Oilers Coach Rips Mascot's Tongue Out Associated Press
CALGARY, Alberta - Edmonton Oilers coach Craig MacTavish ripped out the tongue of Calgary Flames mascot Harvey the Hound after the 6-foot-6 dog repeatedly taunted him at the bench.
With the Flames leading 4-0 early in the third period, Harvey - a 200-pound white dog with a foot-long red tongue - began mocking MacTavish during a timeout.
When play resumed, Harvey moved behind the bench and continued to razz the Oilers. At another stoppage, Harvey leaned over the glass behind the bench which prompted MacTavish to grab the tongue, rip it out and throw it into the crowd.
Undeterred, Harvey kept leaning over the glass. MacTavish reached for a hockey stick but was calmed by Oilers trainer Ken Lowe. Several Oilers players squirted Harvey with water bottles before security moved the mascot away.
"(Harvey) was in a place he shouldn't have been," Flames spokesman Peter Hanlon said.
MacTavish spent 17 seasons in the NHL, earning 891 penalty minutes in 1,093 games. He's in his third season as Oilers coach.
Edmonton scored three times in a span of less than four minutes late in the third period but lost to the Flames 4-3.
Méschda Hoschbess holy ...und nichts ist wie es scheint!!
If you dropped the gloves in the office over an injustice and bloodied your boss, you'd get slapped with a lawsuit and five years in the tank. Drop the gloves in hockey and you get five minutes.
cool, he he he ..das erinnert mich an ein mailinglisten mitglied,der immer in fremdem stadien die maskotchen verprügeln wollte ja ja ..die gude alde zeit!!!! ____________________________________________ UUUUUUIIIIIIII --------------------------------------------
Florida 4, Colorado 1
.....wie gesagt, ist mir scheiß egal wie sie gespielt haben, solange es nicht in der Saison so ist!! Vorbereitung ist da um zu lernen, um auszuprobieren, etc., und nicht um zu glänzen!!
der schon das leere Tor vor sich hatte, aber sein Jubel zerbrach am Reflex von Lions-Goalie Dominic Roussel, der aus dem Nichts auftauchte und mit dem Fuß abwehrte.
...ich könnt dem Leo ja mal ein Bein stellen wenn er wieder den O-Block runter läuft!!
Méschda Hoschbess holy ...und nichts ist wie es scheint!!
If you dropped the gloves in the office over an injustice and bloodied your boss, you'd get slapped with a lawsuit and five years in the tank. Drop the gloves in hockey and you get five minutes.
Coole Aktion. Fleury ging auch mal auf ein Maskotchen los, hat ihm sogar eine Rippe gebrochen entweder durch Faust- oder Stockschlag. Hat da jemand ein Video davon oder weiß jemand wo es eins zum downloaden gibt?