Althouse: Hockey highlight.

February 19, 2019

Hockey highlight.

Pierre McGuire had a brush with certain death pic.twitter.com/ZLChnv3JyY
— Alex Fitzpatrick (@AlexJamesFitz) February 19, 2019

40 comments:

mccullough said...: The vertical spin.

Like foul balls, errant pucks can cause serious injury and sometimes death; 2/19/19, 9:00 AM
rehajm said...: That would’ve been bad.; 2/19/19, 9:02 AM
Fernandinande said...: Yikes.

"How fast is a hockey puck" 105 mph

I thought they'd be much faster than that; a fastball pitch = 100 mph.; 2/19/19, 9:02 AM
Fernandinande said...: Next question: how fast is a honky punk?; 2/19/19, 9:03 AM
Ralph L said...: The camera lens wasn't so lucky.; 2/19/19, 9:03 AM
rehajm said...: He is rarely seen on camera during games and I’ve wondred why hes put at risk betwen the benches. A stunt. Maybe they will move him now...; 2/19/19, 9:04 AM
Ralph L said...: He already has a close shave, so we should go with "dodged a bullet."; 2/19/19, 9:04 AM
Fernandinande said...: Similar, from Coyne "Dad reflexes", dads recusing kids in the nick of time.; 2/19/19, 9:07 AM
Fernandinande said...: Rescuing.; 2/19/19, 9:08 AM
mccullough said...: Top slapshots go 105 mph.

That puck looks like a deflected pass. Probably going 40 mph by his face. He didn’t see it at all.; 2/19/19, 9:08 AM
jim said...: Give him a helmet, like those other guys, then he'd look like a total dork.; 2/19/19, 9:09 AM
traditionalguy said...: A Lunacy day. Take shelter.; 2/19/19, 9:10 AM
Greg Hlatky said...: Soccer: get bumped, roll on ground in agony, get carried off on a stretcher.

Hockey: get head torn off, miss a shift, play 25 minutes anyway.; 2/19/19, 9:12 AM
Unknown said...: the angle suggests the player was flipping it up ice to clear it from the defensive zone, but it went at an angle into the booth between the player's benches.; 2/19/19, 9:12 AM
Wilbur said...: Can you imagine that for several decades ice hockey goalies played without any head protection at all? It's amazing none were killed.; 2/19/19, 9:18 AM
Ignorance is Bliss said...: It was an intentional brush-back. He should have charged the ice.; 2/19/19, 9:18 AM
Clark said...: That happened to me once. Michigan Tech hockey game. Puck went through my hair. Hit the person behind me square on the chin. A rectangle of blood gushed forth. Yikes!; 2/19/19, 9:20 AM
traditionalguy said...: This brings to mind the Border Patrol Agents who are getting rocks thrown at their heads by the continuous invasion rush of Hispanic migrants jumping the border. Build that Wall!; 2/19/19, 9:24 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: The violence inherent in the sport is disturbing. That's why we like it.; 2/19/19, 9:27 AM
Tommy Duncan said...: "Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result." -- Winston Churchill; 2/19/19, 9:44 AM
Andrew said...: Glad that he's ok.

A 13-year old girl was killed by a hockey puck in Columbus, Ohio several years ago. Very sad.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Brittanie_Cecil; 2/19/19, 9:46 AM
Leland said...: Nice shot, by the camera, and great lens as you can almost read the writing on the puck.

Close calls like this happen in baseball too, as on field reporters are usually just off the field and not protected by nets now in place to protect other spectators.; 2/19/19, 9:52 AM
Original Mike said...: I like the second level for the view, but it has the added benefit of being safer as well.; 2/19/19, 10:23 AM
Char Char Binks, Esq. said...: That's the only thing I like about hockey. It could have been better.; 2/19/19, 10:26 AM
Unknown said...: "Can you imagine that for several decades ice hockey goalies played without any head protection at all? It's amazing none were killed."

It's important to note that the mask-less era in hockey was also the straight stick era. The introduction of the curved stick greatly increased the ability to elevate the puck off the ice when shooting.

Goalie masks and curved sticks evolved side by side in the 1960s.; 2/19/19, 10:30 AM
TomHynes said...: I was at my son's hockey game and a puck hit my 16 year old daughter in the face then bounced off and hit my head. I focused, saw everyone staring, and waved "I am fine, I am fine!". Of course, she was gushing and we had to go right to the emergency room for stitches.; 2/19/19, 10:46 AM
GatorNavy said...: I would’ve peed myself; 2/19/19, 11:09 AM
Danno said...: Wrist shots (or passes) are basically performed by a flicking done by the wrists, so this is likely not going at slap-shot speed. He still could have received a broken nose or possibly even died if hit square in the temple or other parts of the head.; 2/19/19, 11:16 AM
rehajm said...: I was at a Dartmouth hockey game sutting just above ice level on an aisle. A puck in play was deflected my way. A man was walking down the aisle and the puck struck his new soda in a paper cup, shooting soda and ice cubes 30 feet in the air. I would have liked video of that.; 2/19/19, 11:32 AM
Jim at said...: Hockey on television doesn't do it justice. It must be seen in person.; 2/19/19, 11:51 AM
PM said...: Delay of game in hockey.
End of game for announcer.; 2/19/19, 12:15 PM
Vittorio Jano IV said...: Greg H.: Ozzie Man Reviews: Ice Hockey vs Soccer on YouTube, including puck to the forehead of the coach who responded like any ice hockey player (Language Warning); 2/19/19, 1:06 PM
MadisonMan said...: There's this one, too.; 2/19/19, 1:30 PM
JaimeRoberto said...: That sure explains hockey players' missing teeth.; 2/19/19, 1:43 PM
BUMBLE BEE said...: One of my childhood hockey heroes Terry Sawchuck 400 stitches in his face alone

http://time.com/3878486/terry-sawchuk-a-face-only-a-hockey-puck-could-love/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Sawchuk

Arguably the greatest goalie ever. Makes so many pro sports players of any stripe look like pussies!; 2/19/19, 2:03 PM
Wilbur said...: "It's important to note that the mask-less era in hockey was also the straight stick era. The introduction of the curved stick greatly increased the ability to elevate the puck off the ice when shooting."
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Yes, I've read that in the early-mid 60's, Bobby Hull - he of the great curved stick slap shot (think Mickey Mantle on skates) - would fire a couple early in the game purposely high at head level just to intimidate the opposing goalies.

Back then goalies didn't flop and dive around like they do today. They stayed mostly upright.; 2/19/19, 2:46 PM
tim in vermont said...: One of my earliest memories was of a minor league baseball game, sitting in bleachers behind first base and seeing a ball coming straight at my face, mesmerized by it, I think, and a glove came up a couple feet in front of me and caught it.; 2/19/19, 6:47 PM
tim in vermont said...: I think I was sitting on my dad’s lap. That’s all I remember.; 2/19/19, 6:52 PM
Cato said...: Pittsburgh's TV color guy, Bob Errey, who stands in the same area between the benches for every game, was hit in the face last year (I think) and was cut for stitches.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Errey; 2/20/19, 7:40 AM
PSM said...: I like the way his reaction is delayed. He acts to protect himself from the puck after it has passed by. A human's ability to react is not quick enough for that situation.; 2/20/19, 7:21 PM