Hi,
Since I have a strange user icon compared to most people out there, I thought i'd blog about it and tell you what it is.
This my friends, is my favorite moment in sports history.
Let me explain.
3/26/2006 - Montreal, Bell Center.
Theres a hockey match between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens. For a couple of years now, there's a rivalry building up between these 2 teams and this event is one of the key moments in that modern rivalry.
Score is 6-2 Montreal, end of the 3rd period. The game is almost done. Then, this happens.
As you can see at 0:04 seconds in the video at the far right, tucker goes to hit kovalev with a clear elbow shot but nearly misses. Alexei Kovalev is the russian star of the Montreal Canadiens and is not known for being a tough guy, but he's known to take care of himself when that kind of stuff happens. And he will.
He quickly turns around to see who tried to nail him like that, took his number.
at 0:09 seconds, the puck goes back to where Kovalev is now, near the boards and he takes possession of it. Usually in hockey, the puck carrier is focused on getting a scoring chance but Kovi has something else in mind...
at 0:13, Kovalev sees his teammate Sheldon Souray at the Blue line and raises his stick, expecting a pass, Kovalev skates around him, he has something else in mind....
at 0:15, he pushed another Maple leaf player and is in direct line of sight with his target, Darcy Tucker, The man who tried to elbow him a few seconds earlier, he has gained a good amount of speed and then....
at 0:17 he jumps RIGHT IN HIS EFFIN' FACE!!!!!!
Brawl ensues. Montreal wins. I glee at that video every time i see it, even today.
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