NHL OR A EUROPEAN TEAM? HOW ABOUT JUST A HOCKEY TEAM? LEMME TELL YA SOMETHING RIGHT HERE. I USED TA GET ON MY KNEES EVERY DAY WHEN I WAS A KID AND PRAY FOR GOD TO MAKE ME A HOCKEY PLAYER. I DIDN'T SAY NHL PLAYER, SO I SPENT 17 YEARS IN THE MINORS.
ANYWAY, I WAS IN SPRINGFIELD WITH EDDIE SHORE, THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS, AND WE HAD PUNCH IMLACH AS OUR COACH. SO WE GOTTA GUY NAMED PUNCH BEHIND THE BENCH, AND A GUY WHO ONCE HAD HIS EAR CUT OFF AND SEWED IT BACK ON HIMSELF BEHIND HIM. AFTER THE FIRST YEAR, PUNCH WENT TO TORONTO SO SATAN SHORE MADE GLEN SONMOR THE COACH. SO WE REPLACED A GUY NAMED PUNCH WITH A GUY WHO LOST HIS EYE PLAYING HOCKEY.
SO WE WERE PLAYING IN CLEVELAND AND WE WERE DOWN AFTER THE FIRST PERIOD. GLEN CAME IN AND HE LOOKED AROUND AND SAID THAT WE WERE HORSEBLEEP AND NONE OF US WERE TOUGH ENOUGH TO FIGHT HIM. SO HE TOOK HIS GLASS EYE AND THREW IT DOWN AND SAID THAT YOU HAD TO SACRIFICE TO PLAY HOCKEY AND WE WEREN'T PLAYING LIKE WE WANTED TO BE THERE. WELL, WE WENT OUT THERE AND BEAT THE HELL OUT OF CLEVELAND. WE WON EVERY SINGLE FIGHT, BUT THEY STILL BEAT US 15-4.
YOU KNOW WHY WE BEAT THEM AND THEY BEAT US? NO EUROS ON EITHER TEAM. NO HELMETS, NO VISORS, NO FRENCHIES. JUST A LOTTA GOOD OL' CANADIAN BOYS WHO DIDN'T SPEAK THAT YABBA DABBA DOO LANGUAGE, JUST THE LANGUAGE OF HOCKEY THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYED. REAL HOCKEY IS LIKE GOOD COUNTRY MUSIC: IT ISN'T GOOD UNLESS IT INVOLVES YOUR FISTS.[/CherryMode]
