I think the execs realized the value of an asshole on reality television long before Simon Cowell came across the Atlantic. The ratings boost given to MTV's 'The Real World' way back in 1994 by Puck constantly antagonizing his roommates (especially HIV-positive Pedro) surely got that ball rolling.

@EMPIRE @mxxcon

It is a sport, very much like hockey or basketball,shuffleboard,drag racing competitive dance....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_sport#3-Gun

Sad I have to rely on a Wikipedia link, but it explains it better than I. You do not like firearms, that is a different discussion, as far as why that sort of skill set is needed ? answer your question with a question- Why does someone train to throw a ball to another person at 99 mph.. or dunk a ball, or slap a puck into a net ( in the top right corner) etc. etc. It is a sport, there is no practical use for the skill. Your hobbies are things you like to do and are generally proficient in them, or you practice so you get better.

Don't be wearing your orange ball sweater out in public anymore after watching this video.

I've never seen those chains under buses or trucks, but that's still a fretty pucking cool device.

weird, it was working.. and it works on other sites:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xng27o_way-of-the-puck-way-of-the-puck_shortfilms

autoshop class

making go karts using old lawnmowers

checking sparkplug to see if its firing, my buddy is holding it in his hand, my other buddy yanks the chord to start lawnmower

he makes a "ungh" sound as his arms... both, the one holding the spark plug and the one not, go straight up in the air like a ref signalling a touchdown


i still laugh about it



then there was the time I electrocuted my physics teacher in grade 12 lol

air puck with string of beads down hose so based on frequency you could create data points on a piece of paper as the puck travelled in an arc (table was slightly elevated so there was a slope)... you engage the electricity by stepping on a pedal



he called me over to look at something, stepped fully on the pedal while he was holding the puck in his hand lol

i was oblivious, my buddy figured it out because he was looking at my teacher and had heard the zap, zap, zap, zap... the teacher was getting shocks but held onto the puck, trying to figure out what was going on... until finally he threw the puck... the beads in the tube came apart, funnelled out the tube and had to be rethread



by my buddy, not me lol

Fo pucking sainful!

Too bad we don't have the rest of the video, where it pucks on everybody.

v2.0: the puck is glued to the inside of the box, then it's just a cube floating in space.

>> ^jonny:

some good suggestions in the comments at YT:
vs Frogger
vs Punch Out!
vs Joust
vs Arkanoid
vs Donkey Kong


This is the third episode so far so it might be a beginning of a new series/theme.

It's less than an hour to puck drop, lets get it on! GO CANUCKS GO!!!

*promote

Its not that unbelievable have seen this typ of goal scored a few times in in high league matches.

also I would have thought with practice this is actually an easer goal to score than a 1 on 1 with a clever deek.

Normally an attacker would not get an opertunity to make this sort of shot due to defense on them or the keeper thinking they might pull ether this or a wrap around low shot. seems to me the skill in this goal is correctly deciding the right moment to try it rather than the action and the move itself.


sure doesn't happen that often and is far better than the standard pass across the slot to attacker knocks it in Goal , but i would say its less extraordinarily or unbelievable than some classic 1 on 1 goals or goals where a player takes the puck around multiple people before hand.

There are two aspects of the rulebook that I think might apply here; from the official NHL rulebook:

80.1 High-sticking the Puck

"Cradling the puck on the blade of the stick (like lacrosse) above the normal height of the shoulders shall be prohibited and a stoppage of play shall result."

80.3 Disallowed Goal

"When an attacking player causes the puck to enter the opponent’s goal by contacting the puck above the height of the crossbar, either directly or deflected off any player or official, the goal shall not be allowed. The determining factor is where the puck makes contact with the stick. If the puck makes contact with the stick below the level of the crossbar and enters the goal, this goal shall be allowed."

The puck made contact not with the shaft, but with the blade, at the time of release; and judging by the slo-mo replay, the blade was below the height of the net, only the shaft was above the height of the net. This means that the ref's made the right call, awesome goal.

I'm guessing you are russian

Besides, I think he let go of the puck before his stick went above the crossbar. That's why the puck went in...
>> ^visionep:

A high stick is called when your stick touches the puck above the crossbar of the net. It is not a penalty, but it stops play and if you do it in the other teams zone it results in a face off outside of the zone.
They shouldn't have called this a goal because his stick was above the crossbar holding the puck before the goal crossed the goal line.
It's a slick move, but either their high stick rules are different or they just let it go.

>> ^visionep:
A high stick is called when your stick touches the puck above the crossbar of the net. It is not a penalty, but it stops play and if you do it in the other teams zone it results in a face off outside of the zone.
They shouldn't have called this a goal because his stick was above the crossbar holding the puck before the goal crossed the goal line.
It's a slick move, but either their high stick rules are different or they just let it go.


He never touched the puck when it was above the crossbar.

A high stick is called when your stick touches the puck above the crossbar of the net. It is not a penalty, but it stops play and if you do it in the other teams zone it results in a face off outside of the zone.

They shouldn't have called this a goal because his stick was above the crossbar holding the puck before the goal crossed the goal line.

It's a slick move, but either their high stick rules are different or they just let it go.