The Return of the Bag of Pucks
February 8th, 2008 by murph
Real quick, work to do, just a few good links today I wanted to share. Great Friday afternoon reading materials.
First up, Barry Melrose Rocks gives us the Best Hockey Scenes in Non-Hockey Movies
The criteria are fairly simple. Miracle and Mystery, Alaska are hockey movies. Happy Gilmour is disqualified because, essentially, it’s a movie about a hockey player. Also out is, other than Slap Shot, my favorite hockey movie of all-time: The Van Damme good Sudden Death. (I always wondered how many different “Die Hard in a ____” settings they went through before settling on the Stanley Cup Finals. “Sir, the North American Tiddlywinks Association has rejected our request to film at the Squidger Bowl.” “Dammit, get me the NHL!”)
Next, the New York Times SlapShot Blog takes a look at one of hockey’s greatest traditions…the face-wash!
The face wash is a baiting tactic that has been around since gloves were invented, or, as the Devils television announcer Chico Resch said, “since hands were invented.”
“It’s a pride issue,” said Resch, a former goaltender, who played for the Islanders and the Devils during his 14-year N.H.L. career. “If I keep trying to rub my hands into your face, you’re going to get angry. The face is sort of an untouchable territory.”
But face washing, if done judiciously (or out of sight of a referee), is perfectly legal. The 222-page N.H.L. rule book addresses such gross misconduct as spitting, head-butting and hurling racial slurs, but only the most egregious of face washers risk an unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty. So everyone does it.
And finally, in honor of Hockey Day in Canada this weekend, Sean Leahy gives us his Top 10 Don Cherry suits. No words could possibly do this story justice, so I’m borrowing this stunner from Sean’s blog which comes in at #3.
Keep your Pimp-Hand strong Don Cherry. You rule.
Michael Schuerlein Says
Good god Don Cherry, are you wearing sun glasses because of the brightness of your jacket?
Sudden death was only a good movie because of the hockey scene - I mean how many times will Van Damme play a goaltender who packs a pistol? Imagine if Smitty had a hand gun in his pants…..yikes.
Feb 8th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Sean Leahy Says
I had to put on my Oakley’s just to write that post
Feb 8th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
fauxrumors Says
1) Difficult to say Sudden Death was a hockey movie. Sure it had some real hockey players in it, but it wasn’t primarily about hockey
2) Rating top 10 hockey movies should start with which are after Slap Shot. Its so far ahead of all others before or since! Geez, how many old movies can several generations all watch and enjoy?
Feb 11th, 2008 at 3:09 pm