Last week I blogged in amazement at a minor league hockey box score revealing 158 minutes worth of penalties in a single game. Ladies and gentlemen, the Southern Professional Hockey League has outdone themselves. You have to see it to believe it.
Once again it involves the Knoxville IceBears, but this time their opponent was the Fayetteville FireAntz. (Yes, the team name is actually FireAntz.) As you scroll through the penalties, you will see that the majority of minutes were racked up at the end of the second period. Hit Ctrl+f and search the page for the words "game misconduct" and you will find that phrase 23 times. Twenty-three times!!! One of those game misconducts belongs to Fayetteville's head coach, Tommy Stewart for Inciting an Opponent. Also at the 20:00 mark of the second period, the starting goalies from both teams each received a game misconduct. Are you wondering how they had enough players left to continue the game? Scroll down to the last line of the box score for an answer to that question:
Once again it involves the Knoxville IceBears, but this time their opponent was the Fayetteville FireAntz. (Yes, the team name is actually FireAntz.) As you scroll through the penalties, you will see that the majority of minutes were racked up at the end of the second period. Hit Ctrl+f and search the page for the words "game misconduct" and you will find that phrase 23 times. Twenty-three times!!! One of those game misconducts belongs to Fayetteville's head coach, Tommy Stewart for Inciting an Opponent. Also at the 20:00 mark of the second period, the starting goalies from both teams each received a game misconduct. Are you wondering how they had enough players left to continue the game? Scroll down to the last line of the box score for an answer to that question:
Game was forfeited at 10:45 3rd period due to 2 skaters remaining for FayettevilleThat was an interesting way to end the season for both teams. The first round of the SPHL playoffs begins this week. The Knoxville IceBears play the Fayetteville FireAntz in the first round.
That is GREAT! Did anybody see that video of the Abbotsford Heat coach who went crazy?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwsBYATsSdI
I saw this somewhere. Sports Soup? SportsCenter? I clicked on one of the related videos & was happy to see one with Frank Littlejohn. I remember him from when he played for the Adirondack IceHawks. I have fond memories of him screaming at my best friend's dad from the penalty box. He went ballistic and started banging on the glass from inside the penalty box and screaming at Pops sitting in the stands.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I really miss minor league hockey.