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[–]RP-McMurphy 382 points383 points ago

Next is the triple-deke. Otherwise known as stick handling.

[–]juspeter 206 points207 points ago

Oh, great. I bet you go to magic shows and explain all of the tricks, too.

[–]neuter 32 points33 points ago

Illusions, juspeter.

[–]r1y23 41 points42 points ago

A trick is something a whore does for money.....or...candy...

[–]minkus962 7 points8 points ago

Sabres flair and Arrested reference? Upvote and a Labatt for you, fine sir.

[–]problematic4tw 73 points74 points ago

My favorite is whatever Mighty Ducks movie with the chick goalie who counts the dekes the guy does... but then he stops and rips a slapshot from inbetween the circles or something.

She ends up gloving it... the suspense is apparently palpable... nobody knows what happens. Did he score? Did she make the save? What is the outcome?!

After what feels like an eternity, she drops the puck from the glove, and the crowd erupts. Magical.

[–]SuitGuy 100 points101 points ago

I believe you are talking about Julie "the cat" Gaffney

[–]7point7 45 points46 points ago

She's from Bangor, Maine.

[–]bru_tech 43 points44 points ago

She's the best Team USA has to offer, but Bombay decided to play favorites

[–]skizmcniz 24 points25 points ago

GOOOOOLDBERG!

[–]Hyak 6 points7 points ago

It wasn't me!

[–]mattgrande 9 points10 points ago

And they needed the best for the intense showdown between the hockey powerhouses of USA and... Iceland?

[–]kranzb2 4 points5 points ago

Ha, so random how they chose Iceland as the other powerhouse.

[–]DarkSpoon 6 points7 points ago

It's a land of ice. They must be hockey gods!

[–]ReachMinusOne 4 points5 points ago

Actually, Greenland is covered in ice, and Iceland is very nice.

[–]DarkSpoon 4 points5 points ago

thatsthejoke.jpg

[–]Canadia86 28 points29 points ago

I'd Bangor, Maine, if you catch my drift.

No, see, it's cool, she was older than me when that movie came out.

[–]skizmcniz 3 points4 points ago

And now she's a chef.

[–]ReplaceSelect 15 points16 points ago

A lot of girls started playing in my league after that movie. 13 years old was not a good time for them to start playing...

[–]Sharks77 17 points18 points ago

I never thought of it that way. If her character helped spawn a generation of women hockey players, that's awesome.

[–]NorCalSamurai 42 points43 points ago

D2. I'll never forget that movie, purely based on Trinidad's ugly-ass tie-dyed jerseys.

[–]maninorbit 20 points21 points ago

I need one for my jersey collection!

[–]NorCalSamurai 11 points12 points ago

I'd call it a must for a collector, just not for anyone else. Goddamn it was ugly.

[–]mrbuttsavage 14 points15 points ago

I like how even the crowd right behind the net doesn't know, even though it'd be obvious.

[–]einperson 12 points13 points ago

My dad spent months writing a book about a girl goalie. Soon after he was done and mailing out his book to publishers, Disney released the Mighty Ducks sequel featuring a girl goalie. It was his first and last attempt on publishing a book. Damn you Disney!!!!

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points ago

Why did he even bother to deke?

[–]doigel 17 points18 points ago

YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH

[–]jgreen33 6 points7 points ago

What I could never understand was that if there wasn't a puck in the back of the net or rebounded where the fk else would it be!

[–]GreatName 61 points62 points ago

He's fancy; he'll go glove

[–]coming_up_milhouse 17 points18 points ago

But he will only do it via a slapshot from the point.

[–]Canadia86 3 points4 points ago

Shades of Mikael Renberg

[–]fatloui 145 points146 points ago

It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see how it works out for them.

[–]RyanBlack 6 points7 points ago

Now I need to watch Dodgeball again.

[–]skibum607 15 points16 points ago

GO TIGERS!

[–]JewChooTrain89 33 points34 points ago

Next is Dubnyk firing a knucklepuck in from the far blue line!

[–]Berksby 39 points40 points ago

IT'S KNUCKLEPUCK TIME!

[–]THECapedCaper 11 points12 points ago

Knucklepuck is no joke, man. Sine curves and shit.

[–]iseeyoulikemagic 32 points33 points ago

I thought this was some sort of magical move until I learned what a deke was. THANKS DISNEY

[–]two 12 points13 points ago

Right? "Flying V": impractical, yes - but I get it. You need a visible "strategy" that is relevant to your namesake. The "Flying V" isn't so much a strategy as it is a symbol.

But the "triple deke"? That's just someone entirely unfamiliar with hockey trying to use vocabulary from the sport.

[–]sternalot 186 points187 points ago

Quack-quack-quack, Mr. Ducksworth!

[–]BlackestNight21 58 points59 points ago

Gordon, stop quacking!

[–]Rxct8 31 points32 points ago

thank you very MUCH Mr. Ducksworth!

[–]batmans_a_scientist 11 points12 points ago

DUCK! That's right, the Ducks!

[–]bru_tech 6 points7 points ago

I'll have the burger, fries, and the chocolate shake

[–]mamunipsaq 161 points162 points ago

I hear next game they'll be using knuckle pucks from the point on powerplays.

[–]JinzoBlaze 66 points67 points ago

This is the real reason they signed Justin Schultz. Wicked knuckle puck.

[–]ruwisc 41 points42 points ago

Oh yeah, that makes two things they've taken from the Mighty Ducks.

[–]german80 17 points18 points ago

HIYOOOOO

[–]cdo2112 27 points28 points ago

As a goalie, fuck knuckle pucks! They may look like the easy shots but no. They are in no way predictable and they bounce.

Edit: Why the down votes? It's the truth.

[–]AlekswithaK 13 points14 points ago

Fun fact: Jerry Cheevers once leapt out of the way of a knuckle puck while playing goal. When defenceman and teammate Brad Puck confronted him, his response was, "it could've hit me!"

[–]WaterAndSand 4 points5 points ago

Look for Dubnyk to be the trigger man.

[–]bmckinney323 120 points121 points ago

Was there an Icelandic coach screaming in slow motion, "THE GOALIE"?

[–]mario1687 83 points84 points ago

After watching that movie as a kid, I thought Iceland was a hockey powerhouse IRL.

[–]bmckinney323 36 points37 points ago

Nope, they just used players that were about 10 years older than the age cutoff.

[–]TK-422 52 points53 points ago

They're bigger! They're stronger! They're faster! They've got more facial hair!

[–]grammer_polize 10 points11 points ago

it's like the danny almontes of youth hockey

[–]Polymarchos 2 points3 points ago

You show me where that's against the rules!

[–]Wazowski 3 points4 points ago

It's literally the Land of Ice. How could they not be?

[–]culby 35 points36 points ago

Don't you remember? Greenland is made of ice, and Iceland is very nice.

[–]Wazowski 25 points26 points ago

I suggest renaming Greenland as Iceland and Iceland as Niceland.

[–]howtohockeydotcom 3 points4 points ago

I've been to Iceland, the temp varies from about 15 in the summer to -5 celcius in the winter, so it's never really cold or very warm.

[–]MNorthey71 4 points5 points ago

Fun Fact: Iceland does (or at least did) in fact have a very good pee wee hockey program. I wish I could find the source...

[–]MaynardJayTwa 12 points13 points ago

THE GOALIE

ZE GOALIEEEEEE

FTFY.

[–]jpops91 101 points102 points ago

zone exiting strategy

That's an interesting way to say breakout

[–]Polarbear1914 16 points17 points ago

It made my eyes hurt haha

[–]jimitonic 13 points14 points ago

God damn it, I had to scroll down 2/3 of the page to get to you! Thank you, that was driving me nuts.

[–]COOLRANCH_sc 120 points121 points ago

This picture is amazing

[–]shun-16 51 points52 points ago

My fantasy save percentage after starting Dubnyk, not so much.

[–]mbleslie 54 points55 points ago

Is an 18.00 GAA not competitive?

[–]CherrySlurpee 19 points20 points ago

who are you competing with? Dan Cloutier?

[–]ehr0c 11 points12 points ago

NEVER SPEAK HIS NAME

[–]CherrySlurpee 18 points19 points ago

I hear if you say his name three times, a big red light comes on and 20,000 people boo.

[–]ehr0c 5 points6 points ago

I'll never forgive him for the Lidstrom goal.

Or for that matter, squandering the West Coast Express years by being utterly unable to play the position of goaltender.

[–]CherrySlurpee 4 points5 points ago

I've never seen a career just get destroyed like that. It was even worse than Kramer.

[–]therealsylvos 11 points12 points ago

Your starting Dubnyk? How many people are in your league?

[–]retinarow 8 points9 points ago

It's just him.

[–]fromage1 3 points4 points ago

oh lawd same here... i just lost all my goaltending statistics for the week...

[–]VapoR59 10 points11 points ago

You didn't have cam ward... sniff

[–]occupykony 5 points6 points ago

Seriously. I thought you guys were supposed to be good this year.

[–]VapoR59 11 points12 points ago

WE DID TOO

[–]nathris 3 points4 points ago

Next picture of the week for sure.

[–]_scribbleman[S] 63 points64 points ago

Pretty sure Goldberg would have been better between the pipes too.

[–]rpgguy_1o1 50 points51 points ago

Edmonton needs the Cat, I hear she might be signing with Tampa though.

You know... because Tampa is that team that had a woman on their team that one time in an exhibition game....

I am not clever..

[–]Red_AtNight 19 points20 points ago

It's usually customary to wait for the downvotes and then edit your post to explain the joke.

I remember Manon Rheaume, though...

[–]ThaAlbinoDino 1 point2 points ago

She's got a quick glove hand! Better than Goldberg

[–]davidrools 2 points3 points ago

Thought maybe she'd just play one week a month down there. When she needs to get her Tampa on.

[–]Dallash717[!] 5 points6 points ago

Rumour has it that they have also offered a contract to Lester Averman to shore up their defence.

[–]coming_up_milhouse 4 points5 points ago

Well that would be a poor decision considering he was a centre. Should have gotten Goldberg after he switched positions.

[–]Dallash717[!] 6 points7 points ago

I could swear I remember Averman playing D, specifically in the third move. Although, it's kind of hard to tell with the way they played. The Ducks pretty much played a 5 forwards type of game.

[–]sterluv 55 points56 points ago

Schultz was originally contacted by the Oilers for infiltration after the draft. Bastard stole the Super Top Secret Do Not Look Playbook. Plan worked perfectly..

[–]FireisprettyOkay 12 points13 points ago

I really wish we weren't in a Disney movie at the moment. This current plot line doesn't allow us much vengeance, except for a hard check that injures him from the game (much like the hit on Adam Banks of the first movie), but then we'd be the villains, and as a Disney film goes, we'd lose! Ugh.

[–]german80 3 points4 points ago

6-3 loss? Yep, all according to plan.

[–]DildoChrist 4 points5 points ago

IT WASN'T THE BEST PLAN OKAY

[–]aelious1 3 points4 points ago

Yep, still hate him.

[–]LadySportsFan 48 points49 points ago

Ducks fly together!

[–]MaynardJayTwa 17 points18 points ago

When the roosters are crowing and the cows are running circles in the pasture!

[–]sonics_fan 16 points17 points ago

....

shrug

DUCKS FLY TOGETHER!!!

[–]He_who_never_sleeps 43 points44 points ago

In the play's defense, it is actually very effective.....if done in peewee hockey...

[–]user93849384 22 points23 points ago

Not sure why I am replying to you about this but I watched the Mighty Ducks on HBO Family a few days ago. In the final game the Hawks Coach tells one of his players to take out Adam (a former Hawk but now plays on the Ducks through some technicality bullshit). So this player trips Adam causing him to go almost head first into the goal which I believe didn't give away either like it should. Adam basically suffers a concussion and is taken out of the game. Another Hawk turns to the kid who tripped Adam and said, "what are you doing?", and he responds with "my job" and hes given a 2 minute penalty as the Hawks coach gives him a thumbs up.

I don't know why but that scene seems way worse than any violent video game or movie.

[–]Armalyte 6 points7 points ago

Because ~15 years ago people weren't as soft about the roughness of hockey. Now it's half of what people are saying about hockey.

[–]stir_friday 2 points3 points ago

That scene had me dying on the floor. What an evil 12 year old.

[–]Nile90 5 points6 points ago

That entire period looked like peewee hockey. Holy fuck, it was painful to watch. Poor positioning, passes to people skates, etc. Wow, just wow.

[–]ZeGermans750 14 points15 points ago

During the year they won the cup, the Ducks were kicking the Wing's ass badly, and pulled the same thing to mock them: http://i.imgur.com/mkPk5XP.gif

Sorry for the ant gif. It's funnier because it was the actual Ducks doing it.

[–]nathris 39 points40 points ago

[–]thenumber17 10 points11 points ago

HAHAHA!!! What the hell? Look at Couture!

[–]DildoChrist 11 points12 points ago

Big fan of Tim Hortons, if you catch my drift.

[–]FreakPirate 11 points12 points ago

So, we don't re-unite the Bash Bros but we steal this play? It's god damn amateur hour up in here!

[–]SuitGuy 3 points4 points ago

you really need the 3rd Bash bro, Ken Wu

[–]Sengura 10 points11 points ago

As someone who's never watched a hockey game before and is seeing this from the frontpage, I have no clue what I'm looking at.

[–]brosswutang 8 points9 points ago

You're looking at the best team in the nhl... 10 years from now.

[–]Jack_Burton 2 points3 points ago

Usually a breakout is a great time to try some set plays, which usually start with the puck carrier behind his own net with teammates up ice ready to receive the puck. This photo is humorously similar to a scene in The Mighty Ducks where all the players start behind the net and breakout in a flying 'V' formation. Realistically, this would be quite easy for the opposing team to defend for two different reasons. First the team breaking out is bunched together; ideally you'd want to spread out, creating more open ice and generating more potential plays. Secondly, the NHL has an off-sides rule which would make it incredibly hard for the breakout team to get in the offensive zone using this strategy. The puck must enter the opposing team's zone (represented by a blue line) before any of the attacking players. With all the attacking players in a nice line here the defending team could just park most of their team on the blue line and just prevent the lead player from entering the zone with the puck, foiling the whole plan.

This image is particularly funny because the Oilers are known for being an incredibly shitty, bottom of the barrel, joke of a team, despite their consecutive first round draft picks.

[–]Pnut1221 18 points19 points ago

How would the Flying V ever work, anyways? The defense just needs to get ready to hit the person in front at the blue line, as it would be offsides with any other puck carrier. Bombay, you crazy bastard!

[–]LetsGetMetaphysical 23 points24 points ago

Ignoring the whole "it's a film" aspect, the V inverts and almost the entire offense commits interference penalties by checking the defense.

Edit: At least that's how it's done in the first film. The one against Germany in D2 just has the person at the apex drive straight for the net and score. The one against Iceland features the entire line getting checked.

[–]mysticsavage 19 points20 points ago

The flying V may not work, but the Flying W does:

https://p.twimg.com/Am9DJ2MCAAAslUV.jpg:large

[–]problematic4tw 15 points16 points ago

That poor defenseman :(

[–]pandorazboxx 14 points15 points ago

X-Wing?

[–]g_gundy 4 points5 points ago

Wow, don't think I've ever seen a 5 on 1 before. Impressive.

[–]mysticsavage 2 points3 points ago

By the way, they did score...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX8m6IgFAvA

[–]Squeakopotamus 12 points13 points ago

Beautiful

[–]iiTranquiL 7 points8 points ago

Only if the Bash Bros were real.

http://imgur.com/WZDOfyX

[–]MrTurkle 13 points14 points ago

"Zone exiting strategy" - also known as a "break out."

[–]douglasmacarthur 9 points10 points ago

"Zone exiting strategy" - also known as a "break out."

I find players are more likely to score goals when they do it from the area in between the two circles in the offensive zone.

[–]MrTurkle 6 points7 points ago

Didn't the Devils use a defensive strategy wherein they made it difficult for the opposing team with the puck to move in between the blue lines?

[–]ZeroMomentum 10 points11 points ago

Knuckle puck!!!

[–]iLie4Love 5 points6 points ago

No wonder the Oilers lost so bad yesterday. They're the Oilers They got their zone exiting strategy from The Mighty Ducks.

Shorter way of saying it.

[–]TequilaBurns 16 points17 points ago

Just think, another four or five years with the no. 1 overall pick and we might see them in the playoffs.

[–]releasetheshutter 19 points20 points ago

So... you're telling me there's a chance?

[–]WhoHaZooZa 8 points9 points ago

You guys are not skating like Warriors. You look like something else.......You look like Ducks... Epic

[–]shikza 4 points5 points ago

Those cake eaters.

[–]c0wsumer 4 points5 points ago

As a Texan... Uhhh is what they're doing a bad thing? This picture looks completely unremarkable, but I know nothing about hockey.

ELI5, anyone?

[–]atomsapple 4 points5 points ago

But we're 2-0!

[–]DaltonFitz 18 points19 points ago

Next we will have a picture of Vancouver...

TAKE THE FALL! ACT HURT! GET INDIGNANT!

[–]rainman_104 4 points5 points ago

We take lessons from the Italian Soccer team:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ukFUEI5qz8

[–]puppyaddict 3 points4 points ago

Perfect!

[–]the-peoples-gramp 3 points4 points ago

Hey we are 2-0

[–]szester 3 points4 points ago

I'm new to hockey and wondering why this is funny. Could someone explain?

[–]EvilPresident 3 points4 points ago

Since when the hell did I subscribe to the hockey subreddit?

[–]Banzeye 3 points4 points ago

I believe!

[–]Fattswindstorm 3 points4 points ago

i hope they all know how to stop.

[–]juspeter 4 points5 points ago

[–]ccnyr68 2 points3 points ago

FLYING V!

[–]happywafflez 2 points3 points ago

Is there a sepia/some instagram filter on that? Is my mind just not used to seeing anything not filtered or do they make sepia TVs?

[–]_scribbleman[S] 11 points12 points ago

Yeah, I accidentally filtered it last night when I was watching the recorded game at 3am. I'll just come out and say that I originally posted to Instagram. Funny story....the Oilers official instagram page liked my post. I don't think they get that it isn't a good thing.

[–]FCOS 14 points15 points ago

Or they're good sports about it

[–]_scribbleman[S] 6 points7 points ago

Touché.

[–]REDDIT- 4 points5 points ago

As someone who knows nearly nothing about hockey, can someone explain to me what I'm looking at?

[–]Hifen 2 points3 points ago

Well I don't know, Jets were able to do it, with a slight modification of course:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEYZO8Mi8EY

[–]EnderVViggen 2 points3 points ago

THIS MADE ME LAUGH, MY SECRETARY THOUGHT I WAS DYING!

[–]fahafresh 22 points23 points ago

YOU SHOULD GET YOUR LAUGH CHECKED OUT.

[–]hockey10192 0 points1 point ago

team iceland must have messed them up

[–]arobotamongus 0 points1 point ago

ducks don't even have teeth!

[–]palookaboy 0 points1 point ago

Pffft. If they had the talent to pull off the unstoppable offensive onslaught of the Flying V, they'd never lose.

[–]coltpoa -1 points0 points ago

Either that, or simply because they are the Oilers.

[–]aradil 0 points1 point ago

Related to the flying wedge, there was a post on /r/football about how this was the reason the NCAA was formed or something - after too many serious injuries to the defense were caused by it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_wedge

[–]pumas1408 1 point2 points ago

That and Dubnyk's .647 Save Percentage.

[–]grayfox1210 0 points1 point ago

It's knuckle puck time!

[–]SpartaWillBurn 0 points1 point ago

Since we're having a mighty ducks discussion, I wanted To be in the Hawks from the first movie so bad. They looked so cool.

[–]logicallyillogical 0 points1 point ago

Well...it did work for the Duck, 3 times I might add.

[–]elohelaturmeme 0 points1 point ago

Emiliooooooooo

[–]Epoh 1 point2 points ago

When Ryan Smyth is leading the charge, you know your in trouble...

[–]JupitersClock 1 point2 points ago

Knuckle puck time.

[–]Poop_Robot -1 points0 points ago

When I initially read the title of this post, I thought to myself, wtf is the Houston Oilers doing playing the Mighty Ducks?.

[–]holyhotclits 0 points1 point ago

Everything about all three of those movies is perfect, most of all being the techniques used! So just... you all just shut up!

[–]Mc3lnosher 0 points1 point ago

I always know the person next to me knows absolutely nothing about hockey when they shout "Do the Flying V!

[–]kech 1 point2 points ago

Saw this and have been waiting for this picture!

[–]Callahandy 0 points1 point ago

Na na na na, nanana na na! Na, nanana, nananana na naaaaa!

[–]pinkpools 1 point2 points ago

[–]thehighplainsdrifter 1 point2 points ago

well looking at the box score edmonton scored about 35 seconds after this screen grab.... san jose must have been busy lookin for Emilio

[–]krackbaby 0 points1 point ago

Are you saying the flying V wouldn't work?

[–]go_ahead_downvote_me 0 points1 point ago

"zoning exit strategy" is called a "break-out"

[–]jesteruga 0 points1 point ago

And now I'm going to go ahead and watch D1-3. Ducks Fly Together!

Btw- I don't care if this is the NHL, KHL, AHL, or a Pee-wee International scrimmage, I was brought up believing the Flying V is a (nearly) sure fire play. There has to be some team that can pull it off

[–]mypetridish 0 points1 point ago

I dont follow NHL at all, but I love the 3 mighty ducks movies...

so you guys are saying that the duck formation is actually ineffective?

[–]german80 0 points1 point ago

Short memory hockey fans. Winnipeg uses Flying V attack to score? AMAZING. Edmonton uses Flying V attack in a loss? STUPID.

[–]Sv98 0 points1 point ago

Also, the Sharks are the fucking Sharks

[–]LetsMango 0 points1 point ago

The only reason I somewhat cheer Oilers is because I breathe I sigh of relief that I won't have to deal with angry edmontonians on my way to work the next day.

[–]eedok 1 point2 points ago

Didn't they score off this breakout?

[–]Legacy406 0 points1 point ago

The Flying V is great. I also learned its a great formation in beer pong as well.

[–]YoungTedDanson -1 points0 points ago

Nugent-Hopkins is such a Cake Eater

[–]hockeyspy 1 point2 points ago

At least they didn't allow the Sharks to convert the TD in the 1st period. ;)

[–]bluesmojo 0 points1 point ago

This strategy makes no sense if you don't top it off with a knucklepuck.

[–]Coach_GordonBombay 0 points1 point ago

THIS IS A FOOL PROOF COACHING STRATEGY!!! They are just missing Charlie Conway to make it work.

[–]Cecil900 0 points1 point ago

As a Sharks fan, that was an AMAZING first period.

[–]CaptainYoshi 0 points1 point ago

Wait so the flying V doesn't actually work?

[–]upgradeglassworks 1 point2 points ago

Or the Sharks are just awesome.

[–]babytie 1 point2 points ago

quack, quack, Quack, Quack, QUACK, QUACK!!!

[–]WayneGretzky99 0 points1 point ago

QUACK

[–]tavissd1 1 point2 points ago

Quack

[–]sixfourthree 0 points1 point ago

flying V

[–]broken3wheeler 0 points1 point ago

Pretty sure they got it from team USA. You know, when they became a real team.

[–]newtothelyte 1 point2 points ago

quack... quack... QUACK... QUACK...

[–]corollaninja 0 points1 point ago

"zone exiting" otherwise known as the breakout

[–]alltheclutter 0 points1 point ago

DUCKS FLY TOGETHER!

[–]cl0007 1 point2 points ago

Holy crap, I never noticed this