Hockey Is Apparently Still Really Violent

Friday, October 24, 2008

Sorry for the half day nature of the site today, but it's Friday....who really cares right? Friday is also a day for violence and glass exploding during Hockey games. Here is the Bruins' Milan Lucic checking the Leafs' Mike Van Ryn through the glass....



I'm not sure who the announcer was in that clip (Jack Edwards maybe?), but his, "That'll Make Every Highlight Reel For About A Decade," call was a great one. Those big chunks of glass going all over the front row was awesome. Well, as long as no one got seriously hurt. Good times.

"That'll Make Every Highlight Reel For About A Decade" (Fan IQ)

Posted by Awful Announcing- at 11:32 AM

13 Comments:

I'm surprised that Jack Edwards is still alive.

GMoney said...
Oct 24, 2008, 12:13:00 PM  

Mine eyes have seen the glass shards!

Oct 24, 2008, 12:40:00 PM  

It's Jack Edwards, and was surprised to learn he's been in broadcasting 27 years.

Anonymous said...
Oct 24, 2008, 12:46:00 PM  

I was reminded of that old Bob Ley line after seeing that:

"Our weekly reminder that hockey is still a pane in the glass."

JamesCraven said...
Oct 24, 2008, 1:23:00 PM  

Trevor Linden laughs at your little hit...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQEEAKcEoEA

Anonymous said...
Oct 24, 2008, 1:32:00 PM  

Jack has been doing the Bruins games for the last few years- he used to do just the road games, I guess the wised up and gave him the full slate?

Very helpful guy for young people in the business. Open, honest, and very very nice. He & his wife have a small production company in CT, which is what he was doing after he left ESPN.

Anonymous said...
Oct 24, 2008, 1:32:00 PM  

I was watching it live in HD and you could clearly see each individual shard of glass being lodged into each fan's skin. It was great!

Anonymous said...
Oct 24, 2008, 2:10:00 PM  

Great hit.
My best friend did that to a guy during a game in High School. Sadly I didn't have a video camera with me.

Anonymous said...
Oct 24, 2008, 2:31:00 PM  

i was there for this, the crowd went nuts on every replay. too bad the bruins stopped playing after the hit.

and jack edwards needs to go. he may have had a decent call on this, but he's a terrible homer for the b's and has me cringing more often than not.

KD said...
Oct 24, 2008, 3:02:00 PM  

the other announcer was Andy Brickley.

Steve M said...
Oct 24, 2008, 3:16:00 PM  

Here's the commentary from TSN:

http://soxanddawgs.com/2008/10/24/in-case-of-emergency-break-glass/

Steve M said...
Oct 24, 2008, 3:21:00 PM  

Good to see Jack Edward survived being thrown out the window by Roger Clemons

Anonymous said...
Oct 24, 2008, 9:41:00 PM  

Oh it's Jack Edwards, alright. How many other NHL play by play guys sound like Barney?

Anonymous said...
Oct 25, 2008, 9:49:00 AM  

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