MEN WHO LOVE GOONS

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ESPN.com Looks at the NHL Fight Game
Published 5/21/2008 by Eric McErlain at FanHouse
... In a massive feature story entitled, "Men Who Love Goons," Hruby, a former reporter for the Washington Times, finally gives the hockey fight game, and the fans who help sustain it, a proper examination. That Hruby, who admits that he's not really a hockey fan, never mind a hockey fight fan, was able to pull it off with humor, insight and honesty is an absolute revelation. ...

That Man's a Menace!
Published 5/21/2008 by RudyKelly (noreply@blogger.com) at The Battle of California
On the front page of ESPN.com, there's a new article about goons and the people who love them. I liked it, but I was a little confused by the top image. Among the "goons" that men love are photos of Bobby Hull, Joe Nieuwendyk, and Jonathan Cheechoo. It's obvious they chose the pictures because 2 of them were bloodied and 1 is missing his teeth, but isn't it a little disingenuous? Both Nieuwendyk and Cheechoo have been in a grand total of 4 fights (2 a piece). I don't know about the number of fights Bobby Hull was in (do I count the ones with his ...

Mirasty Featured on ESPN.com
Published 5/21/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Ryan Maloney) at WNYO Sports
... ESPN.com's E-ticket features Syracuse Crunch enforcer Jon "Nasty" Mirasty this week. The article is titled "Men Who Love Goons" and delves into the world of hockey fighting. The entire article can be found here. ...

ESPN's bloody valentine to hockey fight fanatics
Published 5/21/2008 at Puck Daddy
... Mirasty, fighting in the video above with Sean McMorrow back in 2006, is one of the stars in the best piece of hockeywriting you're going to read today: "Men Who Love Goons," ESPN The Magazine writer Patrick Hruby's total immersion into the wild world of hockey fights and the DVD-hording puckheads who obsess over them. Hruby, who calls YouTube darling Mirasty "the Tila Tequila of the goon-loving set," takes the rather gonzo step of ...

On the Fight Scene
Published 5/21/2008 by Alanah at KK Hockey
... And if you want to think about fights even more this week, Patrick Hruby at ESPN writes about The Men Who Love Goons. ...

Is it Saturday Yet?
Published 5/21/2008 by Ryan (noreply@blogger.com) at The Goose's Roost
... First of all, if you haven't read Patrick Hruby's E-Ticket article on Fighting you should definitely give it a look over. With all the press the Roy incident gets and the Bertuzzis and Simons we've seen recently, a work like that can really give you a good perspective on fighting in the game. Just when I really start to rail on ESPN.com's hockey coverage they come through with something completely different. Dang. ...

For Love of the Goon
Published 5/22/2008 by OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki) at On Frozen Blog
... Check out the rest of Hruby’s article, including his chat with Minnesota Wild heavyweight Derek Boogaard, in-depth discussions with the videotaping legions of fight fanatics, and a visit to the AHL for some rink-bound pummeling. As always, we invite you to share in the comments where you side in the on-ice pugilism debate. ...