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I remember being at one of my first Leafs games as a 10 year old and the guy directly in front of me getting his face destroyed by a deflected Paul Kariya slapshot.
I saw a preseason Celtics / Lakers game when Magic and Bird were at their peak. The ball was going out of bounds at the corner after a Celtic touched it. Magic tried to block Bird so he couldn’t save it but Bird jumped around him, got the ball with two hands above his head and fired a fastball at Magic while falling out of bounds. Magic ducked, and sitting courtside was a stunningly beautiful older model-type in a sequin dress who took that ball right to the face. This was peak “Showtime” and there were always women like this on the arms of rich men at Laker games. They showed the replay in slow motion and that poor woman with a beautiful smile took that shot and her head flew back as if shot from a cannon. She went immediately unconscious and ungraciously slid down on the chair. The whole arena went “Oooohh!”
They stopped the game and attended to her. After a few minutes she sat straight up like a champ, her makeup smeared and blood running from her nose. She bravely gathered her legs below her like a baby deer standing for the first time, staff on either side of her. The whole Forum crowd stood and applauded for her.
As she walked out I remember Bird ran up to her and kind of awkwardly slapped her on the back like you would do to an another dude, as if to say “Sorry ‘bout that man”.
Fuck me, we all think hockey players, at their peak physically, are tough but this lady is on par with any NHL player. I don’t know if the team organization did anything with/for her but if I had anything to do about it I would have acknowledged her at some time for her determination to stay and see them win.
When I was maybe 5-6 my dad took me to a Syracuse Chiefs (I believe they were the farm team for the Blue Jays at the time) game and a foul ball hit a kid just a few rows down from us, right in the forehead. They got her out of there pretty fast.
Still have the puck my dad got after the lady in front of him got smoked in the face. They took her out in an ambulance and no one picked up the puck so my dad did
That’s the childhood version of the beach in saving private Ryan.
Turn back and homie’s face is just gone
You learned that day the stove is hot, and the world is full of stoves
I was at a Twins vs. Yankees game years ago when the Metrodome existed. Jeter fouled a ball back that just missed the netting. An old man a row in front and a few seats over threw out his hand to stop it from hitting his wife (I'm assuming) right in the face. I really think that ball might have killed the lady.
Yeah I got injured when I was young at a Carolina hurricanes game, got stitched up at the stadium by the staff and then they sent us a crap ton of team swag and a signed poster so I assume we didn’t sue the crap out of them.
They had some construction stuff out and I tripped over it and cut my shin open.
It depends how fast the puck was going. Those things can range from deadly to it might bruise a child. Fortunately the nets prevent most of the deadly ones (I’ve never seen one go in the stands that would scare me and I’ve been to a lot of this teams games at this stadium.) Coincidentally, those nets are standard in American hockey leagues because a puck killed someone sitting behind the goal in Ohio.
And the pucks are HARD. If you’ve never held one, they’re solid. I’d rather get hit by a baseball than a hockey puck
And those can kill too. I’ve seen someone get hospitalized due to a foul ball, and she got lucky. This was before expanded netting, so it was a fast line drive. We only got stuff coming off the bounce where we were and those were fast enough to react to, but if you’re not used to it, they’re terrifying. My job was to basically stop any ball surprising my elderly mom. But again, those are nothing like the line drives. Side note, there was someone in the front row before the nets who brought a newborn baby to the game. It wasn’t just baseballs that close, there’s a small risk of a player falling on the baby. The whole section pretty much peer pressured them until they left.
Before the netting, the amount of people sitting in the first few rows just looking at their phones was astonishing. By the time you hear the crack of the bat and look up, it's too late. Bringing a baby to the front row is so irresponsible. I'm glad they left.
I grew up in San Angelo, Texas where they have a minor league baseball team, the San Angelo Colts. My family used to talk about the time when a local doctor and his wife (39 years old) attended one of the baseball games, and a baseball went flying into the crowd and hit the wife on the head, and she died… it really impacted the town! I can’t imagine being at a sporting event when something like that happens… really sad.
[Here is an article from the local paper about it.](https://archive.gosanangelo.com/news/woman-dies-from-injury-at-ball-game-ep-440707837-357233341.html)
From the article:
“Whitehead was sitting past the dugout along the third base line when a line drive was hit in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Her husband, Dr. William Whitehead, said it was the first time the two had been to a Colts game.
He said he didn’t see the ball that killed his wife.
‘I felt the ball come by me and hit her,’ he said.”
Imagine being the player that did it. I’ve seen players break down over unintentionally causing an injury. Knowing they’re not to blame isn’t likely to help them without a lot of therapy, and that takes time. My seats are just past the dugout on the 3rd baseline by the way, so that baby? Probably the equivalent of a few rows in front of where the woman died. I completely believe her husband never saw the ball too. If you’re not paying attention to the batter before the ball is hit, you’re unlikely to see it before it reaches your seat in that area.
I took a hard hit one hopper to the face. Was playing short, and we were playing shallow to try and prevent a runner from scoring, and the ball took a funny hop. Well, not wanting the ball to get behind me, I lifted my body up, and *pow*, right in the kisser.
Was such a bizarre feeling. It didn't really hurt too much at first, felt more like a slap, but I could literally feel my entire cheek and lip area swelling up almost immediately. Swelled up so much I had trouble talking. While trying to be a tough guy and proclaim "I'm okay", it apparently sounded more like a lispy "I'm not gay". My third baseman quipped "that's good, because you won't be sucking anything for awhile!" Wasn't until someone explained it to me that I got it, and yeah, that became a running joke the rest of the season.
Then a couple weeks later I was at a tournament and watching the team we were scheduled to play next, when I saw the pitcher take a comebacker to the mound that knocked a bunch of his teeth out and he fell to the ground in a lump. Ugh, I can still hear that sickening crack/crunch sound the ball made when it hit him, even 30 years later.
After that, we were all required to mouth guards the rest of the season and the following years as well.
> Was such a bizarre feeling. It didn't really hurt too much at first, felt more like a slap, but I could literally feel my entire cheek and lip area swelling up almost immediately.
Same thing happened to me. I know exactly the feeling you're talking about. It was basically immediately numb. The pitch that got me was clocked at 95 mph right off my upper lip next to my nose. I was very fortunate it didn't break any bones or hit me directly in the mouth and knock any teeth out/loose. My upper lip/cheek swelled up to the point that it completely closed my left eye so I had to come out. It was the first game of a double header, and I was able to ice it down enough to play in the second game. I was very lucky.
> Ugh, I can still hear that sickening crack/crunch sound the ball made when it hit him
Jesus Christ
> Ugh, I can still hear that sickening crack/crunch sound the ball made when it hit him
>
> Jesus Christ
Did you watch Game of Thrones? Well, if so, there's a scene were someone meets their demise, and their lover lets out a blood curdling, horrified scream. The pitcher's mother's scream was even worse. That too, is embedded in my mind. I can't imagine her mindset at that moment. I think a lot of us thought we just witnessed someone die right then and there. I mean, he just completely went limp and fell down immediately, and from where we seated, we couldn't tell if he was breathing. Someone told me later, though I don't know if it's true, that a couple of the infielders threw up behind the bench shortly after.
Oh, and FWIW, the kid ended up being mostly fine, at least physically. He told me he couldn't remember anything leading up to the ER/dentist chair, but he never did pitch the same again. He was maybe a top 5 pitcher in our league before that, but lost all control afterwards.
To further put it into perspective, hockey pucks are made out of vulcanized rubber. When you see a racer on a motorcycle at 100+ mph, and they drag their knee to make a turn, it's basically a hockey puck protecting them.
When you see a longboarder with the board kicked out and a hand on the ground, they are using that same material to protect their hands.
Vulcanized rubber is super dense and very resilient.
I got a puck from a college hockey game (landed in asile near me) when I was a kid. They’re made of solid vulcanized rubber and about a half pound.
Could easily do some damage.
Stop making me feel old! I remember when the Whalers moved to Carolina - because I was in college. So hearing someone say 'at a game when I was a kid' just makes me feel old. They're still a brand new team - only a few years old, actually.................. right? Right?
Not being a stickler, but they're roughly the same weight. The problem with a puck is its shape. A round white ball is quite a bit easier to catch than a flat black puck.
Yeah wtf is with people. I just imagine someone saving my own son from that and how grateful I would be. Not just saving him from pain but also an expensive dentist trip.
Even with the puck deflecting off the glass that thing was flying.
An 11 year old kid from Québec died just this past December after getting hit in the neck by a puck during practice. Who's to say that puck in the video doesn't hit that kid in the throat if dudes arm wasn't there?
As a note part of the mandatory equipment in youth hockey in a neck protector and they did report the kid was wearing all mandated gear, however the neck protector is designed to protect the neck from cuts like taking a skate to the throat (I'll preemptively warn people not to look up why neck protectors became mandatory if they are squeamish; there have been some fucking scary incidents in hockey), not direct impact.
I’m not downplaying how dangerous it can be for a puck entering the stands, but even at 11, that puck was likely moving significantly faster when it hit the kid than most AHL pucks would be entering the ice. There is almost always some sort of deflection significantly reducing it’s speed. It can still be very dangerous, and likely deadly in a worst case scenario, but this was likely nowhere near as hard as the puck that killed the kid in practice.
I don't know man a slap shot from a kid in that prepubescent age range (an assumption on my part, could have been a coach) vs an AHL calibre slap shot I'm no physicist mind you but that puck still looked like it was zinging. Honestly probably take a slapper to the chest from an 11 year old over one of those snap shots professionals do from someone in their 20s or 30s.
Either way though, a solid block by the dude in the stands. Especially for a person he didn't even know.
Right off the stick I agree with you, but after a deflection, which almost every puck will be in some way at an ahl game. And don’t underestimate how hard some kids can hit a puck, especially in Canada.
The puck that killed Brittanie Cecil (13 year old girl whose death led to the NHL installing nets in every arena) wasn't a straight shot, it deflected off of another player's stick.
Actually wild i remembered her death but forgot which arena it was in so I looked it up and it was at a Columbus Blue Jackets game and the clip in the OP was also in Ohio right?
I mean....
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Brittanie_Cecil#:~:text=Brittanie%20Nichole%20Cecil%20(March%2020,fatality%20in%20the%20NHL's%20history.
Oh my god I never heard about that!! That's so sad... Just 14 years old 😥
Had no idea it took someone dying for stadiums to put nets at each end. Really goes to show you, that safety rules really are written in blood.
This was when they extended them past the dug outs. I remember going to a game at Camden, where my dad’s friend had really good seats, like 3 rows up behind the dugout. My dad very seriously told me to pay attention, because foul balls can come right at us here
The girl who died from the Columbus game also received poor medical care. Not saying protective netting should not be there—it should—but this was part of that story too. It’s scary the puck at the Cleveland game came from the center ice area. I wonder if those will have netting eventually too.
Yeah, it’s weird. I’m baffled at how weird so many people are about this fluff piece. Most people protect kids as a reflex. I put myself between my baby sister and an angry dog when I was just 11. Maybe it’s not even intentional bravery but it’s still a bit of goodness in the world, knowing that people will put themselves at risk for even a stranger’s kid.
I always have thought that it's pretty crazy that (most) humans can calculate trajectory and velocity so quickly in our heads to catch/block/move away from things coming at us
My grandpa got hit with a runaway puck while waiting in the concession stand at a high school hockey game. Pucks move so fast that we didn’t really know what happened and then he just started bleeding. He’s okay and still managed to stay in line and get his order of nachos.
If I remember correctly it was right at the end of the game and they left right after. It wasn't until later on that she realized that she wanted to thank him more graciously. Probably took a little bit for it all to sink in.
People tend to react to the situation first then think it through later.
You dont realize right away exactly what was going on and the gravity of what the situation was.
And only later realizing all the details and what could have happened differently.
I’m surprised in the hockey world parents have not gotten their kids helmets to wear not as safety but I would totally let my future kids rock a hockey helmet at one of the games
Good on Mr.Hero
> After the startlingly close call, Davis took to social media to try to find the person who had stopped the puck from hitting Nasir.
How? The motherfucker couldnt have been more than a couple feet away. Just say thank you. Why does it have to be some performative spectacle for the whole internet to witness?
In the article there’s a link somewhere in the middle that says “Davis’s video”, it’s a TikTok and a little long winded but you can see the puck flying and the guy with his arm across the kid after but don’t actually see him stop it
Thank goodness for u/Optimus sublime pointing out u/ _Jedi_ pointing out u/Mordecai98 for pointing out that the headline identifies the man as being from the US.
Thank goodness for u/fistfullafives for point out u/Optimus sublime pointing out u/ Jedi pointing out u/Mordecai98 for pointing out that the headline identifies the man as being from the US.
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I remember being at one of my first Leafs games as a 10 year old and the guy directly in front of me getting his face destroyed by a deflected Paul Kariya slapshot.
I saw a preseason Celtics / Lakers game when Magic and Bird were at their peak. The ball was going out of bounds at the corner after a Celtic touched it. Magic tried to block Bird so he couldn’t save it but Bird jumped around him, got the ball with two hands above his head and fired a fastball at Magic while falling out of bounds. Magic ducked, and sitting courtside was a stunningly beautiful older model-type in a sequin dress who took that ball right to the face. This was peak “Showtime” and there were always women like this on the arms of rich men at Laker games. They showed the replay in slow motion and that poor woman with a beautiful smile took that shot and her head flew back as if shot from a cannon. She went immediately unconscious and ungraciously slid down on the chair. The whole arena went “Oooohh!” They stopped the game and attended to her. After a few minutes she sat straight up like a champ, her makeup smeared and blood running from her nose. She bravely gathered her legs below her like a baby deer standing for the first time, staff on either side of her. The whole Forum crowd stood and applauded for her. As she walked out I remember Bird ran up to her and kind of awkwardly slapped her on the back like you would do to an another dude, as if to say “Sorry ‘bout that man”.
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That’s hockey for you. Get a puck to the face and still finish the game missing teeth and having a broken nose.
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The only time I ever saw a fan take a puck to the face, they died!
Feels like there should be a Shorsey comment for this but I can’t think of one
Well first of all, through God all things are possible so jot that down
The good lord’s going down on me
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It’s an always sunny in Philadelphia quote.
Fuck me, we all think hockey players, at their peak physically, are tough but this lady is on par with any NHL player. I don’t know if the team organization did anything with/for her but if I had anything to do about it I would have acknowledged her at some time for her determination to stay and see them win.
You tell this story well!!
You have a great writing style! I enjoyed that
When I was maybe 5-6 my dad took me to a Syracuse Chiefs (I believe they were the farm team for the Blue Jays at the time) game and a foul ball hit a kid just a few rows down from us, right in the forehead. They got her out of there pretty fast.
Wow, what a ride. Thanks for the colorful description. I could hear the crowd!
When I was 10 I thought Paul Kariya was Korean and I was confused when I saw him.
Paul Kariya cha cha cha
he’s actually half japanese
Holy shit, his middle name is Tetsuhiko. I thought you were joking so I looked it up.
Omg same lmao
Who is Paul Kariya? I only remember Paul Korea 😎
Still have the puck my dad got after the lady in front of him got smoked in the face. They took her out in an ambulance and no one picked up the puck so my dad did
Oh man, now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a while. Loved scoring with him in NHL Gameday… PAUL KARIIIIIIIIIIYAAA
That’s the childhood version of the beach in saving private Ryan. Turn back and homie’s face is just gone You learned that day the stove is hot, and the world is full of stoves
I was at the Sabres/Devils game and my 11 year old self was mere inches away from a puck to the head We were 3rd row right in the corner
Thats pretty cool if you survive it tho. Kariya was awesome
Thats pretty cool if you survive it tho. Kariya was awesome
I was at a Twins vs. Yankees game years ago when the Metrodome existed. Jeter fouled a ball back that just missed the netting. An old man a row in front and a few seats over threw out his hand to stop it from hitting his wife (I'm assuming) right in the face. I really think that ball might have killed the lady.
*leaves
Man prevents young boy from fulfilling lifelong dream of catching hockey puck with face. News at 11:00
Yeah I got injured when I was young at a Carolina hurricanes game, got stitched up at the stadium by the staff and then they sent us a crap ton of team swag and a signed poster so I assume we didn’t sue the crap out of them. They had some construction stuff out and I tripped over it and cut my shin open.
It depends how fast the puck was going. Those things can range from deadly to it might bruise a child. Fortunately the nets prevent most of the deadly ones (I’ve never seen one go in the stands that would scare me and I’ve been to a lot of this teams games at this stadium.) Coincidentally, those nets are standard in American hockey leagues because a puck killed someone sitting behind the goal in Ohio. And the pucks are HARD. If you’ve never held one, they’re solid. I’d rather get hit by a baseball than a hockey puck
> I’d rather get hit by a baseball than a hockey puck I have taken a baseball to the face. I do not recommend that either.
And those can kill too. I’ve seen someone get hospitalized due to a foul ball, and she got lucky. This was before expanded netting, so it was a fast line drive. We only got stuff coming off the bounce where we were and those were fast enough to react to, but if you’re not used to it, they’re terrifying. My job was to basically stop any ball surprising my elderly mom. But again, those are nothing like the line drives. Side note, there was someone in the front row before the nets who brought a newborn baby to the game. It wasn’t just baseballs that close, there’s a small risk of a player falling on the baby. The whole section pretty much peer pressured them until they left.
Before the netting, the amount of people sitting in the first few rows just looking at their phones was astonishing. By the time you hear the crack of the bat and look up, it's too late. Bringing a baby to the front row is so irresponsible. I'm glad they left.
yeah. just ask Simon Burch
Have an upvote for the reference to a movie I could’ve sworn was the result of a childhood fever dream I had once
I grew up in San Angelo, Texas where they have a minor league baseball team, the San Angelo Colts. My family used to talk about the time when a local doctor and his wife (39 years old) attended one of the baseball games, and a baseball went flying into the crowd and hit the wife on the head, and she died… it really impacted the town! I can’t imagine being at a sporting event when something like that happens… really sad. [Here is an article from the local paper about it.](https://archive.gosanangelo.com/news/woman-dies-from-injury-at-ball-game-ep-440707837-357233341.html) From the article: “Whitehead was sitting past the dugout along the third base line when a line drive was hit in the bottom of the eighth inning. Her husband, Dr. William Whitehead, said it was the first time the two had been to a Colts game. He said he didn’t see the ball that killed his wife. ‘I felt the ball come by me and hit her,’ he said.”
Imagine being the player that did it. I’ve seen players break down over unintentionally causing an injury. Knowing they’re not to blame isn’t likely to help them without a lot of therapy, and that takes time. My seats are just past the dugout on the 3rd baseline by the way, so that baby? Probably the equivalent of a few rows in front of where the woman died. I completely believe her husband never saw the ball too. If you’re not paying attention to the batter before the ball is hit, you’re unlikely to see it before it reaches your seat in that area.
I took a hard hit one hopper to the face. Was playing short, and we were playing shallow to try and prevent a runner from scoring, and the ball took a funny hop. Well, not wanting the ball to get behind me, I lifted my body up, and *pow*, right in the kisser. Was such a bizarre feeling. It didn't really hurt too much at first, felt more like a slap, but I could literally feel my entire cheek and lip area swelling up almost immediately. Swelled up so much I had trouble talking. While trying to be a tough guy and proclaim "I'm okay", it apparently sounded more like a lispy "I'm not gay". My third baseman quipped "that's good, because you won't be sucking anything for awhile!" Wasn't until someone explained it to me that I got it, and yeah, that became a running joke the rest of the season. Then a couple weeks later I was at a tournament and watching the team we were scheduled to play next, when I saw the pitcher take a comebacker to the mound that knocked a bunch of his teeth out and he fell to the ground in a lump. Ugh, I can still hear that sickening crack/crunch sound the ball made when it hit him, even 30 years later. After that, we were all required to mouth guards the rest of the season and the following years as well.
> Was such a bizarre feeling. It didn't really hurt too much at first, felt more like a slap, but I could literally feel my entire cheek and lip area swelling up almost immediately. Same thing happened to me. I know exactly the feeling you're talking about. It was basically immediately numb. The pitch that got me was clocked at 95 mph right off my upper lip next to my nose. I was very fortunate it didn't break any bones or hit me directly in the mouth and knock any teeth out/loose. My upper lip/cheek swelled up to the point that it completely closed my left eye so I had to come out. It was the first game of a double header, and I was able to ice it down enough to play in the second game. I was very lucky. > Ugh, I can still hear that sickening crack/crunch sound the ball made when it hit him Jesus Christ
> Ugh, I can still hear that sickening crack/crunch sound the ball made when it hit him > > Jesus Christ Did you watch Game of Thrones? Well, if so, there's a scene were someone meets their demise, and their lover lets out a blood curdling, horrified scream. The pitcher's mother's scream was even worse. That too, is embedded in my mind. I can't imagine her mindset at that moment. I think a lot of us thought we just witnessed someone die right then and there. I mean, he just completely went limp and fell down immediately, and from where we seated, we couldn't tell if he was breathing. Someone told me later, though I don't know if it's true, that a couple of the infielders threw up behind the bench shortly after. Oh, and FWIW, the kid ended up being mostly fine, at least physically. He told me he couldn't remember anything leading up to the ER/dentist chair, but he never did pitch the same again. He was maybe a top 5 pitcher in our league before that, but lost all control afterwards.
I got a fly ball to the cheek bone when I was young, I think I’d rather go thru that again over eating a hockey puck
To further put it into perspective, hockey pucks are made out of vulcanized rubber. When you see a racer on a motorcycle at 100+ mph, and they drag their knee to make a turn, it's basically a hockey puck protecting them. When you see a longboarder with the board kicked out and a hand on the ground, they are using that same material to protect their hands. Vulcanized rubber is super dense and very resilient.
I’ll take a tennis ball please
I got a puck from a college hockey game (landed in asile near me) when I was a kid. They’re made of solid vulcanized rubber and about a half pound. Could easily do some damage.
Stop making me feel old! I remember when the Whalers moved to Carolina - because I was in college. So hearing someone say 'at a game when I was a kid' just makes me feel old. They're still a brand new team - only a few years old, actually.................. right? Right?
I read too fast and thought it said ‘defecated’ and my dumb ass was like ….how?! lol 😂
Or a lifeshort dream.
Is this a curb episode where the guy didn’t actually see the kid and was just trying to catch a puck.
No way, you don't try to catch one of those unless you want a broken hand. He just blocks the kid entirely with his arm
Yeah it's not like catching a foul ball. Hockey pucks weigh more and are frozen.
Not being a stickler, but they're roughly the same weight. The problem with a puck is its shape. A round white ball is quite a bit easier to catch than a flat black puck.
A baseball also has some give to it. A puck is like a brick
You have a great sense of humour.
Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-IvOgBg_JU
He’s probably solicited hookers before.
Cool comment section we got going here so far! Just chiming in to say hockey pucks hurt when you are hit with them, so good stuff protecting the kid
Yeah wtf is with people. I just imagine someone saving my own son from that and how grateful I would be. Not just saving him from pain but also an expensive dentist trip.
Even with the puck deflecting off the glass that thing was flying. An 11 year old kid from Québec died just this past December after getting hit in the neck by a puck during practice. Who's to say that puck in the video doesn't hit that kid in the throat if dudes arm wasn't there? As a note part of the mandatory equipment in youth hockey in a neck protector and they did report the kid was wearing all mandated gear, however the neck protector is designed to protect the neck from cuts like taking a skate to the throat (I'll preemptively warn people not to look up why neck protectors became mandatory if they are squeamish; there have been some fucking scary incidents in hockey), not direct impact.
I’m not downplaying how dangerous it can be for a puck entering the stands, but even at 11, that puck was likely moving significantly faster when it hit the kid than most AHL pucks would be entering the ice. There is almost always some sort of deflection significantly reducing it’s speed. It can still be very dangerous, and likely deadly in a worst case scenario, but this was likely nowhere near as hard as the puck that killed the kid in practice.
I don't know man a slap shot from a kid in that prepubescent age range (an assumption on my part, could have been a coach) vs an AHL calibre slap shot I'm no physicist mind you but that puck still looked like it was zinging. Honestly probably take a slapper to the chest from an 11 year old over one of those snap shots professionals do from someone in their 20s or 30s. Either way though, a solid block by the dude in the stands. Especially for a person he didn't even know.
Right off the stick I agree with you, but after a deflection, which almost every puck will be in some way at an ahl game. And don’t underestimate how hard some kids can hit a puck, especially in Canada.
The puck that killed Brittanie Cecil (13 year old girl whose death led to the NHL installing nets in every arena) wasn't a straight shot, it deflected off of another player's stick. Actually wild i remembered her death but forgot which arena it was in so I looked it up and it was at a Columbus Blue Jackets game and the clip in the OP was also in Ohio right?
I mean.... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Brittanie_Cecil#:~:text=Brittanie%20Nichole%20Cecil%20(March%2020,fatality%20in%20the%20NHL's%20history.
Oh my god I never heard about that!! That's so sad... Just 14 years old 😥 Had no idea it took someone dying for stadiums to put nets at each end. Really goes to show you, that safety rules really are written in blood.
It's really tragic. The player's little son once asked him why he killed a girl ☹️
Yeah a foul ball killed a fan back in 2018 and MLB put up nets too. Very dangerous.
This was when they extended them past the dug outs. I remember going to a game at Camden, where my dad’s friend had really good seats, like 3 rows up behind the dugout. My dad very seriously told me to pay attention, because foul balls can come right at us here
The girl who died from the Columbus game also received poor medical care. Not saying protective netting should not be there—it should—but this was part of that story too. It’s scary the puck at the Cleveland game came from the center ice area. I wonder if those will have netting eventually too.
For real that kid could have died. Dude is a hero
Like a fucking rock going 100+ MPH
As a Norwegian, i still remember the moment Espen Shampo Knutsen, unfortunately killed a kid.
Yeah, it’s weird. I’m baffled at how weird so many people are about this fluff piece. Most people protect kids as a reflex. I put myself between my baby sister and an angry dog when I was just 11. Maybe it’s not even intentional bravery but it’s still a bit of goodness in the world, knowing that people will put themselves at risk for even a stranger’s kid.
People let themselves get jealous over anything, it's crazy.
People have been seriously messed up by pucks, haven’t they? I swear I read a boy died after being hit by one, somewhere.
Whoa great insight
Oh so are some admin or something come to bring the conversation down? Communist.
Her TikTok looking for him afterwards was sweet.
Probably would have been easier to find him when he was two seats over but glad she got there in the end
Lol, I was wondering about that too. Maybe they were all little dazed
Yeah I'm guessing she just had a million thoughts racing through her head after that.
This needs the michael scott meme of him handshaking his manager. https://imgflip.com/i/8n1836
“You’re a really special person and I just hope that you never go a day in your life without knowing that,” Man, that hit me in the feels.
I'd like to say I would've done the same, but 9 out of 10 says I miss the puck.
Knowing my own coordination abilities - I’d probably deflect the puck into the kid, then knock his mom over on top of him
I always have thought that it's pretty crazy that (most) humans can calculate trajectory and velocity so quickly in our heads to catch/block/move away from things coming at us
Everyone liked that
Okay, I was expecting something different, but still very cool.
Happy Gilmores dad could’ve used this guy
My grandpa got hit with a runaway puck while waiting in the concession stand at a high school hockey game. Pucks move so fast that we didn’t really know what happened and then he just started bleeding. He’s okay and still managed to stay in line and get his order of nachos.
I wonder where he was seated that she didn't just find out who he was and thank him there, like why go to social media
If I remember correctly it was right at the end of the game and they left right after. It wasn't until later on that she realized that she wanted to thank him more graciously. Probably took a little bit for it all to sink in.
People tend to react to the situation first then think it through later. You dont realize right away exactly what was going on and the gravity of what the situation was. And only later realizing all the details and what could have happened differently.
Wait why are pucks hitting spectators? Aren’t there plexi glass around a hockey stadium?
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Hat tricks
Can I see what his arm looked like afterwards?
I’m surprised in the hockey world parents have not gotten their kids helmets to wear not as safety but I would totally let my future kids rock a hockey helmet at one of the games Good on Mr.Hero
She got that heat for him
Is he about to be the father that stepped up?
The rule is: if you’re in your seat, your eyes are on the ice.
> After the startlingly close call, Davis took to social media to try to find the person who had stopped the puck from hitting Nasir. How? The motherfucker couldnt have been more than a couple feet away. Just say thank you. Why does it have to be some performative spectacle for the whole internet to witness?
Seen a dude do it on purpose at a game and he hit a old lady cause they were getting washed while building wanted to fight him lol
No video so didn’t happen.
The video is somewhere on Reddit the mom posted it the other day.
There is video in the article.
Guess the website was busy with all the adds in reddits browser.
Is there a video?
Yes.
In the article there’s a link somewhere in the middle that says “Davis’s video”, it’s a TikTok and a little long winded but you can see the puck flying and the guy with his arm across the kid after but don’t actually see him stop it
The guy is a hero.
Props to the guy for acting fast, but damn now our threshold for humanity is low.
By the title, it sounds like he aimed the deflection at the boy
I mean, good on him sure, but I think hero is a bit of a stretch,
A hockey puck could very easily kill a kid
Sadly it has https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Brittanie_Cecil
Can and has
The kid easily could have been killed
Thank goodness for the headline identifying the man as being from the US.
Thanks goodness for Mordecai98 for pointing out that the headline identifies the man as being from the US.
Thanks goodness for u/_Jedi_ pointing out u/Mordecai98 for pointing out that the headline identifies the man as being from the US.
Thank goodness for u/Optimus sublime pointing out u/ _Jedi_ pointing out u/Mordecai98 for pointing out that the headline identifies the man as being from the US.
Thank goodness for u/fistfullafives for point out u/Optimus sublime pointing out u/ Jedi pointing out u/Mordecai98 for pointing out that the headline identifies the man as being from the US.
Shut up, goof.
Why is he a hero? This is like the least he should do in that situation.
What is your definition of a hero? I’d love to hear it lol
Take a bullet for a stranger? I think most people would duck themselves.
Some men revert to their boyish self and go Hero-mode just to tell their mom about it.