HOCKEY!

Back at the beginning of October, I went to a game to see the local minor league hockey team, the Peoria Rivermen. They are a minor league team for the St. Louis Blues, but that's not important.

I've never really been a big hockey fan or anything. I remember in high school (I think) I was watching a game (might have been a playoff game) that went three overtimes. That was cool. But the greatest thing about hockey games are the fights.

When I was at that Rivermen game, there were like 3 fights. And I think two of them were really good. But there's always that moment after the fight where one guy wins, and the other guy just has his ass beaten and he's bloody. There's almost a pang of sympathy for the beaten dude. Lousy conscience.

But I saw a link with this video today. This is bad ass.



Look at that. The goalie for the Senators looks like he's smiling the entire time, both while delivering a beating to the opposing goalie, then while getting beaten by the other team's enforcer.

That's a hockey fight. The rest of the NHL should take note and allow these things to happen all the time. It's not like people really get hurt in them; the referees prevent that. And it's fucking awesome.

It would have been awesome to see the coaches go at it too. Good work last night hockey.