Fisticuffs make Mondays better

In honor of National Hate Sidney Crosby Day, I give you....

JIMMAH!



Pav vs. That damn dirty rat...er... Corey Perry



Brad "Amen, Hallelujah" Stuart vs. Ryan Whitney



Steve "I'm a loser, Baby" Ott getting worked over by Johnny E






Also... Ya know who was a good fighter? Darren McCarty
You should maybe follow him. Just saying.



Gotta throw DMac some love here at HB

"No, YOU suck"

The people that keep booing the Red Wings on home ice
Not being happy with your team's performance is one thing but booing them is straight up bandwagon behavior. Don't agree? That's nice. I don't give a damn. I have never and will never boo my team. Period. It is disrespectful, classless, and trashy. It is right up there with the Chicago fans chanting "Detroit Sucks" in the book of misdeeds at the rink. "But it motivates them". Bull. The Red Wings are third in the league and second in the west. Wow, they're sooooo horrible. Suck it up and get a grip. There were a few bad games. It happens. Such is life. "But.. But.. But.. The sky is falling, the sky is falling" There are many more games to be played and to turn your back on your team over one or two games is pathetic. Acting like a character in a children's storybook will get you exactly nowhere. Those men give heart, mind, body, and soul for the team and for anyone to publicly degrade them like that is reprehensible. Defend it all you want, I stand with the fans that stand against booing our team.

The people that leave the games before it's over
Giving up on your team, even in a losing effort, is idiotic. What did you people do in the years leading up to the cup in 1997? You might as well have not even bothered to come to the rink at all if when the going gets tough... so do you. "Traffic, Traffic, Blah, Blah, Blah" I stay until the end of every game and you know what? I never have a problem with traffic. Funny how that goes.

Adam Burish
Knowing very well there would not be a fight occurring due to the healing facial injury but still throwing punches and hiding behind a full face mask is coward behavior.



ON A MUCH LIGHTER NOTE

DARREN McCARTY JOINED TWITTER!!!
You should maybe follow him. Just saying.

So I went a searchin'

Deep in the depths of Tumblr I went searchin'... searchin'... for some funny photos...






HE-HE-HE-HE-HELLO


LEAN BACK, LEAN BACK


(if this is you in this picture, I'm sorry... but... THIS IS HILARIOUS)

Well aren't you SPEC-IAL

... You take personal pictures that belong to the players, their families, or significant others (present or past) to photoshop yourself in.

I don't care how good your photoshopping skills are, photoshopping yourself into Patrick Eaves' wedding photos is BEYOND creepy and your room should have padded walls.

1978 was a good year

Dan Cleary
#11
Birthday- December 18th, 1978
Position- Winger
Shoots- Left
Height- 6'1"
Weight- 210 lbs.
Nicknames- C-Bear, Clears, Danny, Newfie, Newf
Hometown- Carbonear, Newfoundland, Canada
Hockey Hero- Gary Roberts
Favorite Musical Artist- The Killers
Favorite Food- Steak
Favorite sport besides hockey- Golf
Dream golf foursome- Tiger Woods, Jack Nickalus, and Darren Clarke
Married with two daughters and resides in California in the off-season.




Pavel Datsyuk
#13
Russian Name- Па́вел Вале́рьевич Дацю́к
Birthday- July 20th, 1978
Position- Center
Shoots- Left
Height- 5'11"
Weight- 197 lbs.
Nicknames- Pav, Dats, Pasha, Dangle, Duck-soup
Hometown- Sverdlovsk, Russia
Two time Stanley Cup Champion (2002, 2008)
Four time Lady Byng Memorial Trophy winner for most gentlemenly player (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
Three time Frank J. Selke Trophy award winner for being the best defensive forward (2008, 2009, 2010)
Olympic Bronze Metal Winner (2002)
Married with one daughter and returns to Russia during the summer months.

What are YOU doing?

In honor of Bia night, I picked some of the Bia's favorite Wings for then and now. Enjoy :)

THEN







NOW

Wait... Is that Doug Janik?!?

The epic fight night at the Joe.



Jiri Fischer demolishes Scott Hartnell





AND LASTLY...



Justin Abdelkader fighting... DOUG JANIK?!?!

Late to the party, but jackholes nonetheless

Mario Lemiuex
Having an opinion is a wonderful thing and so is speaking your mind. HOWEVER, deciding to jump in and offer a harsh critique of the league's suspension policies regarding a situation that the team you own is involved was bad form. Next time check with some sort of publicist before jumping the gun and releasing a statement of that nature.

Now I have no ties to the Penguins organization (nor do I want any) but I'm sure that Mario could have contacted someone (a coach, equipment manager, etc) via cell phone when the fights started picking up and sent a message to the team to cut it out. I'm pretty sure that he didn't. Also, if the league's suspensions weren't to his liking it then becomes a team issue. You don't like the way your players handled themselves? Punish them on a team level. Go all Herb Brooks on them and make them do suicides until they vomit. Options. There are options is what I'm saying.


People blaming Carrie Underwood for Mike Fisher getting traded
Blaming a wife for a husband getting traded is ridiculous. I'm sure by Mike Fisher's reaction, it was not his idea to be moved. A fact also made apparent by the reaction of his hockey best friend, Chris Neil. I highly doubt the couple would have built a multimillion dollar home just outside Ottawa if they, all along, had some sort of sub-plot, master plan to leave and go to Nashville. Banning her from radio stations that never played her music in the first place and dubbing her Yoko Underwood is/was stupid. I don't care who the wife is, A wife doesn't have that great of a say in a husband getting traded.

Fu-na-na-ny Friday

End the week with a little fun!


NINJA NEWFIE!


That's not nice.


The Captain loved to show love. No seriously. Marty felt loved.

Why so crazy?

... YOU FOLLOW THE PLAYERS HOME FROM GAMES.

Nothing screams "I'M CRAZY" more than jumping in your car and tailing Darren Helm all the way home. Knock it off creepers.

Abertuzdelkaderzi

Justin Abdelkader
#8
Birthday- February 25th, 1987
Position- Center
Shoots- Left
Height- 6'1"
Weight- 215lbs
Nicknames- Abby, J. Abs, Gator, and... any mispronunciation of his name possible.
College- Michigan State University
Parents- Joseph and Sheryl Abdelkader
Hometown- Muskegon, Michigan
Hockey Hero- Steve Yzerman
Favorite Music Artist- Rascal Flatts
Favorite Food- Pasta
Started Michigan State's "Shoot for a Cure" initiative to benefit children's cancer charities. Since leaving Michigan State's hockey program he remains active in the program.




Todd Bertuzzi
#44
Birthday- February 2nd, 1975
Position- Winger
Shoots- Left
Height- 6'3"
Weight- 231lbs
Nicknames- Tawd, Bert, Tuzzi, Tuz
Father- Albert Bertuzzi
Hometown- Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Hockey Hero- Wayne Gretzky
Favorite Music Artist- James Taylor
Favorite Food- Steak
Favorite Sport (besides hockey)- Golf
Hobbies- Golfing and Mountain biking
Married with two children and resides in Kitchener, Ontario in the off-season.

Not SOOOOO long ago

With Ozzie being honored on this past Sunday, A potential week's end return by Bradley, and a road trip to see the forever captain's new digs I present...

A look back to yesteryear



After he cut the mullet, Good things happened for this guy.


1990's Ozzie wasn't TOO fond of smiling.


Apparently, Brad Stuart was a big fan of hair gel and a center part.

It's a lovely day for some fights, eh?

We're baaaaaack!

After a couple weeks off, Hockey Blogette is back on this the most vomitous day of the year. So with that being said, What better way to start of Valentine's Day than with a fight.



Approximately 8... THOUSAND fights? I couldn't pass up using the brawl night from the Islanders versus Penguins game as the first fight of the week.



New features like Fight Time will be popping up here and there so you can look forward to seeing:

Fight Time on Mondays
Then and Now on Tuesdays
Player Profile on Wednesdays
You Might Be Crazy If... on Thursdays
Funny Photo day on Fridays
and
Jackhole of the Week on Saturdays