Higgy
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Post by Higgy on Jan 2, 2009 23:55:11 GMT
Not sure if this has been posted anywhere on here, tragic Link |
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Post by ottawa on Jan 2, 2009 23:58:46 GMT
Thats awful - my heart goes out to the guy, & his loved ones. Sadly, very few sports are without risk.
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Post by dms41853 on Jan 3, 2009 0:03:02 GMT
it is tragic and i offer my sympathies to his family
however at the end of the day though it is a tragic accident he was a willing combatant in a fight he knew the risks as does any player that takes part in a full contact sport.
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oldman
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Post by oldman on Jan 3, 2009 0:41:23 GMT
this always the tragic side of the sport but it a price they take on before they don the uniform!
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Rich
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Post by Rich on Jan 3, 2009 0:43:41 GMT
Its nothing to do with hockey though really, anytime you bang your head on concrete or ice its not going to be nice.
There have been more players die on Football pitches than ice rinks over the last 10 years, whats the excuse there?
Thoughts to his family and friends, and the guy he was fighting, god knows how he feels right now
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Post by Milkman™ on Jan 3, 2009 9:17:08 GMT
Its nothing to do with hockey though really, anytime you bang your head on concrete or ice its not going to be nice. There have been more players die on Football pitches than ice rinks over the last 10 years, whats the excuse there? What's your source on that Rich? Hardly a fair or relative comparison, are you saying (because it reads like it) that Football is more dangerous than Hockey or even Boxing, because more people have died on the playing surface. RIP though, and as stated, he knew the risks, he is not the first and certainly wont be the last. |
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Post by softpaw on Jan 3, 2009 23:48:31 GMT
this always the tragic side of the sport but it a price they take on before they don the uniform! you talk as if he had joined the forces?....donned the uniform*...the guy was playing a sport...not fighting for his country...... my thoughts and prayers with his family and loved ones . |
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Rich
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Post by Rich on Jan 4, 2009 0:14:50 GMT
Its nothing to do with hockey though really, anytime you bang your head on concrete or ice its not going to be nice. There have been more players die on Football pitches than ice rinks over the last 10 years, whats the excuse there? What's your source on that Rich? Hardly a fair or relative comparison, are you saying (because it reads like it) that Football is more dangerous than Hockey or even Boxing, because more people have died on the playing surface. RIP though, and as stated, he knew the risks, he is not the first and certainly wont be the last. It was a fact banded around a while back, im guessing by the popularity of the phrase that someone had their sources. Im saying nothing of the sort, just that we need to keep it in context and look at what really happened. If there are practical ways of helping, Im all for them. However if an old lady or man falls over in the street and bangs their head, what do you do? Make rubber pavements? Springy ice from next season onwards? They have to be practical and not just some suits in the NHL trying to make themselves feel better. As said, RIP and best thoughts to his family. |
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Post by pantherskatie on Jan 4, 2009 1:15:50 GMT
Such a tragic accident to someone of a young age. Thoughts are with the family and friends he left behind  |
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Post by NickThePanther44 on Jan 4, 2009 2:43:28 GMT
Very sad
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Post by HeartsAndKisses on Jan 4, 2009 20:47:08 GMT
what a shame, my heart goes out to his freinds and family
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Post by buster on Jan 4, 2009 21:31:36 GMT
this always the tragic side of the sport but it a price they take on before they don the uniform! you talk as if he had joined the forces?....donned the uniform*...the guy was playing a sport...not fighting for his country...... my thoughts and prayers with his family and loved ones . the guy is right though, just because you seemingly look upon the choice of words used unnaprovingly, his point stands. you know what could potentially happen before you step on the ice, and you know what you are getting yourself into on the ice. yes its sport, but yes its a contact sport, and with any sport (contact or not) there is always a risk of injury or even death. but it doesnt stop the players from taking part. look at that beth lass, she snapped her neck, but is now back playing again. im not saying that it's right about what how he died, but every player knows the risk of taking part. they look past it and lace up. |
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Post by ted on Jan 4, 2009 21:47:11 GMT
always a risk though its not quite as noble a cause as Oldmans original choice of words.
Beuregard loses an eye, comes back for more
Beth whatsername.... breaks neck, comes back for more
This guy just had a complication after the incident (its not like it was the punch that killed him directly)
Doesnt make it any less sad though.
That said though, entirely depends on the teams playing. If it was rec game between 2 teams and he played for fun and wasnt expecting the game to get heated enough to fight then theres something terribly wrong.
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Post by panthers4ever on Jan 5, 2009 10:08:29 GMT
Thoughts are with the family and friends
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Post by killercarlson on Jan 5, 2009 13:11:22 GMT
Apparently his family have encouraged his fight opponent to get back on the ice as soon as possible, and bear him no malice, or hold him to blame. Very big of them to consider him at this time.
Much like Craig Jones family and Andrew Pitt (if anyone watches bike racing.)
Still, a tragic accident - my thoughts go out to his family.
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Post by bobness on Jan 5, 2009 16:08:46 GMT
Apparently his family have encouraged his fight opponent to get back on the ice as soon as possible, and bear him no malice, or hold him to blame. Very big of them to consider him at this time. Much like Craig Jones family and Andrew Pitt (if anyone watches bike racing.) Still, a tragic accident - my thoughts go out to his family. Indeed so, and a good parallel drawn. A tragic accident. See also Dan Snyder's family and Dany Heatley. For a view on how hard you can hit your head in a fight, see the Bergin vs McNeill fight on youtube. Bergy KO's him and he goes down like a bag of spuds, bangs his helmetless head very hard. |
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Post by Bennett on Jan 6, 2009 21:50:16 GMT
Makes you think twice about not fastening your chin strap properly thats for sure, i ushally dont bother in the warm up but on reflection i think i will be from now on. Hopefully some good will come of it and people will tighten their chin straps a little tighter from now on which is no bad thing.
The part of the article that i found interesting was:
"Within the OHA, players who get into a fight receive a game misconduct, while players who remove their own helmet during a fight are slapped with a gross misconduct"
I guess they dont have that in the EIHL then because you always see happen it in most of the premeditated fights, i know id rather punch a helmet on occasion rather than be injured by my head hitting the ice.
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