# Man I love this sport.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 20, 2001, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-love-this-sport/51012 "2001-01-20T11:10:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![slowhand53](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@slowhand53](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slowhand53)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-love-this-sport/51012/1 "2001-01-20T11:10:14Z")

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Only in hockey could you get a quote like this

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> _originally found at [ESPN.go.com](http://espn.go.com/nhl/2001/20010119/recap/pitdal.html)_
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> Pittsburgh’s Darius Kasparaitis left the ice with blood spurting from his face after skating into a flying puck with 1:02 remaining in regulation.

yup he skated into it. not he caught a puck up high or was struck in the face with the puck or the puck bounced off of a bad patch of ice. no he SKATED INTO A FLYING PUCK!

Man I love this sport.

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**Author:** ![Mnementh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mnementh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnementh)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-love-this-sport/51012/2 "2001-01-20T13:47:30Z")

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A hockey game somehow just isnt complete unless the ice has a slick layer of half-frozen blood 😃  
Man, I really am a true Canadian.

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**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2001, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-i-love-this-sport/51012/3 "2001-01-20T14:38:16Z")

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Anaheim’s Steve Rucchin has been out for the better part of the season after having been _cross-checked in the back_ into a slapshot to the face. He’s been suffering from post-concussion syndrome ever since.  
Personally, I wouldn’t mind it if more players wore shields (see Bryan Berard).

OTOH, in what other sport do you get to see guys getting _sewn up_ on the bench for a cut over the eye, and then jumping over the boards for their next shift? In baseball, players sit out a game because of a hangnail or a sty.  
:rolleyes: