No doubt. Not only was that blade sharp, that was a heckuva impact, as well.

 

Wasn't there a hockey player that died on the bench, came back to life and tried to keep playing?
Edit: Also just wanted to brag about the free tickets I have to the game Saturday in Raleigh.

 

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I think he talking about the Stars forward Rich Peverly, that had a heart attack on the bench last May. I forgot about Fischer.

 

I went to the Canes-Bruins game last Sunday. Was looking a tickets for both the Flyers and the Red Wings games. Flyers tix are getting cheaper, the Wings, not so much.

 

I may have 2 tickets for this Sunday, I'll check with my friend if he wants them or not.

224 in the club.

 

Miller is supposed to play tonight. I certainly hope the rest of the team shows up for the game.

 

Another one that's even crazier...Clint Malarchuck

Got his throat split open, had surgery and was released from the hospital a few days later and kept playing that season..

Here is the wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Malarchuk

Apparently people fainted and even had heart attacks from seeing it happen.

 

how have I never seen that? brutal.

 

The worse I ever saw as a player was a skate across someone's calf muscle. He was wearing ~40 year old shin pads that didn't wrap around like newer ones do. It was like a filet knife had been used to lay the meat wide open. I about puked when I saw it.

 

In all fairness a baseball player can play with a busted face, long as they can see.

It's just a matter where the injury occurs. A face isn't important in hockey. Now if he would have messed a wrist or elbow up, that would make handling that stick hard. I imaging skating with a groin injury is difficult.

The fingers are everything for a pitcher and basketball player. A blister and you can't control the ball, not good for the team. Running through people in football is much more of a power requirement, pulled muscle reduces power and mobility. Easier to skate on a broke toe or hurt foot gliding, than it is running with constant impact. No hockey players aren't that much tougher, just a different sport with different requirements. Some injures they can play through.

 

In all fairness a baseball player can play with a busted face, long as they can see.

It's just a matter where the injury occurs. A face isn't important in hockey. Now if he would have messed a wrist or elbow up, that would make handling that stick hard. I imaging skating with a groin injury is difficult.

The fingers are everything for a pitcher and basketball player. A blister and you can't control the ball, not good for the team. Running through people in football is much more of a power requirement, pulled muscle reduces power and mobility. Easier to skate on a broke toe or hurt foot gliding, than it is running with constant impact. No hockey players aren't that much tougher, just a different sport with different requirements. Some injures they can play through.

 

Hockey players are tougher than you

heck most soccer moms are tougher than me.

 

One word: Zednik

Twice that's happened in Buffalo



All this hockey talk and only two returning players for the CSC Yahoo fantasy hockey league this year.

Shame on all of you.

 

Skating like they can is a feat in itself. Throw in the stick and puck.

The game is much faster than football and takes 100 times more skill.

American football is full of grossly overweight players. Yes they're very strong but they're fat as fuck.

It's a very boring game too that doesn't require much skill. Not saying I could do it but throwing, catching, or running w a ball isn't hard at all.

 

Skating like they can is a feat in itself. Throw in the stick and puck.

The game is much faster than football and takes 100 times more skill.

American football is full of grossly overweight players. Yes they're very strong but they're fat as **Feinstein.

It's a very boring game too that doesn't require much skill. Not saying I could do it but throwing, catching, or running w a ball isn't hard at all.

Which is why it's so popular. It's SLOW...people can follow the play, they can take a leak or grab a beer without missing anything. The plays are set pieces with very little relative flow from play to play. The individual "skill" players may be fast, but the pace of play and the ball movement while in play is very slow comparatively.

Overall strategy and execution of plays are far more important in Football than pure athleticism. More so than in hockey where you have a much more fluid and instinctual flow to the play.

Full Disclosure...I am a huge baseball fan! nothing better than sitting in the bleachers having a beer and hot dog on a summer afternoon. I watched the Yankees v Tigers spring training game today (Tigers won on a throw out at 1st to end the 9th).

 

Lets not forget the Bruins Greg Campbell in the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs. Blocks a shot and breaks his leg during a penalty kill. Finishes his shift and hobbles over to the bench.

 

Uh oh, a Giants fan.

They come out of the woodwork when the team is doing well. Heh, I keed I keed. But seriously.

 

Uh oh, a Giants fan.

They come out of the woodwork when the team is doing well. Heh, I keed I keed. But seriously.

Haha Dave. Since 78. It's ok to be an As fan. You guys destroyed the Gmen in the 89 WS

 

I think one people don't take into consideration is the "prima Donna" effect. A baseball player worth a 10million dollar a year contract is protected like a wee wee little baby because the team owners want a return on their investment.

A hockey player who makes an absolute fraction of that has to keep playing or there is a long line of other meat eating skaters waiting in the wings.

I would wager if you go down a level from the prima donnas in baseball/foot ball/basketball you will find your share of "grunt" level players who have wrapped up a broken ankle to play, stapled shut a cut to get back on the field, or set their own fingers and joints to get back on the court.

One thing I've always liked about hockey, and I like most sports to a point, is that the players all seen a bit "tougher" mainly because at any moment someone can choose to fight you and it's perfectly acceptable. A 5 minute penalty and refs who stand back and watch? Yes please!

You charge the plate in baseball and you may be sitting out a while.

In hockey you can't flex nuts and hide behind the rules.

 

I think one people don't take into consideration is the "prima Donna" effect. A baseball player worth a 10million dollar a year contract is protected like a wee wee little baby because the team owners want a return on their investment.

A hockey player who makes an absolute fraction of that has to keep playing or there is a long line of other meat eating skaters waiting in the wings.

I would wager if you go down a level from the prima donnas in baseball/foot ball/basketball you will find your share of "grunt" level players who have wrapped up a broken ankle to play, stapled shut a cut to get back on the field, or set their own fingers and joints to get back on the court.

One thing I've always liked about hockey, and I like most sports to a point, is that the players all seen a bit "tougher" mainly because at any moment someone can choose to fight you and it's perfectly acceptable. A 5 minute penalty and refs who stand back and watch? Yes please!

You charge the plate in baseball and you may be sitting out a while.

In hockey you can't flex nuts and hide behind the rules.

There are "protected" players in the NHL too.

 

How many hot dogs and beers did Babe Ruth consume during each game?

 

He had to be one tough SOB to drink beer, eat hot dogs, and hit home runs. Imagine what more he could have done if he took care of himself and worked out. It's hard for most of us to walk straight and drink. To have the coordination while drunk to make contact with a ball, that's pure talent.

Hitting 95+ mph baseball is one of the hardest things to do in any sport. Takes tremendous hand eye coordination and reaction time. Baseball is laid back, but it's a different sport, a much more refined and precise game that has a lot of strategy. Hockey has strategy too, but a lot of it is instinctive as the players must develop or change as they go. The game is much more in the players hands in hockey, which is something exciting that I like. Football and Baseball, the coaches have much more control due to the time in between plays.

I'm a fan of hockey. I just don't think they are the toughest SOB's to ever play a sport as some think. They are tough, they have to be. Like @booger pointed out, pay and longevity thus protecting players when injured is a bigger concern in some other sports. When you move to the lower levels, you see guys playing through things most famous professionals would not do.

 

Hockey players probably take more hits in the playoff than most football players in their whole career!

In football they play like 2 games a season, lol.

 

Constant hitting on the line. There is a reason most NFL careers are so short, and there is only a 16 game season. The physical energy and strength used /exerted per play is tremendous, especially on the line. Realize there is not a reduction of friction on a field, and the moving takes more effort. The body simply couldn't take that 100% each play every other day for half a year. While they appear to be going fast, I guarentee you hockey players are not going 100% the entire game, no one can sprint 100% for such a time, there movement is enhanced by skates an less friction / resistance. Running backs are hit or at least tripped up every time they touch the ball unless they score. Yes it's hard in hockey and rough, but football has very hard hits also. I have seen nasty head first into the boards that broke necks, same stuff happens in football when heads slam on a field. ON such hits, one is not tougher than the other. Player isn't doing anymore playing.

Injury prone sports don't define individual toughness imo. It's simply different sports with different requirements. MMA has an argument for being the toughest sport, but I guarantee there are some tough guys in all the professional sports.

 

All I know is that I started at center on a state semi final high school football team, played a couple seasons of club rugby at MSU and played ice hockey into my 3os.

In my experience, hockey was the most demanding.

Not sure how a light hearted "holy crap, dude got his face sliced open!" Thread turned into such a debate, but I guess that's just the interwebz.

But what do I know, I'm just another northerner with superiority complex.

 

LOL...My Fault, I take blame! .. Gotta Love the Internets. You win.....and I still like you and your Superior hockey thought. I love Marines also, and they suffer from the same Your all good people I played lacrosse in middle school. Of all the sports I tried I had more injuries in soccer, and that includes 2 decades of Martial Arts and a decade of Jujitsu, still had more injuries in a few years of soccer.

 

One point, ice may offer less friction, but that doesn't necessarily mean easier movement. Changing direction, keeping balance, turning...all those things are different when ones momentum has been greatly enhanced be being on ice.

 

You've tried skating too huh?

 

@Silver_Bullet

You do know that hockey players shifts are typically 45 seconds right? And that defenseman average 24 mins a night on the top pairing. In a 60 minute game.

During a hockey game the clock stops when the puck isn't in play. An average football game takes 4 hours on TV, during that time, the ball is only moving for a total of 10 minutes.

So please stop thinking 300lb guys are tougher when they are moving 5 mins a game.

 

The hits in hockey can be at a much faster impact speed than in football. I wonder if they have ever checked any crash test dummies to determine how hard they hit?

 

 

Boards and ice are harder than grass and turf also.

 

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