback Busts
10 Worst NFL Head Coaching Hires
10 Worst NFL Free Agent Signings
Greatest Fantasy Football Players
15 Best College Football Players
10 Best Second Round NBA Picks
10 Best Late-First Round NBA Picks
10 Biggest NBA Draft Blunders
10 Pivotal MLB Trades
The whole video is actually of Raymond’s first career hat trick. The lucky shot comes at the 18-second mark. Raymond already has 29 points this season for the Vancouver Canucks. He improves by the year and is now a key player on the Canuck’s roster.
Apparently, hockey players aren’t invincible. The NHL’s 30 general manager recently formed a committee that will investigate the the effects players exhibit after receiving repeated hits to the head.
A new rule may even be in place next season that would prohibit contact with the head – even with a shoulder.
The general managers will gather against a backdrop of America’s most popular professional league, the NFL, making several new moves to study head injuries and protect players in the wake of new studies and congressional pressure.
Several NHL players have been sidelined this season by concussions or related symptoms. Chicago captain Jonathan Toews, New York’s Chris Drury, Edmonton’s Sheldon Souray, Steve Staios and Robert Nilsson, and Florida’s David Booth, have been knocked out from blows to the head.
Some have argued against a head shot ban because of the judgment call that would be placed in referees’ hands. Some call for any head contact being a foul, whether or not it’s determined to be intentional.
The biggest argument against a total ban is the difference in size of players. If a 6-foot-4 defenseman crashes into a 5-foot-11 forward, his otherwise legal shoulder hit might land at head level.
Even the most optimistic observers know this would only be a small step in the attempt to limit concussions in a sport that involves violent contact at tremendous speed. Rules and equipment only go so far, and injuries will always be part of the game.
Contact to the head is unavoidable, but the league needs to handle the situation accordingly. A hockey referee should be able to tell whether a hit is malicious or not. The league can fix the problem by just dolling out harsher suspensions for violators.
Nevertheless, an in-depth study is long overdue.
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