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Enough Of The Goal Celebration At The Bench
by Paul on 01/04/09 at 08:42 AM ET
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from Damien Cox of the Spin,
Where in the world did this dopey tradition of a parade to the bench for high fives all around after every goal begin?
It’s childish. Watching NHL players do it like they were peewee players is laughable. What ever happened to the great tradition of the game in which a goal was scored, there would be a celebration near the net, and then they’d just line up and drop the puck again?
Having teams skate right in front of the opponents bench after a goal is simply taunting on a team-wide scale. Moreover, in a heated game, you’re just asking for trouble. Basically, you’re allowing teams to celebrate twice - once in a little hug session, once with a fly-by for high fives at their bench.
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Yeah… I honestly don’t see what has Cox so riled up here. Slow news day?
Posted by Jeremy on 01/04/09 at 01:22 PM ET
the real joke is that this dude gets paid to write this Teen Dream whiny bull crap about grown men playing a game. “do it the way i like or ill weep onto the pages of some rag. pay my salary so i can eat.”
Posted by Death Metal Burn Out from MKE on 01/04/09 at 04:50 PM ET
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I much prefer the high-fives along the bench after a goal than the whole jump-into-the-boards schtick that Ovechkin and Malkin (and now dozens of copycats) do. Just my personal opinion… the high-fives at the bench gets the whole team involved… I think it’s pretty tame.
Posted by Nathan on 01/04/09 at 11:20 AM ET