Watching the video below, at first it seems that its only two guys fighting, a normal hockey fight at the beginning of the game between two teams who don't like each other much. I assume. Its all in Russian. But after a few seconds of the two guys pummeling each other, the camera pulls back to show everyone on the ice fighting. Its total chaos out there.
It takes about two minutes for the officials to pull everyone off each other. Two minutes doesn't sound like much, but try staring at your watch for two minutes. Its a while. Finally, at 3:02 (of the video - they don't show the scoreboard time) they drop the puck again and play resumes.
For seven seconds.
Then another brawl breaks out and again everyone on the ice pairs up and starts swinging. They've got about two minutes into the game and already there have been ten fights. At one point two officials drag one guy over to the penalty box and literally have to shove him in as he's still trying to get at someone else.
Finally, once again, after a prolonged stoppage, the officials manage to restore order and attempt to drop the puck. They don't even get that far this time. The video kinda cuts a bit here but it seems that as soon as the puck drops so do the gloves. Everyone's. Again. At this point what is left of the benches streams onto the ice. The goalies are fighting (not even each other) and the crowd seems to be chanting "De-Fence! De-Fence!" Of course its in Russian so it probably means something else.
That's entirely more play-by-play than is necessary. Enjoy:
One of the funny things about this video is that the announcers voices never rise above reporting what is happening. There's no excitement, no partisanship, none of that.
Anyway, uh, go Vityaz!
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2 comments:
fucking hysterical. and i totally loved how the announcer's voice never gave any indication that fighting had broken out. i wonder if he was doing a play-by-play of the fighting.
It appears to me that their penalty boxes are larger than the NHL's for some reason
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