Pierre Turgeon couldnt even protect himself; it's laughable to think he would have been able to protect someone else. I'm glad he exercised discretion and stuck with his beliefs rather than conforming to the norm. The smarter person walks away from confrontation before things spiral out of control. Someone could have been seriously injured. Things would have been a lot different if tragedy struck. Say If a player got knocked out and hit their head on the ice and died.
Are these hockey players waiting for this to happen?
People are killing Turgeon but all he did was turn the other cheek.
Why is this kind of behavior still acceptable in sports anyways?
Just watch as the refs couldn't control the fight as things dangerously escalated.
Surprised the fans didn't jump on the ice.
This brawl was a huge black eye. Pummeling a person while on the ground with multiple punches and cheap shots to the face isn't in Turgeon's repertoire. The most likely result would have been Turgeon getting hurt.
IMO those starting the fight are the cowards. This is hockey not bar room brawling.
Just my two cents.
did his hands work ? if the answer is yes, get you ass in the ice with your team, grab two big fistfulls of jersey and ensure that the guy you grab, isnt double teaming a guy with the same jersey you have on. you don't have to throw a single punch.
no one is asking him to throw ( although this is a possibility) but for gods sake square up and let the other people do the same.
if someone challenges you and you want to turn the other cheek, great. when its a bench clearing brawl and if your sitting on the bench while your teamates ( no matter how good they are) are getting doubled in a brawl. you are a crappy teamate. perhaps the crappiest of teamates.
canada has the international reputation of being nice and polite. I like this, we also largely live by the motto, " don't start nothing, won't be nothing"
hockey canada isn't anyone's soup can, we don't want to have to go, we would prefer not to go. but if you force us, we go. EVERY FREAKING player, we go.
except for cowards like turgeon,
and that right there is the problem,