I have a new favorite hockey player… Tampa Bay Lightning right winger Evgeny Artyukhin. In a fight last night, he pulled Antoine Vermett’s helmet off… and then beat him in the head with it.
That’s the most creative thing anyone’s done in the NHL since Gretzky retired. The NHL is back.
The Big Picture
that’s fucking savage. and he probably won’t even get a big fine or suspension for it. yay for hockey!!!
March 7, 2006 at 1:38 am
DookieStyle
Way to go MJD. Way to highlight hockey.
Also last night, Olaf Kolzig recoreded his 250th career win. For some actualy hockey news.
Wait…that’s not fighting or gambling or something bad about hockey.
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March 7, 2006 at 8:22 am
Mr. Bojangles
Remember that time Todd Betruzzi accidentally broke some dude’s neck? Was it as awesome as that? No? Why not – is punching someone in the back of the head somehow less admirable than whaling on a guy with his own helmet?
Just play the fucking game, guys. Script a few good fights if OLN asks you to. Makes sense, considering they’re probably vying for airtime with Toughman and Backyard Wrestling.
And go Flyers.
March 7, 2006 at 10:05 am
the mighty mjd
Well, keep-in-mind, that was more than a little tongue-in-cheek… I don’t actually think it’s awesome when someone gets beat in the head with a helmet. Did make for a hell of a SportsCenter highlight, though.
March 7, 2006 at 12:54 pm
VTHokie01
I think Marcus Vick could learn a thing or two from this Evgeny Artyukhin character. Or is that the other way around? Or is it okay in pro hockey and not in college football?
March 7, 2006 at 2:03 pm
DookieStyle
Easy there, Hokie. These two were fighting. One of them wasn’t lying on the ground.
March 7, 2006 at 2:55 pm
Mr. Bojangles
I caught the sarcasm, didn’t mean to come off affronted by you. And though you see a few people saying, “Oh the violence!”, I doubt we’ll hear talking heads debating whether or not professional sports will need to be monitored by local police forces like we did a couple of years ago after the Bertruzzi debacle.
March 7, 2006 at 3:35 pm
Dat Dude
Didn’t something like this already happebn this year with Darcy Tucker?
http://www.deadspin.com/sports/nhl/love-customs-of-the-frozen-north-145325.php
March 7, 2006 at 3:39 pm
J.E. Skeets
“All right, let’s show ‘em what we got, guys! Get out there on the ice and let ‘em know you’re there. Get that fuckin’ stick in their side. Let ‘em know you’re there! Get that lumber in his teeth. Let ‘em know you’re there!”
– Artyukhin, before this game (I hope)
March 7, 2006 at 4:02 pm
the mighty mjd
I thought there was something more entertaining about a hockey player taking another player’s helmet off and hitting him with it, than there was about a common stomp to a player laying on the ground. For this, I apologize to Marcus Vick… and I need to be more sensitive to him in my posts about the National Hockey League. Also, I’m a huge racist.
March 7, 2006 at 4:09 pm
VTHokie01
I wasn’t saying that, dude. Just asking a question I probably shouldn’t have. I don’t want to get started on that whole thing again. There was a point there, but maybe it didn’t need to be made.
March 7, 2006 at 4:36 pm
ski
mjd, where did you find the picture for this?
I’m looking to write a post on this story and I’m looking for a good picture or possibly even video if they can be found. of course, i’ll credit you if you can point me in the right direction.
March 7, 2006 at 4:48 pm