Friday, March 09, 2007


So yesterday, ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF TODD BERTUZZI'S INFAMOUS SUCKER PUNCH, New York Islander Chris Simon swung his stick like a baseball bat and smashed Ryan Hollweg in the face. Video is above, if you watch at around 1:38 it shows the slash at lot better than the initial shot.

Let me tell you a story about Chris Simon. Back when the Flames went on their big run to the Stanley Cup finals, I was still living in Alberta. I was rooting for the Flames, with one exception...I HATED Chris Simon. It was for a stupid reason too. During Flames games, it seemed like the commentators would always, ALWAYS mention him. Invariably, without fail. Sample commentary went like this "The puck goes into the Calgary zone, Chris Simon hops on the ice, it's played behind the Calgary net, up to center ice to Chris Simon, who passes it across and it's dumped in, two Dallas players change up, Chris Simon skates across the blue line..." Anyways, that was the main reason I hated him. I also thought he was stupid and a bad player but the commentary was the primary source of hate.

When I was browsing garage sales in Calgary, as I was oft to do, I needed a juice pitcher and found one. This was during spring, about April-ish, so playoffs were going on. This guy's garage sale was Flames-themed...ie, a lamp "apparently" once belonged to Jarome Iginla...this lawnmower? Miika Kiprusoff's. And etc. So I was all set to get this pitcher when I turned it over: "Once belonged to Chris Simon." My cousins laughed and laughed, while I was forced to put down the pitcher and walk away.

So anyways. Chris Simon is an idiot, and the video above proves it. I hope he's kicked out forever.


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