Hockey Ping!
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Posted on 03/07/2015 2:30:16 PM PST by raybbr
Chicago Blackhawks fan Alexis Bovard was attending her first NHL game on Friday night, and had pretty sweet seats – right by the glass.
But here’s the thing about the glass: Sometimes it’ll get dislodged on a big hit. Like the one Benoit Pouliot of the Edmonton Oilers laid on Niklas Hjalmarsson of the Hawks early in the first period. The glass fell out onto a cameraman, and then changed direction and toppled onto Bovard’s head.
She grabbed her noggin in pain, and she was bleeding.
“If I even remember correctly, I was watching the game and you know the big hits come to the glass and the next thing I know the glass is on my head and blood is everywhere and people are all around me and I make it up the stairs and hear all these applause, um, which was nice to hear,” Bovard told Sportsnet’s Gene Principe during the game. “I’ll be making my way to get some stitches shortly. I was bummed it happened so early.”
But for th time being, she stayed and watched the game.
Here’s her chat with Sportsnet:
(Excerpt) Read more at sports.yahoo.com ...
Wonder how many lawyers approached her while she was trying to watch the rest of the game?
That’s quite a christening!
Hockey Fan Taunts Player and Gets What He Deserves
This is one of the greatest incidents from any sports event. LOL.
She is a mucking foron!
Hockey fans are a breed apart......and that includes my family.
No tennis whites for us. :-)
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If you leave the game while they are still in play, you go in the penalty box.
Best Broken Glass Moments in the NHL
Ironically, Niklas Hjalmarsson -- the Chicago player who was involved in last night's incident in Chicago -- was also the target of the first hit in this video. And Benoit Pouliot -- the Edmonton player who delivered the hit on Hjalmarsson last night -- is also in this video around the 7:25 mark.
The clip that starts around the 7:15 mark is one of the all-time best. Not only does it involve shattering glass, but the player who gets rammed into the glass gets dumped head-first over the boards, too. LOL.
LOL that’s great! Karma sure is a bitch.
LMAO. What are the odds?
This young lady is a true hockey fan.
All of them in attendance.
This is why hockey fans aren’t anything like soccer fans (ducking and running..)
If you think she's a ##### simply for staying for the game then you're just a cootie infested sissy................
That is about the exact same thing Blackhawks announcer Pat Foley said.
I always thought hockey is best live and in person. Even if you end up with a few stitches!
The young girl who was killed by a puck in Columbus comes to mind.
Yes, it's a good thing all rinks in the NHL and AHL have nets up now.
Especially as hard as players shoot nowadays.
Agreed
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