Tyler Carr: A Warrior Indeed

Tyler Carr of the Washington Ice Dogs earns his Black Belt.

Thanks to The American Special Hockey Association for sharing the news.

Congratulations Tyler! 

One should act 

in consonance with 

the way of heaven and earth

which is enduring

and eternal

The superior man

perseveres long

in his course

adapts to the times

but remains firm

in his direction

and correct

in his goals

I Ching

NHL Rule Enforcement, Will it Work?

The NHL recently posted an official video regarding 2010-2011 rule changes including blind side and lateral hits to the head.

Comments about these rules seem to be mixed between those who think this is a puss move on the NHL and those who like the changes but are skeptical about the NHL enforcing the rules and/or confident the refs will be able to discern the difference between a good hit and a bad one. Maybe this video below is a pre-season precursor as to how accountable players will be held for their antics -

Chicago's Nick Boynton received a game misconduct penalty for making a throat slashing motion towards Tampa Bay's Blair Jones after Jones pummeled Boynton right in the kisser. Boynton mouthing "you're f*#$*%g dead" while making the gesture probably topped off his being suspended for one game which means missing his team's home opener on October 7th. Maybe this kind of thing has happened in the past but if in pre-season a player is going to be suspended for this and miss the home opener, maybe there is hope that all involved and responsible for rule enforcement will do their job. As I watched the video part showing bad hits, it repelled me from the computer screen - that kind of violence doesn't represent the sport I've loved since being a kid. It's not necessary, it's not ice hockey and kids especially should not have to be subjected to it. 


Side note - Boynton got pummeled because he pulled back his right arm too far when winding up to hit Jones thus he lost his balance and gave up his space to Jones. 

(source: NHL.com)

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WTF? and Just Plain Disgusting

WTF??  : (

and

Just plain disgusting.

Way to be classy Philly. It is no wonder why I can't stand your sports attitude in general. 

To those at Philadelphia Daily News who find what Michael Vick and his cohorts did to defenseless animals over the years as 'Top Dog', may you come back in your next life as a fighting/bait dog. Here's Vick's indictment just in case ya' wanna have an idea of the brutality which only stopped...wait for it...BECAUSE HE GOT CAUGHT. 

Vick_indictment.pdf

Leopards don't change their spots, neither will Vick. Now in the spotlight again with the pressure to perform...just give it time. Vick in the starting spot is not a 'shocking turnout' - this was the plan from the beginning but the slow ease-in was done to avoid pissing off too many dog loving season ticket holders and so on....'so on' meaning $$$$$$$$$$$.

This post co-written by our guest blogger Maddy

Yet Another Reason Blindside Hits Have No Place in the NHL

From CNN news -

College Player Who Committed Suicide Had Brain Injury


FYI...An athlete's art work may be used to identify changes in brain activity and could be tracked from childhood. Certain drawings 'pull' for certain information about a person and may be one of the only ways to externalize symptoms that medical tests have yet to pick up on.

We Remember

It's times like these you learn to live again 

It's times like these you give and give again 

It's times like these you learn to love again 

It's times like these time and time again

Oh Caption My Caption!

And the Fu Manchu award for best tweet regarding Kovalchuk goes to...

@IntentToBlow: New on ItB: Devils in crisis as Kovalchuk contract approved, but no one has pen.



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