when pronger's heart stopped, the game was not canceled, so i doubt there is much to go on historically. I'd definately say that the game is NOT started over at 0-0 but rather the game continue at the time of the injury with the score of the injury.

the more interesting and banal concern (seeing the more major concerns out there) is what happens to the ticket holder for last nights non finished game?

oh as just a footnote. baseball does NOT play all its game when a cancelled game turns out to be meaningless. it is certianly possible that the 2 points will not change the playoff race, and the game can be forfeit.

in hockey though, 2 points in a playoff field is often a difference makers
 

yes it is in bad taste. and i still don't care so phhtt!!

top 11 reasons Jiri Fischer was lying on the ice

11: someone told him to be more like Chris Pronger

10: someone told him to be more like Eric Brewer

09: someone told him to be more like Vladimir Konstantinov

08: he was doing the "Nashville no-step" to a Travis Tritt tune

07: the "replace the gator-aide with wild turkey" experiment was a dismal failure

06: grabbed the NyQuil instead of the DayQuil

05: when the goal siren sounded he thought the worse and followed his "duck and cover" training

04: one Mohamed Ali "phantom punch" and it is game over

03: hey, it is ice! it is slippery out there!

02: the shock of Brett Hull's retirement finally hit him


and the top reason?

01: someone told him he had just been traded to Saint Louis
 

You know what really gets under my skin? When I'm accused of making off color remarks, at least my name is attached to them! This coward who came up with the 10 jokes should had have the cojones to put their name on them.

And not having a blogger account is no excuse. You can type your name in the comment body.

During this time in America where we all focus on being thankful for what we have, I strongly reccomend that people let their loved ones know how much you care about them.
 

Ah, I see we've met the Idiot Known As Childhood Trauma.

Ignore him, Michael. Classless smegheads like him aren't even worth bothering with.
 

lol my name is attached to them :0)

and it is STILL amazing. vd? funny. hepititus?! funny. bloody hockey fights? hilarious! leonard little? object of scorn, but a little gallows humor on a hockey player?


yowzer!!

lol.

and i don't think here I've even gotten to the steve durbando material :0)

i think instead there are classless idiots who don't understand what humor is all about, and i STRONGLY suspect that Jiri himself (as he is in a jovial condition according to reports) is cracking the wize on the issue as well.

but these unhappy gangs still insist on annointing their humor as the "correct" and/or "adult" humor, and also proclaim it the only acceptable humor!

yowzer, it is the joke police. or at least it is the comedy of errors cops. a little keystone physical comedy masquerading as rightous indignation! the hockey gods must be crazy

and the name callers? classid queen rules there, never have i ever called her anything. ever. well until now, but it is point one on her arguement technique. she is a queen of something alright. i think her step two is to use "moron". but let us find out together!!

yowzer again!!

in addition, NOT A SINGLE ONE OF THE 11 WAS ANTI JIRI! and yes it was not 10 but 11, and they were freakin numbered!!!!

wow. good thing no one here ever had to read my modest proposal for the nhl, they haven't the skills to know what was the purpose

and doodz, comedy is not pretty!

by the by that top 11 will be in underground print locally with my name on it. so it isn't like i am scared of the uniformed.

the intelligent arguement of people with the opposed viewpoints? well when one contacts me, i'll let you know if i got scared.


childhoodtrauma@sbcglobal.net

p.s. it was ALSO labeled. you read the warning yet don't following the docotr's recomendations and you got sick? good! read and follow next time!!
 

Hey Jes-

Thanks so much for the compliments and links; they mean a lot coming from you! And outside this blogosphere, I've never heard anyone call a hockey jersey, a sweater. But then, I am American. :)
 

Peace, people! If you want fighting, go to the Goonblog :)

I agree that joking about a guy who almost died is a bit tasteless. Although CT wasn't malicious, he probably didn't exercise the best judgement or timing for such a Top 11 list. There is a difference between near-death and getting hit in the groin with a puck. I'm nowhere near a PC kind of guy, so I'm not going to delete his post nor censor anything.

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Yes, when Pronger almost kicked the bucket, they continued the game. They usually continue the game no matter how bad the incident is (like Malarchuk), so I am amazed they didn't keep the show going, as it were.

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As for baseball, it's broken up into very discrete segments unlike hockey, which is a time-flow kind of game. Hockey has just 3 distinct segments to 18 for baseball. Given the balance between offense and defense for baseball (each team gets 9 turns at least), it's very easy to start a baseball game half way through without giving a weird advantage to either team. Momentum is much more of a factor in hockey than baseball, IMO.
 

Dude, it's your blog. I'm far from PC myself, but really--that "top 11 list" was completely beyond the limits of even remotely good taste.

And when I defend anything even remotely connected with those f**king Red Wings, that should tell you something.