Joel Eriksson Ek blocks three Shea Weber slappers in the same shift

[FrankMTL]

It becomes comical after the 3rd block but nothing but respect for players that sacrifice themselves in such a way.

The crowd reaction makes this even better.

Agreed! The first time his slap shot hit him, there was kind of a collective "ouch" from the crowd, but then he teed it up and hit him a second time and then a third time and the crowd was kind of in disbelief..

That should be some sort of dare. "I dare you to take 3 Shea Weber slapshots point blank".

That poor kid will be sleeping on ice bags tonight.

 

[jetsforever]

That's gotta hurt.

 

[Hobble]

Holy shit. This is the first time I've seen this, and it is fantastic.

 

[lauraP]

HOW MUCH FOR THIS MAN

 

[TanguaySauce]

Someone get this guy a puppers

 

[Ryuji Yamazaki]

what an idiot

 

[phillydownsouth]

Much respect, but at what point is that not worth it in a regular season game?

What do you mean? he gets paid to do that. Lol?

Doing it in regular season makes the most sense..

 

[S3rkie]

Whatever it takes to get out of that locker room for a few weeks. Weber shot to the dome if need be.

 

[ijuka]

Kids a gamer. Gotta give him that much. As a teammate, it should be inspiring to see guys willing to sacrifice themselves so much for the good of the team.

If "the good of the team" involves him being injured, he probably shouldn't have played in the first place.

 

[HockeyDBspecialist]

Wait, really? Would suck if true, and I do wonder what advanced data would say about risk/reward in blocking shots..

but that was still fun to watch. Love the third one- dude just seems to have accepted it. "**** it, blast another one Shea, I'm not moving. Dick."

THerien used to say to Weber to keep shooting even if someone was in front of him, his logic was that the player would get hurt and never block a shot from Weber again

 

[Reddwit]

That’s disgraceful. Stat-keeping needs to be better regulated. Compound errors like that cost a player money.

 

[4thTierSport]

The thin line between bravery and insanity.

THerien used to say to Weber to keep shooting even if someone was in front of him, his logic was that the player would get hurt and never block a shot from Weber again

Bruce Boudreau responded to a reporter's question about the Habs shot blocking in 09-10 1st round with, "I told them to aim higher".

 

[DJyellow]

brave soldier... it felt like Weber was aiming at him on the 3rd shot

 

[koyvoo]

If "the good of the team" involves him being injured, he probably shouldn't have played in the first place.

Getting injured to the pint of missing time is more rare in shot blocking. Most of the time rather than cause that sort of injury it’s just going to hurt like a mofo and leave some serious bruising.

 

[Oilers Propagandist]

Nothing but rispek.

 

[Sniper99]

I remember watching Steve Staios (**** spelling) block 3 of OV's shots on the PK a few years ago. He was pretty much crawling back to the bench, they put him on the big screen leaning over on the bench and crowd gave him a standing O.

 

[Oilers Propagandist]

It becomes comical after the 3rd block but nothing but respect for players that sacrifice themselves in such a way.

The crowd reaction makes this even better.

Very knowledgeable fans for sure.

 

[Kamaya Painters]

William Nylander was heavily criticized because he jumped out of the way on a shot by Steve Stamkos a few seasons ago..but at least he didn't break bones and scored 61 points instead of being out for weeks for "being brave". Sacrifice is great but in the right moments. I feel sorry for Eriksson-Ek who'll be seen as someone who did something great for his side but being out through a injury because he blocked three shots will just hamper his development..

 

[ijuka]

Getting injured to the pint of missing time is more rare in shot blocking. Most of the time rather than cause that sort of injury it’s just going to hurt like a mofo and leave some serious bruising.

And more often than not, not blocking will either: 1. have someone else block 2. have the goalie make the save, or 3. has the puck missing the net. However, in all those cases, the player doesn't get injured. Additionally, those bruises and the hurting will potentially lower the player's effectiveness even if he does not have to leave.

Indeed, I'm against sprawling blocks and I think it's a stupid play. Especially that kneeling one is awful and is one fantastic way to get yourself injured. Either block it by standing up and directly facing the shooter, or get out of the way. And that's just in close range.

I bet that if we compare the amount of times a failed block ended up being a screened goalie vs the amount of times a block actually blocked a dangerous shot, the ratio's not all that amazing for blocking, even before we take injuries and condition into account.

 

[koyvoo]

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[TaLoN]

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Interesting that it's Zuccarello on IR instead of Ek.

 

[2Pair]

Interesting that it's Zuccarello on IR instead of Ek.

That just means that they're not sure that Ek will even miss a full week

 

[TaLoN]

That just means that they're not sure that Ek will even miss a full week

Appears you're correct!

 

[JianYang]

And more often than not, not blocking will either: 1. have someone else block 2. have the goalie make the save, or 3. has the puck missing the net. However, in all those cases, the player doesn't get injured. Additionally, those bruises and the hurting will potentially lower the player's effectiveness even if he does not have to leave.

Indeed, I'm against sprawling blocks and I think it's a stupid play. Especially that kneeling one is awful and is one fantastic way to get yourself injured. Either block it by standing up and directly facing the shooter, or get out of the way. And that's just in close range.

I bet that if we compare the amount of times a failed block ended up being a screened goalie vs the amount of times a block actually blocked a dangerous shot, the ratio's not all that amazing for blocking, even before we take injuries and condition into account.

Guy carbonneau was the first guy I remember doing the sprawling block. Man, he was so good at it, and made it look so easy to time the play, and take it off the shins. It was art.

Then, I started seeing a whole wave of players doing that sprawl, but it was often messy just trying to get any part of the body on it.

These days, the sprawl is almost dead, I think, at least for taking shots from the point.