Hockey Fight

Hockey fights are a strategic part of the game. The first hockey game that Becky and I went to a fight broke out and we were hooked. Since that time we have found out that fighting can change the momentum of the game. The way it works is that every team has an enforcer. The enforcer is the guy that they send out to start fights because they can't have their star players getting put in the penalty box. An enforcer will go out and try to get the other teams star into a fight so that he will have to sit in the penalty box. Usually what happens though is that the two enforcers end up fighting and they both have to go to the box to think about what they have done.

Now fighting isn't really fighting unless they drop the gloves. In hockey you can throw punches with your gloves on and it is considered roughing and it is a 2 minute minor penalty that a ref may not call. The minute that the gloves come off it is fighting and it is a 5 minute major penalty.
There is a lot of crazy things in hockey that we have found out and we are always learning. Fighting is a major part and it gets the crowd in the game and pumped up. I love to listen to the announcers because they treat it like a boxing match, the talk about the height and weight of the players and announce right and left punches. With that said this clip is just fighting, no reason then the players were just mad at each other.

Fleury's Final Save

Here is the video of Marc Andre Fleury's Save from game seven that clinched the win for the penguins. He makes a great diving save right at the end to close out the game. I was nervous that he wasn't going to get over in time but he did a great job.

The Penguins Win!

I have been so excited watching the NHL playoffs this year. A bunch of the series went to 7 games and there was just some great hockey being played. When Becky and I started getting into hockey we watched a few NHL games and I really started to like the Pittsburgh Penguins. I have watched them the last few years. I am so stoked that they won the Stanley Cup this year and did it in an amazing game 7 at the Joe in Detroit. Detroit had gone 11-0 at home during the playoffs and I was nervous that the Pens would not be up to the task. Fleury was amazing and made every stop that he had to including a small break away from Hossa that he stopped. Malkin and Crosby did well but they had guys on them all the time so you knew that in order to win someone would have to step up. That guy was Maxime Talbot, he rocked two goals in game seven to lift Pittsburgh over Detroit. I wanted to post a video of the last two saves from Fleury but I can't find one. So I hope that you get a chance to see them, Fleury made an incredible diving save to end the game and I am still in awe over it.