Do You Guys Remember This Ruutu Incident?

[EdJovanovski]

My drunk Canucks fan uncle always talks about this incident but I can’t find anything about it online. He says a player was sitting on the bench and Ruutu grabbed his skate and was trying to pull it off while the player held on with both arms trying to stay on the bench. There are a couple videos of funny incidents like the Phaneuf one but I can’t find this one. Does anyone have any memory of it happening?

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[Mr. Canucklehead]

I vaguely recall this...but I can't remember the details. I want to say it was against a divisional team like Edmonton or Minnesota.

 

[EdJovanovski]

I vaguely recall this...but I can't remember the details. I want to say it was against a divisional team like Edmonton or Minnesota.

He says Minnesota sounds familiar, I wonder why there’s no video of this out there. Maybe he wasn’t wrong after all

 

[Oliewud]

no but i remember this

 

[Hit the post]

He’s the Honky Tonk Man of hockey players.

 

[EdJovanovski]

no but i remember this

Whenever I show him that clip he just looks at it dumbfounded and doesn’t even chuckle for some reason, but he thinks the Ruutu pulling the skate incident is the funniest thing ever. If it really did happen I’m puzzled as to why it isn’t a viral video like that one

 

[Cogburn]

I have a buddy that used to dog sit/property sit for Jarkko.

I met his brother a few times as a result.

He was the Finnish equivalent of white trash. In the best way possible of course.

I see where Jarkko got it from and my GOODNESS I miss watching him play.

 

[me2]

My drunk Canucks fan uncle always talks about this incident but I can’t find anything about it online. He says a player was sitting on the bench and Ruutu grabbed his skate and was trying to pull it off while the player held on with both arms trying to stay on the bench. There are a couple videos of funny incidents like the Phaneuf one but I can’t find this one. Does anyone have any memory of it happening?

Forsberg.

 

[me2]

no but i remember this

That still remains the single greatest thing to happen in the history of hockey.

 

[Addison Rae]

That still remains the single greatest thing to happen in the history of hockey.

Until the day Jim Benning is fired

 

[EdJovanovski]

Forsberg.

This isn't it, Ruutu was supposedly on the ice and went up to the opposing teams bench, and started pulling a player off of it by his skate. I'm absolutely puzzled how I haven't been able to find any evidence of this ever happening online, but he swears this happened and he tells me about it every single day when he's drunk.

 

[Zippgunn]

This isn't it, Ruutu was supposedly on the ice and went up to the opposing teams bench, and started pulling a player off of it by his skate. I'm absolutely puzzled how I haven't been able to find any evidence of this ever happening online, but he swears this happened and he tells me about it every single day when he's drunk.

You get drunk with Ruutuu? Wow, don't try to keep up with a Finn. I did once and regretted it for a weekend...

 

[I in the Eye]

I seem to recall the incident... but this could be the Mandela Effect.

 

[Peter10]

You get drunk with Ruutuu? Wow, don't try to keep up with a Finn. I did once and regretted it for a weekend...

He is talking about his drunk Canuck fan uncle not Ruttu.

 

[Shareefruck]

Pretty sure it's the Mandela effect combining various moments into something that "could" have happened.

 

[boringasheck]

I swear I remember something happening with Ruutu and another player's leg or skate back in the 2004 playoffs against Calgary... I want to say Game 5?

 

[Burke's Evil Spirit]

This happened, in the 2004 playoff series. It was Chris Clark's skate. Here's a post about it from the time:
Funniest hockey moments

 

[deckercky]

This happened, in the 2005 playoff series. It was Chris Clark's skate. Here's a post about it from the time:
Funniest hockey moments

Also referred to here:

Jarkko Ruutu needs to shut up - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

 

[Balls Mahoney]

There was about a two or three year stretch where Ruutu was about the most mad lad I've ever seen in the league. To this day he's the image who comes to mind when I reflect on NHL Pests. Never seen a player quite like him since. I miss him, definitely one of my favorite Canucks of all-time.

 

[ProstheticConscience]

Also referred to here:

Jarkko Ruutu needs to shut up - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

Ewwwwwwww...CalPuck.

And been trying to remember anything about the incident in the OP; nothing comes to mind. Sounds like him, though. Too bad I missed it.

 

[Balls Mahoney]

My favorite Ruutu incident wasn't even on the ice but in this interview he gave. Apparently he had a rival in international hockey when he was playing for Team Finland that was extremely heated. In the interview he said something to the effect of...

"I'll fight him anytime! I'll fight him in my hotel room! Just tell him to knock fist! I'll definitely fight him! But he has to knock first!"

That to this day is the funniest hockey interview I've read and I'm still laughing about it probably fifteen years later.

 

[LiveeviL]

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