"Or in Calgary when we were up against the defence of Denis Gauthier and Robyn Regehr. The first one got me with an elbow to the head as soon as I got close, and the second one played fairly, but once he got his hands on you, he shoved into the boards with incredible strength. That man destroyed my body like nobody else."
The tunnel of death.
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"Or in Calgary when we were up against the defence of Denis Gauthier and Robyn Regehr. The first one got me with an elbow to the head as soon as I got close, and the second one played fairly, but once he got his hands on you, he shoved into the boards with incredible strength. That man destroyed my body like nobody else."
Damn right he did! Tunnel of death
lol beaten to it ^^
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I hate most oilers but funny enough I don't hate Hemsky. He seemed like a nice enough guy who go crushed a lot. His time on the ice entertained me greatly for the most part.
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It sounds like Hemsky was dealing with issues with his vestibular system, judging from his post-concussion symptoms.
Bryce Salvador had a detailed article on this a few years back after getting blasted with a slapper in the face
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The vestibular system runs on three tools: Your feet, eyes and inner-ear. If you lose one of those tools, your body can still function.
Lose two and you’re done playing professional sports. Period. When I was hit in the face with that slap shot the force caused an inner-ear concussion, so my feet and eyes took over and I was able to fake it. But somewhere along the way a different hit caused damage to my right eye. Now my two eyes were not communicating with one another and as a result my system short circuited.
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the story reminds me that not every pro is a go getting alpha.
The lack of education didn’t limit me. My nature did. I was a small vulnerable kid tossed into an environment that didn’t go easy on me.
Some guys would still want to score, again and again. It doesn’t matter if the game was already decided, they’d still want more. Truth be told, I didn’t have that mentality. I was not one of the players who would give it his all when the score was 7-0. I couldn’t push more
I like how he admits that he (like many other players, I'm sure)
sort of gave up when there was nothing to play for.
"My head wasn’t in the game. When we knew from Christmas that we would miss the playoffs, I just wasn’t into it, I have to admit. That doesn’t mean I would just go there in my NHL jersey and skate around. I’m not crazy, but once there was no trophy to play for and the games meant nothing, I couldn’t push myself beyond the limit. People blamed me for it, rightfully so, but I think once you’re born like this, there is not much you can do to change it."
this was interesting, also, about when he was an older player. I wonder if it's like that for a lot of skill players.
I noticed that my hockey sense, which used to separate me, was disappearing. I got to the puck and it was as if I was frozen. What used to be automatic suddenly wasn’t. I had to do all those things consciously now, with clear intent, thinking about my next moves. I noticed how many parts of my body hurt.
Suddenly, I was doing something on the ice that I never needed to do before; thinking about what could happen next.
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I hate most oilers but funny enough I don't hate Hemsky. He seemed like a nice enough guy who go crushed a lot. His time on the ice entertained me greatly for the most part.
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One thing about it is Hemsky was never scared. He never stopped trying.
Yeah he’s one of the few Oilers I quietly respected.
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I feel sorry for Hemsky, I didn't like him mainly because he was an Oilers, but I didn't truly hate him like I'm hating McDiver and Pissy. I wish we have a Regehr type that will crush McDiver destroy his body like Hemsky.
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There will always be players who played in Edmonton that I deeply respect. Nobody I actually like, but definitely players that I respected for various reasons. I still dislike Gretzky himself to this day, but I deeply respect him, for instance. Hemsky was another player I respected.
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Interesting site. Kinka like the Players Tribune but for Czech atheletes. I found one by Jiri Hrdina which was also an interesting read. Interesting to see that he thought the Flames traded him because they thought he was useless but years later they found out that the Pens wanted him so he could help Jagr find his way in NA. The Pens saw Hrdina get healthy scratched a couple games so they picked up the phone.
the story reminds me that not every pro is a go getting alpha.
The lack of education didn’t limit me. My nature did. I was a small vulnerable kid tossed into an environment that didn’t go easy on me.
Some guys would still want to score, again and again. It doesn’t matter if the game was already decided, they’d still want more. Truth be told, I didn’t have that mentality. I was not one of the players who would give it his all when the score was 7-0. I couldn’t push more
I like how he admits that he (like many other players, I'm sure)
sort of gave up when there was nothing to play for.
"My head wasn’t in the game. When we knew from Christmas that we would miss the playoffs, I just wasn’t into it, I have to admit. That doesn’t mean I would just go there in my NHL jersey and skate around. I’m not crazy, but once there was no trophy to play for and the games meant nothing, I couldn’t push myself beyond the limit. People blamed me for it, rightfully so, but I think once you’re born like this, there is not much you can do to change it."
this was interesting, also, about when he was an older player. I wonder if it's like that for a lot of skill players.
I noticed that my hockey sense, which used to separate me, was disappearing. I got to the puck and it was as if I was frozen. What used to be automatic suddenly wasn’t. I had to do all those things consciously now, with clear intent, thinking about my next moves. I noticed how many parts of my body hurt.
Suddenly, I was doing something on the ice that I never needed to do before; thinking about what could happen next.
I feel like the hockey sense part of this is what's happening to Lucic right now. It takes him an eternity to settle the puck enough to make a simple outlet pass or even simply track the puck, something younger guys can do in an instant.
Regehr is my favorite flame of all time. Hemsky was right in that he was always clean and hit hard. Sometimes Rocket Robyn would hurt a player with his hits but it was mostly because the said player put them selves in a dumb position not wanting to get crushed. Gauthier on the other hand I remember being suspended multiple times...He was dirty
Hockey Stories - Ales Hemsky
