"Ice it!" Out of the mouths of...coaches (the before and after)

A relative rarity. -  to have a coach yell this to a hockey player who, along with the few others sharing their shift, in order to "clear the zone!" Which involves "throwing" the already frozen puck down the frozen pond...bet ya' didn't know why they would do such a thing. Freeze an already hard rubber disc to make it..."less bouncy, easier to keep under control...?!" After which it's brought back to your end by the zebra for what's called a "face off" which, curiously, has the two players of interest facing down...

More common close-up caption - out of the coaches, and into the mouths of the players, on the bench. Many parts, hidden from the camera, but the traditional "got a tooth ache' remedy. NOW POW! we're talking jagged edges. The ones left after first, the fist, then the teeth go flying...out of their mouths, and onto the…

Neutral zone - now we’re talking out of both sides of our mouths…one of the biggest misnomers in sports, in my opinion - “a 50 foot section, where most of the tactical maneuvers that were drawn up in the locker room play out, which includes the trap play…” add the massive teeth rattling collisions…does that sound like a place of neutrality to you? Legend has it that the red line is there not so much as a symbol of spilled blood, but to make it easier to find your loose teeth…

"Hey look, it's a donnybrook!" - be on the lookout here...


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