So, once Mike Milbury and everyone with a Twitter account finally solves that whole “wahhh players are getting really hurt take the fighting out” vs. “wahhh don’t take away fighting then hockey will suck” argument, we’ll have another one on our hands. It’s the Spanish inquisition of hockey injuries (who sees it coming? no one!) and it’s kind of like that time NFL quarterback Gus Ferotte slamed his head into a padded cement wall because he… I don’t know, really… It’s football. But anyway, it’s like that. So what am I talking about? I’m talking about self-inflicted hockey injuries! You can’t escape them! Why? Because YOU can’t escape YOU!
Take Rick DiPietro, for instance. One would think that he got messed up by Brent Johnson a few weeks back. Oh no, my friend. Rick DiPietro’s face broke itself. THINK ABOUT THAT ONE.
So sure, you’re going to sit here and say ‘well we can’t save the Rick DiPietro’s of the world from themselves.’ Well, you’re not looking at the whole problem, I’d reply. Take Patrick Bordeleau (that last name sort of foreshadows here) of the Lake Erie Some Minor League Team. His team was playing Some Other Team Nobody Cares Enough About for Me to Even Look Up the Name. Patrick was an unfortuane victim of Self Inflicted Injuries, or SII, for short. Or maybe the rink glass jumped out at him. Or maybe it screwed his girlfriend. Either way, I’m sure that rink glass had it coming. And Patrick had it coming too; I can neither confirm nor deny but from looking at this video from the seat on my couch it looks like that had to hurt, and he was likely the victim of an SII.
Remember kids when it comes to SII, only you can prevent you.
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