I also thought about “My Bum Is On The Swedish” for the title of this post, but (a) it’s a incredibly dated ref and (b) you can’t really tell from the image that this dude falling through the glass after scoring a goal is actually Swedish. For one thing, he actually has a job…

Anyway, this is Henrik Andersen, an 18-year-old playing in Sweden’s Tier 2 league, and scoring. That part went rather well, but the celebration needs a bit of work. Sometimes it’s best for a player to get a little seasoning in the international game before heading to the big time. Next time, Henrik, a simple fist pump will do. –Puck Daddy; thanks to Lee for the heads-up.

I don’t know if you saw that viral Samsung ad where the guy made his camera “disappear,” but they’ve come out with another one that’s still relatively new: this one takes place on a hockey rink. And if that guy actually took a curling stone and slap-shot it over the goalie’s glove, then I’m Kanye West. It’s just so blatantly fake that I can’t help but post it and indulge these bastards with the exposure for which they’ve been pining. Well played, Samsung. Crafty Korean bastards. –Copyranter. Thanks, Mark

After this Finnish league hockey game, goalie Matti Höylä decides to get a little bit of his freak on and recreate some of the choreography from Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” It speaks volumes about the universal language of dance. But holy mother, look at all those empty seats. Where are the Finns playing these games, Yankee Stadium? – Puck Daddy, via Ramblings of the Unmotivated.

I wouldn’t have such disdain for children if their parents would simply adopt the attitude that they raise their kids, and not the other way around. But this little seedling here was raised all proper-like. Here’s Rizzo, as he’s called on the YouTube page, reciting Herb Brooks’ pregame speech before Team USA took on the Russians, as told by the film Miracle. And it’s awesome, from the way he slaps the air hockey table when he walks into the room to the way he screams, “Screw ‘em!” If all kids were like this, I’d probably have like 12 of them by now. via. Read the rest of this entry »

This is the intro video and music for the University of Alaska-Fairbanks men’s (and women’s?) hockey team, and if you don’t think it’s the greatest thing ever, then we can’t be friends anymore. For future reference, anything with an exploding polar bear terrorizing satellites and detonating airports will get posted here. As long as the polar bear isn’t Muslim. Hey, we have standards around here. via.

We love athletes that play for the love of the game, even if “play” sometimes takes the interpretation of “beat the snot from thy opponent’s body,” which is what happened at the end of Anaheim’s win against Detroit in Game 6. They just couldn’t wait to start Game 7, and some mighty scuffling occurred therein. Boston also managed to force a Game 7 by beating Carolina, but they did it in a much less masculine way. Aaron Ward played, despite having a bruised vagina.

More quasi-brawlishness after the jump, specifically from the ice hockey world championships in Switzerland where the United States and Switzerland played off for the bronze medal. Read the rest of this entry »