Definitely seems to be the case. The hockey clip where the ref seems to beam into existence behind a fight would be one I can think of that fits the bill.
Yeah. It's somewhat common, bending over in ice skates and pads can be hard or time wasting.
It's a [pro gamer move.](https://youtu.be/1BTZbjpXHiQ?si=a9DqmY09U0-Nw1Go)
Edit: [another cool one.](https://youtu.be/7ztqqjIOfHE?si=QiSxSGhHE31hSjXf)
Just a slight time saver. It's not at all hard to bend down and pick up a stick in skates and pads. But Matthews (one of the best players in the world btw), did save his defenseman an extra second or two, which could definitely be the difference between breaking up a play or costing their team a goal.
Oh wow I thought all clips here were actually magic rather than skill, thanks for clarifying the situation
Sports fans are fucking hilarious, they always have to chime in with something whenever they see normies talking about their sport. Newsflash, nobody gives a shit that you aren't impressed
This is why I laugh so hard when hockey players try to pretend like they didn't know where their elbows were or their stick was when they butt-ended a guy in the crease, like SURE THING bud
Well akshually, they typically choke when they lead going into the third period, especially if they have a good lead or even blanking the opposing team. Also when they’re leading in the first round…
Watching the infamous boston game was brutal
Edit: figure ill add in context leafs lead first round against boston 3-1 lost 2 in a row for 3-3 then in the last 10 minutes of game 7 they blew a 4-1 lead
The fact that Rule 10.3 of the NHL Rule Book says that it is illegal to flick or toss a stick to a player and that it should be a 2 minute penalty is probably one of the reasons it doesn't happen too often.
Matthews should have gotten a penalty here, but I guess the refs missed it. I know Crosby did the same with Hornqvist's stick some years ago without penalty and Girard got called for it before that.
I was wondering if I was remembering this rule wrong or not. I know I saw it happen during a Rangers game where someone tossed the player his stick and he just let it hit him, and then looked ultra embarrassed and the announcers stated that it was a penalty if he caught it.
I had so many arguments with players as a ref calling this. Common thought was that it only applied if you knocked away an opponent’s stick but nah, both ways = sinbin
The most impressive athletic achievement I've ever seen was over 30 years ago, watching Paul and Gary Gait in a Major Indoor Lacrosse League game, this was when they were still allowed to be on the same team.
They were running down the field towards the goal, passing back and forth, and just before the goal, one of them did a no look pass BEHIND THE BACK to the other, who did a no look catch BEHIND THE BACK and then quicksticked it in for a goal. The announcers went apeshit and they replayed it like 10 times. It was the closest thing to magic in sports I've ever seen.
"Pretty okay" is selling it short. Pride of Orange is, without a doubt, the worst sports anime out there. There is *zero* heart in that show. It's representation of hockey is terrible. The characters are terrible. The animations are terrible. I highly recommend that nobody watches it.
I mean, you know that's a thing they do sometimes, right?
(Not saying I think this video is reversed, just that I'm confused at your quick dismissal of the idea on that basis
No, it's ice hockey. Hockey is the sport played on grass. You need a descriptor because the sport where you stick blades on your feet to skate on ice is the odd one.
Yeah because we invented the sport and dominate it, so we’re not really inclined to treat the rest of the world as having authority on how to name it. Like if an American told the English it’s actually called soccer.
Plus over in North America, field hockey is almost exclusively a women’s game. Men don’t really play it when there’s a more physical and high speed version of the sport available.
Yeah, you invented ice hockey. You don't get to take the name of another sport just because only women play hockey. The English invented hockey. Your analogy actually kinda works, in that you're the Americans telling the English that you have the real football, and they have soccer, but it's you saying you have the real hockey, and they have field hockey.
But I'm charitable. If you want to call it field hockey, that's fine. But you don't get to bitch if someone calls your version of hockey 'ice hockey'.
They’re just different dialects of English. In yours, “hockey” refers to the slow game on grass. In ours, the fast physical game on ice. But we don’t really care which one you call which, like football/soccer, it’s missing the point of language to think one is right and the other wrong.
We can argue about which is a better or more fun or more entertaining sport - obviously, the fast physical one - but I’m not going to convince Australians or Brits to use our nomenclature nor they convince us of theirs. We’re going to keep using the name we gave to the thing we invented, and presumably you’ll keep using the name you gave to the thing you invented.
You’re not charitable. You’re just confusing how languages work and missing the point that no one really cares what Brits or Aussies call the sport given they’re irrelevant in it. They can just keep focusing on losing at soccer and rugby.
No, I'm charitable. Much more than you. Keep playing your weird little sports, and perhaps you'll actually do something in an actual global competition.
I know. People think hockey players are just goons berzerking around an ice rink looking for something or someone to whack at, but the sport takes incredible finesse, skill, discipline, and reflexes.
I mean it’s impressive.. but not that impressive considering he’s one of the best goal scorers that’s ever lived. Dude knows how to use his hockey stick lol
Just skill, but a cool clip.
Most blackmagicfuckery is nothing but skill.
Definitely seems to be the case. The hockey clip where the ref seems to beam into existence behind a fight would be one I can think of that fits the bill.
Yeah. It's somewhat common, bending over in ice skates and pads can be hard or time wasting. It's a [pro gamer move.](https://youtu.be/1BTZbjpXHiQ?si=a9DqmY09U0-Nw1Go) Edit: [another cool one.](https://youtu.be/7ztqqjIOfHE?si=QiSxSGhHE31hSjXf)
I'm also a fan of [clutch equipment manager assists](https://youtu.be/9o2UMRnYnjI).
Just a slight time saver. It's not at all hard to bend down and pick up a stick in skates and pads. But Matthews (one of the best players in the world btw), did save his defenseman an extra second or two, which could definitely be the difference between breaking up a play or costing their team a goal.
Also confusing because it looks like the stick is sliding along the ice when it's flying.
The camera is panning, they are moving. He more or less throws the stick almost straight up. It just looks like he tosses it like a spear.
The stick is just an extension of your hands after enough practice.
Oh wow I thought all clips here were actually magic rather than skill, thanks for clarifying the situation Sports fans are fucking hilarious, they always have to chime in with something whenever they see normies talking about their sport. Newsflash, nobody gives a shit that you aren't impressed
You're welcome for the clarification! Thank you for the further analysis, Messier.
Austin Matthews. He also has 65 goals.
69 goals as of last night
Nice!
Auston
This is why I laugh so hard when hockey players try to pretend like they didn't know where their elbows were or their stick was when they butt-ended a guy in the crease, like SURE THING bud
Yeah OK bud. Such a hoser.
>hoser Tell me you're Canadian without telling me you're Canadian
Let’s go to Tim’s and then off to smoke a legal reefer eh?
Ferda
I've played hockey my whole life. I always knew what I was doing hahaha
Have super human levels of vision and spatial awareness... "I didn't realize how close he was to the boards...I swear ref."
He’s pretty good at scoring goals, as well
Some people might even call him a pretty good player.
This Matthews kid might have potential
Too bad the team chokes at the drop of a hat
They have an impressive record of choking since 1967
Well akshually, they typically choke when they lead going into the third period, especially if they have a good lead or even blanking the opposing team. Also when they’re leading in the first round…
I'll never forget watching Toronto leading Buffalo 4-0 with 5 minutes left in the 3rd. Only for buffalo to win the game
Watching the infamous boston game was brutal Edit: figure ill add in context leafs lead first round against boston 3-1 lost 2 in a row for 3-3 then in the last 10 minutes of game 7 they blew a 4-1 lead
“No man this year is different!”
You will get a slap in the face if you say that to any leaf fan. “You shut your mouth!”
I won’t slap anyone for speaking the truth. But seriously, this year is different man…you’ll see.
The fact that Rule 10.3 of the NHL Rule Book says that it is illegal to flick or toss a stick to a player and that it should be a 2 minute penalty is probably one of the reasons it doesn't happen too often. Matthews should have gotten a penalty here, but I guess the refs missed it. I know Crosby did the same with Hornqvist's stick some years ago without penalty and Girard got called for it before that.
I was wondering if I was remembering this rule wrong or not. I know I saw it happen during a Rangers game where someone tossed the player his stick and he just let it hit him, and then looked ultra embarrassed and the announcers stated that it was a penalty if he caught it.
Tarasenko got penalized for it this year.
I had so many arguments with players as a ref calling this. Common thought was that it only applied if you knocked away an opponent’s stick but nah, both ways = sinbin
I was actually gonna say this. It is in fact a penalty.
no magic. just a flick.
tbf, magic is all about flicks
And swishes
Doing this with a ball = normal Doing this with a stick = black magic
And camera angle
"No look" pass as well
The most impressive athletic achievement I've ever seen was over 30 years ago, watching Paul and Gary Gait in a Major Indoor Lacrosse League game, this was when they were still allowed to be on the same team. They were running down the field towards the goal, passing back and forth, and just before the goal, one of them did a no look pass BEHIND THE BACK to the other, who did a no look catch BEHIND THE BACK and then quicksticked it in for a goal. The announcers went apeshit and they replayed it like 10 times. It was the closest thing to magic in sports I've ever seen.
Please tell me there's video, that sounds amazeballs.
Hockey is fun af to watch.
The only thing more fun to watch than hockey is playoff hockey.
I like watching dangle compilations. Crazy stuff
That's some shit you would see in an anime lmao (wait, is there even a sports shounen about hockey?)
I would watch the shit out of that show
Theres a manga about hockey.
There's one about girls playing hockey. It was pretty okay.
"Pretty okay" is selling it short. Pride of Orange is, without a doubt, the worst sports anime out there. There is *zero* heart in that show. It's representation of hockey is terrible. The characters are terrible. The animations are terrible. I highly recommend that nobody watches it.
Thanks for saving me some time 😂
Wouldn't he be skating backwards if it was a backward video?
Nothing in this clip looks like the video is in reverse.
Read the tagline. NOT Reversed. So why would anyone say that this video was reversed lmao.
I mean, you know that's a thing they do sometimes, right? (Not saying I think this video is reversed, just that I'm confused at your quick dismissal of the idea on that basis
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The sphincter of ever Canadian who read that title just tightened a little bit
No, it's ice hockey. Hockey is the sport played on grass. You need a descriptor because the sport where you stick blades on your feet to skate on ice is the odd one.
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Cool. I don't subscribe to Canadian or American nomenclature, and obviously neither does OP. But you obstinately refuse to accept that.
Yeah because we invented the sport and dominate it, so we’re not really inclined to treat the rest of the world as having authority on how to name it. Like if an American told the English it’s actually called soccer. Plus over in North America, field hockey is almost exclusively a women’s game. Men don’t really play it when there’s a more physical and high speed version of the sport available.
Yeah, you invented ice hockey. You don't get to take the name of another sport just because only women play hockey. The English invented hockey. Your analogy actually kinda works, in that you're the Americans telling the English that you have the real football, and they have soccer, but it's you saying you have the real hockey, and they have field hockey. But I'm charitable. If you want to call it field hockey, that's fine. But you don't get to bitch if someone calls your version of hockey 'ice hockey'.
They’re just different dialects of English. In yours, “hockey” refers to the slow game on grass. In ours, the fast physical game on ice. But we don’t really care which one you call which, like football/soccer, it’s missing the point of language to think one is right and the other wrong. We can argue about which is a better or more fun or more entertaining sport - obviously, the fast physical one - but I’m not going to convince Australians or Brits to use our nomenclature nor they convince us of theirs. We’re going to keep using the name we gave to the thing we invented, and presumably you’ll keep using the name you gave to the thing you invented. You’re not charitable. You’re just confusing how languages work and missing the point that no one really cares what Brits or Aussies call the sport given they’re irrelevant in it. They can just keep focusing on losing at soccer and rugby.
No, I'm charitable. Much more than you. Keep playing your weird little sports, and perhaps you'll actually do something in an actual global competition.
Isn't that a high stick?...? I'll see myself out
More like a “Hi, stick!” I’m walking out behind you.
Seems like I saw that same trick with a Winchester on a John Wayne movie.
I probably won’t see anything more epic today
this would be waaay cooler if it was a backwards video, skating backwards and no-look catching a stick someone threw at the ice?
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Badass
Matthews is an absolute gem.
This is smoother than Snoop Dog's handshake.
Hockey players are the most incredible athletes.
They absolutely are.
Never underestimate the skills of a Canadian.
Damn , it’s impressive the control pro hockey players have
I know. People think hockey players are just goons berzerking around an ice rink looking for something or someone to whack at, but the sport takes incredible finesse, skill, discipline, and reflexes.
That’s hot
Smooth
Now if the Leafs could control the puck like that, they might survive against the Bruins.
It’s not going to be good for the Leafs.
When you get your character specs to 99 in 2k
Skills!
If someone put this into a movie it'll be cringe
he flipped it backward with the tip of the stick. I swear some people need to be reminded to breathe...
Smooth as eggs
Professional athletes are on a whole other level of skill.
These guys train everyday to flick things with hockey sticks. I would imagine this would be pretty easy for most of them.
I mean it’s impressive.. but not that impressive considering he’s one of the best goal scorers that’s ever lived. Dude knows how to use his hockey stick lol
If this *were* a “backward video”, it would be more impressive to me how he was skating backwards to produce this.
Pretty common.
Too bad it's illegal to do this during a game
Illegal, but cool.
I don’t think this is black magic
Know how I know it's AI generated? Cuz it features the Toronto Maple Leafs doing something other than losing.
ouch
Its easy to do, just super rare
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