The Good friday Brawl
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PostPosted: Mon, 31st Oct 2005 03:31    Post subject: The Good friday Brawl
Heh this is classic hockey.Thought you hockey fans out there would like this one!!!I dunno if anyone remembers this but I saw it at the time being a habs fan and knowing the animosity between these teams. Anyway here's the link Enjoy!!!!!
http://media.putfile.com/Good-Friday-Bench-Brawl
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PostPosted: Mon, 31st Oct 2005 06:05    Post subject:
I remember that from when i was a kid, seen it on highlight tapes too, awesome brawl....see, occasionally, that shit makes hockey what it is, a man's game ya know?
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PostPosted: Fri, 4th Nov 2005 19:22    Post subject:
lol ... just saw this news article ... kinda funny ... and true Very Happy

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Court: Workers' Comp Covers Hockey Player

A former minor-league hockey player who injured his shoulder in a fight he claimed his coach told him to start is entitled to workers' compensation, a Virginia appeals court ruled.

The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission finding that "fighting is an integral part of the game of hockey" and that Ty A. Jones' injury arose in the course of his employment as an "enforcer."

Jones' former team, the Norfolk Admirals, had argued that the fight amounted to willful misconduct and that he was not entitled to workers' compensation.

L. Steven Emmert, a leading Virginia appellate attorney and hockey fan with no connection to the case, suggested the finding Tuesday was so obvious that it does not amount to much as a legal precedent.

"This court finds that fighting is an integral part of hockey," Emmert said. "Thirty million Canadians could have told you that." But he added: "Maybe clubs will be a little more careful about sending a goon — an enforcer — out to thunk somebody in the head."

Jones, a right-wing power forward with the Admirals, instigated a fight with an opposing player during a game in 2002. Jones said the coach told him to "go get" the player.

Jones got hurt, and an orthopedic surgeon later put six screws in his right shoulder. The athlete wore a sling for almost six months.

In 2004, Jones was awarded workers' compensation for the seven months he underwent rehabilitation. The ruling did not give a dollar amount.

Jones played for the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks in the 1998-99 season and, after leaving the Admirals, for the Florida Panthers in 2003-04. A Panthers spokesman did not immediately return a call inquiring about Jones' whereabouts.

Admirals spokesman Alan May declined to comment. The coach at the time of Jones' injury, Trent Yawney, now coaches the Blackhawks.

"No Blackhawk coach would ever intentionally send a player out to fight with someone," said Blackhawks spokesman Jim DeMaria.


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SycoShaman
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PostPosted: Fri, 4th Nov 2005 20:46    Post subject:
hahahaha, damn right fighting is an essential part of the game....i dunno if it deserves workmans comp if u get punched out tho Confused


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