10 Things That Cause me to Yell at the TV During an NHL Game

[@leftcoaster67]

11. GAMBLING ADS! 12. Digital ads on the boards.

[@sonny5068]

I hate those gambling ads!

[@gocanuckurself1]

I HATE GAMBLING ADS!!!!! 😡

[@frankiew.b.9640]

Digital ads is just the result of the game being caught up with the times/technology, there are many digital overlays on many other sports such as NFL, Soccer, etc. I'd say the digital ads are the least intrusive cause at least they aren't doing NHL 24 style on-ice overlays for their ads. The gambling ads, I agree.

[@liam_thegoat99]

13 ads on every single nhl teams helmet!

[@timothyhaley6187]

14. Ads on jerseys

[@Jay-yr9oi]

A few of them for me that you left out: 1) Guy has a shot but seems to only look pass (especially if he's a linemate of Ovi) or waiting for the "perfect shot" opportunity, rather than just taking an open shot that at least has a chance of going in or being redirected or creating a rebound to be poked in 2) Players giving up on a play. Even if you "know" there's no chance, yes there is. The guy you are chasing down could hit a rut or lose an edge. The pressure of you chasing could cause them to panic and shoot/pass sooner than they need to. The goalie could make a miraculous save and you might've put yourself in a position to clean up the rebound. The goalie might give up a juicy rebound and if you'd continued to the net you could poke it in. 3) When they are talking about a play, either a goal, a penalty, or something being reviewed, and take forever to show the replay. A lot of those are bang-bang that you miss or don't fully appreciate in real time. I get sometimes it takes a minute to cue up the right angle or they want to wait for the ref to signal something. But, I've watched games where they had a challenge and there's five minutes of the commentators speculating and no replay shown. Or, a goal is scored or penalty committed behind the play, and they don't show the replay until after a commercial break. 4) The puck over the glass delay of game penalty. I honestly it causes more delays in the game than it eliminates. 5) Lazy penalties. Not simply bad penalties or poorly timed ones, but those ones you can see the guy committed because he wasn't concentrating on controlling his stick or didn't want to try and chase someone (especially if there are still other defenders who could recover for him). 6) Excessive homerism. I don't mind an announcer being a homer, in general. Especially on a local broadcast, where they are following the team for years and speaking mostly to fans of the team. But, some announcers are very "my team can do no wrong, the other team can do no right." I also have a little less tolerance for favoritism when it's a national broadcast. 7) Announcers complaining about the refs. It's one thing to disagree with a specific call, especially in the moment. But, I've heard broadcasters go on and on about how many calls a ref missed or how important one missed call was. And, like, unless the ref completely loses control of the game, just stop. Yes, they miss calls. Honestly, as long as a ref is relatively consistent in how they are calling a specific penalty that game, that matters more to me than perfection. 8) "You can't call that there." Nonsense. There is no situation that should change how a game is called. A penalty you'd call in a preseason game should be called in a 5-0 blowout in November should be called in the final minute of a 2-2 game 7 of the final. Refs are not "deciding the game" by calling a penalty, and the rules don't change based on which period it is, how much time is left in the period, or whether it's the regular season or playoff. 9) Interviews in the locker room. They're never interesting, it feels like a violation. Just wait a few minutes, show the highlights, let them change, and interview them once they've had time to come down from the game. 10) Any time anyone invokes "unwritted rules" or "unwritted codes." I they're not written, they're not the rules, and I find the way they are "policed" far more obnoxious than the violaions, generally.

[@sweiland75]

I don't know if it's a thing down in the States but here in Canada I hate regional tv blackouts.

[@dudemanawesome1079]

yep, americans have to deal with that bs too :(

[@One_Proud_Papa]

If Bally Sports has the game, then we ABSOLUTELY have to deal with blackouts.

[@DracoX-hz3tu]

Those are the worst, being an eastern canadian leafs fan I can't even watch at least a third of the games because of those damned blackouts

[@v4v819]

That's actually for a safety reason in this country... America doesn't have the same problem so they don't have to be as careful and so no black outs are needed! It also saves energy and carbon taxes! Think about what you say next time you comment!

[@DracoX-hz3tu]

@v4v819 it's for a safety reason alright... saving the NHL's wallets when they force people to buy center ice packages to watch the same broadcast they could've had anyway if blackouts weren't a thing

[@Ironslag]

Thanks for posting hockey content like this Shannon. I used to talk to my Dad about hockey all the time, he just passed in January, and it has been nice to hear your voice continue to talk about these things. Its not the same, but it is something to remind me.

[@meg3902]

Sorry for your loss, hang in there.

[@theramplocal]

When I was a kid my Mom was a HUGE flyers fan. I remember being a child and my mom watching games yelling "SHOOT IT!!!!" This was during the hextall /tochett/zezel/propp years. Anyway we moved to Missouri when I was 12 and the Blues are my favorite team. She passed last year and I think abt her every day. This channel and a few other hockey channels are a daily reminder of how much I love and remember my Mom. Thanks shannon and my condolences to you to sir. Have a good weekend my friend

[@Christian_Martel]

Games starting 23 minutes after schedule time. i.e.: never ending pregame show

[@jacobdill4499]

Also for the second game of the night, got to wait for the previous game to finish because the nhl & networks never allow enough time.

[@Christian_Martel]

@Julia_Hammels_ I understand and accept that, but what used to be a normal T+10minutes became T+20 recently.

[@PunkRockPete]

Agreed. I also believe weeknight start times should be moved to 6:40pm local time, like MLB has done the past few seasons

[@brianshaughnessy4020]

Christian, completely agree. Contrast that with international soccer matches, where if the match is scheduled to start at 3:00 PM the play starts by 3:01 at the absolute latest.

[@ngarcia103]

I'd rather they say the game starts at 7:23, vs they say it starts at 7 only for it to start at 7:23.

[@JaffaJannu]

Say it with me: "If you're a goaltender, TEND THE GOAL!"

[@vickybrogan6959]

Yes. THIS.

[@pattaccone]

Exactly anytime I see that I hear Steve screaming

[@SonicSlicer]

I'm usually screaming "STAY IN THE F***ING CREASE!" (cleaning it up for Shannon)

[@GWh135]

I’m surprised announcers mispronouncing player names isn’t on here… I remember THG being visibly upset about Wotherspoon and Johnston having their names consistently butchered 😂

[@JD200_]

Witherspoon 🔥

[@WarHorseMumbles]

you mean John Stone?

[@Cape-Dweller]

Erik HOWla not HAULa. Devil announcers don’t even get it right.

[@JD200_]

@@Cape-Dweller c’est pas HAULa?

[@bartsanders1553]

ESPN made sure to call out legendary red wings goalie Billy Hewso.

[@The4thLetter]

The most underrated thing about this channel is there's no stupid intro, no pointless music.. just straight in to the topic 👌

[@The4thLetter]

AKA things that would make me yell at my phone

[@JakeWorden]

And the legend of Cleetus Buckman was born

[@rollinwithunclepete824]

Cleetus - what a legend!

[@Ali_2401]

Scott Sterling walked so Cleetus Buckman could run.

[@gabrieladkinsGS]

I actually met Cleetus Buckman once. True story. He used to be a driver for Uber before Nascar...

[@totallykoolyeah]

Underrated... Somebody had to do it

[@aegis7843]

​@@Ali_2401😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@strider2175]

5:58 in my head in hearing Steve Dangle screaming "GET BACK TO THE NET!!!" 😂😂

[@ricky_peck_9438]

IF YOU'RE A GOALTENDER TEND THE GOAL........

[@gabrieladkinsGS]

Get him a map

[@VGK2017]

Also not taking a shot on goal when they have a perfect opportunity but instead pass it off either to nobody (bad pass) or to an opposing player. Stephenson drove me nuts last season not taking shots when he had the perfect opportunity. Wish him well in Seattle

[@robstein682]

Wings fan. During the 01/02 season, that entire year had me screaming at the tv, "Hasek, what are you doing?!", especially in the playoffs, when he'd go for a stroll. I don't recall him ever being burnt by it though lol

[@raivkka4313]

Fights for good legal hard checks. Nothing more annoying than those.

[@michaelrudd1927]

That's what made the 22-23 season so amazing every time as a Bruins fan you got that feeling they still won in the regular season.

[@JevonSwallow]

9:40 this feels like the “screw Jack Edwards” category, and I couldn’t agree more

[@LordLambda]

Jack Edwards isn't national. This is more directed towards TNT and ESPN broadcasts.

[@totallykoolyeah]

"What a pro wants, what a pro needs..."

[@joehung1552]

As a Penguins fan, it's Crosby's blind backwards pass to nobody in the offensive zone that clears it and half the time gives the other team a breakaway.

[@mikemoore5263]

ESPN is the absolute worst at plugging future programming like every 3 minutes during any live sporting event, drives me nuts. Agree that it makes it feel like the event I'm watching doesn't matter.

[@oaktree3]

4. In our house, we yell "no goalie adventures" at the tv, LOL

[@MthenS]

When my team moves to Utah but I totally understand that the league did the right thing.

[@HockeyFan102]

As a kings fan for this season alone it was them not fighting for pucks and not going to the front of the net cause our players aren’t tough and it was embarrassing to see me scream At the TV every game saying “go to the front of the net! Block the goalies vision”

[@CorpHickLV426]

Cleetus Buckman is now my favorite NASCAR driver of all time!

[@MrTakaMOSHi]

Cletus Buckman will now be my Create-a-Player name

[@lukepauls8847]

i call that feeling in the pit of your stomach "the hockey sense" you can feel that something is about to happen but can't explain why

[@ronfehr7899]

Back in the 1970s especially, I thought that Danny Gallivan, who did the Montreal Canadiens games, came across as a biased announcer. Granted, he was following a winning team, but he seemed to praise them a great deal more than other teams.

[@mikerr193]

Every time Hellebuyck comes out of the net i yell. He might be a top 5 goalie in the net but out of it hes sooooo bad and turns it over so much

[@Rockin_Ross]

If you’re a goaltender…TEND THE GOAL!!😂

[@urbanoutdoorsman5654]

@@Rockin_Ross I hate it everytime someone says this!!!

[@jacobdill4499]

​@@urbanoutdoorsman5654In spite of that feeling, in a lot of examples, staying in goal is the better option.

[@urbanoutdoorsman5654]

@@jacobdill4499 really?… I never knew

[@evannovitzke]

Refs not dropping the puck at a faceoff for a minute or longer

[@jasondarwood8225]

YES! it's like, " just drop the puck already!!"

[@Plaskman]

Zooming in on a disappointed coach after allowing a goal. I much rather watch celebrating players!

[@1227_Washington]

@@Plaskman infuriating!!!!!

[@vickybrogan6959]

Except when it's Pete DeBoer...even though he was once the Knights' coach and I really like him...when he looks down after VGK scores against Dallas, NGL, I kinda giggle.

[@justjohnny420]

Everytime they show the disappointed coach looking down at the screen I initially think (is the goal going to count?"

[@KoyOrtega]

On that gets me is when they call a penalty on a player but then also call an embellishment penalty. That’s is one of the stupidest things I’ve seen.

[@joebarr725]

When THG misspells a word on the board. See "faling" in #10.

[@mandan]

-jersey/helmet Ads -refs stopping fights -offside challenges -players turning their back on a clean hit to draw hit from behind calls -players sandbagging to draw icings -too many men penalties -ref inconsistency on the rise

[@Nintendonerd93]

Numbers 7-9 belong to the prestigious ‘World Wide Leaders in Sports’ ESPN and I say prestigious with obvious sarcasm.

[@neeltheother2342]

if you had to say it was obvious, it wasn't obvious

[@OldRustySteele]

Deadman, I totally agree, however, there are some local (Bally’s, NBCSN, etc) broadcasts which are almost as bad as ESPN. But biased announcers should be absolutely verboten for a national broadcast like ESPN.

[@theramplocal]

F espn. Nba channel

[@fionam3554]

ESPN hardly has a monopoly on #7

[@Eirik_Bloodaxe]

_Please_ bring back Versus

[@theadmjg]

IF YOU'RE A GOALTENDER, TEND THE GOAL! The Steve Dangle catchphrase I use during pretty much every game I watch lol

[@theramplocal]

Sdpn is such a fun channel as well, shotout to them

[@SvanMagic]

#2 was basically the Lightning's defensive play all year and it happened so much, I just became numb to the goals.

[@RRaquello]

I never yell at the TV during hockey games. I used to do it when watching football games, when I used to watch football. But I was a Bengals fan and they gave us lots of reasons to yell.

[@gabrieladkinsGS]

2019 game 7 review of Dallas vs St Louis is a classic from Shannon. Rewatch it. It's awesome 😎

[@HitmanHockeyCards]

#9 for sure -- also add when they interview the hockey coach on the bench during the game... Like dude, get the fook off the bench! "so coach blah blah, you just gave up a PP goal, what are you gonna do to adjust your PK"... like seriously how do you want the coach to answer?

[@tinyb69]

I'm only at #2 and I'm already calling you out. Throw it down the boards is from your childhood indoctrination to "Grapes", beating that into your head on Coaches Corner. Typically, yes, that is the best move, and almost always the safe out. Strangely, Cherry never held Booby Orr to that one hard and fast rule. He was allowed to get it out in anyway he wanted to, without question. But, we're taking Bobby Orr, here, the greatest Defenseman to ever play the game. Maybe he was given a little more leeway than most people would have. Meanwhile, the whole time that Grapes was preaching his "drive it hard and high out the boards", there was this guy in Montreal, his name was Scotty Bowman, maybe you've heard of him. He's the winningest coach in NHL history. He was teaching his guys, to look for that seam pass out the middle, and to keep possession of the puck, and to keep the puck towards the center of the ice, where higher percentage shots are taken from. I'm pretty sure that we can see who's idea has prevailed over time, as kids today are taught to look for that middle out first, before resorting to using the boards to get the puck out. Of course, there is one other reason why going out the middle is becoming the method being used today, is that stupid Over the Glass, Delay of Game penalty, that gets dished out every time the puck goes up and over those boards whether intentional or not. How many times have you seen a puck go into the high dollar seats because it took a bad bounce off the boards, or just jumped off of the D-mans stick. Myself, I get way more pissed off about seeing those penalties than I do about watching a bonehead giveaway while going out the middle. But that's just like my opinion man, you are fully allowed to have your own and express it as you feel you must.

[@grahamdamberger7130]

1. Turnovers resulting in the game-tying goal can be worse than turnovers leading to OT winners, especially if the team that gave up the lead in the dying seconds of regulation goes on to lose in OT or SO. 2. Always going to be frustrating as a fan to see that. Put it off the boards, maybe it'll deflect into the nearest bench for a whistle. 3. Momentum killer, especially if it results in a game misconduct and a possible suspension for the guilty player. 4. Goalies need to stay focused, especially after an extended shift in the offensive zone for the players in front of him. 5. Too Many Men calls happen frequently because of this. Also, remember that one time the Oilers were on the PK and all 4 skaters went off on a change, leaving their goaltender at the mercy of the other team? 6. Debatable at times. Yeah, if a player commits a turnover or misses his assignment that leads to a goal against is a cause for concern. But if he also forced a turnover or scored after getting himself wide open earlier in the game, shouldn't those off-set? 7. Glad Edwards retired, I don't think there was a commentator more biased than he was in recent memory out of the 4 major North American sports leagues. 8. This can apply to referees as well, to some extent. If you're a broadcaster, watch the game. 9. Baseball and maybe football are the only sports where it's okay to have interviews while the play is going on because not much happens for a good chunk of the game. And when something does happen they'll have their eyes turned to the play. 10. Detroit vs New Jersey anyone? The game where Detroit scored by a goal shortly after injuring a NJ player to the point where he needed attention to by the trainer?

[@Vnz23]

When Cleetus Buckman was born, he drove his mother home from the hospital.

[@patrickharley1003]

Great list. Personally, the nonchalant wandering of goalies is the one that gives me fits every time. I would include gambling ads; discussion of odds by announcers; and excessive tv graphics that take up too much real estate on my modest tv screen when "I want to watch a hockey game and not some damn powerpoint presentation".

[@TommyBoy8771]

Seeing #1 and #2 immediately made me think of that Jarry turnover against the Islanders. That was a LOUD day

[@jamesboley573]

National announcers not calling the game are the worst.

[@AwesomeZach]

Number 8 is def Sean mcdonagh. Especially that first goal call in game 1 of rangers canes this series. This dude sounds so clueless most of the time it’s very frustrating

[@stevesmart170]

If I never heard him do another hockey game it would be too soon.

[@OldRustySteele]

@@AwesomeZach He’s a decent baseball broadcaster, but simply awful for hockey. The game is too fast for him.

[@hauntedmilk8540]

@@OldRustySteele Exactly!

[@jamiew8340]

Personally can't stand when an ad takes up some of the playing area. Get out of here, you had your tv timeout.

[@ryans413]

This power play is brought to by Bet365. This penalty kill is brought to you by insert another betting company. So annoying

[@Eirik_Bloodaxe]

That reminds me of when one of the games last season, was like stuck in permanent windowed mode, flanked by ads. At first I was like “oh it’ll go away soon” but it just never did. I can’t remember why it was like that tho. Edit: I remembered it was a Stars/Oilers game.

[@maxrates]

Nothing with some emotion Shannon. That's what sports is all about!

[@KnollMountain]

When my team is behind but they refuse to shoot the puck - especially on the power play

[@aegis7843]

Greetings sabres fan!

[@RukaRadebe]

Mine is seeing the 4th line out with the 3rd D pairing, and just KNOWING the opposition is about to score. Bonus points if they ice the puck first 😅

[@christopherharte4741]

Last season for me was Chad Ruhwedel and PO Joseph especially when they were paired together, that and anytime the penguins got a power play. We ditched Ruhwedel off in NY and let PoJ go in free agency, so no idea this coming season, probably the power play again

[@jimlittle5769]

Your #7: That's basically every Edmonton game as they gush constantly about McDavid...

[@Southerndevilsfan]

Just finished watching the 2011 Canucks Blackhawks series on KZbin. It was a great series.

[@xerneasrising2412]

#6 - Welcome to Anaheim Ducks hockey!

[@chuckheineman1837]

Speaking of announcers sounding uninterested, why is Sean McDonough still ESPN’s #1 guy. He always sounds like he’d rather be anywhere other than at the game he’s calling.

[@Quiteclueless]

even worse is the to be fair, rare blind backhand pass right between the circles! I go ballistic!

[@muddiggerdog]

Hockey and NASCAR are my 2 favorite sports. Cleatus Buckman is epic 😂😂😂

[@jakargoo2990]

peak offseason content

[@Mooseman327]

That's a great list. #2, 3, 8, 9 and 10 are my faves.

[@flyingtiger1603]

As a Canucks fan. Jacob Markstrom fits #4 perfectly. I’m sure Flames fans will agree

[@bdonaghu]

11. Home fans booing a legit penalty called against their team.

[@Katie-hb8iq]

8. Announcers Ignoring the Game drives me nuts too. I remember I watched the Buffalo vs Toronto outdoors game and Gretzky yapped about his past for literally an entire period. I was so pissed. They didn't call that entire period. The guy didn't even play for either team - get off the tv!

[@OG785]

#8 is all about Louie Debrusk.. the guy never shuts up

[@louscannon7493]

One must agree, that horrendous gaff by Ullmark you reference, set the wheels in motion for his departure out of Beantown.

[@dikbozo]

I go back a ways further and can confirm there were players one should not hit and wake up. One was Frank Mahovlich. As to wearing Marchand's jersey, save it for the day he retires, it only seems right IMO.

[@JayTD206]

When there’s annoying graphics during play like ESPN’s name tags.

[@ryans413]

Bias announcers piss me off because they could care less about the other team and sound all sad when there team is loosing and have nothing really to say positive wise. But when there team is doing well they have everything to say it’s so annoying. I like announcers that ride the line of both sides even if I don’t like the other team if a team I hate is killing my team I think they deserve to have the announcers say some positive things.

[@jeremybenisrael]

10. Agreed. It happens often in soccer where too many players embellish injury to stop play.

[@spmiller6377]

You need a "Top 10 hockey game face licks" video so you get a chance to wear your Marchand jersey in a video 😂😂

[@thunderhammerx2966]

Goalies that charge out to challenge the puck carrier get cheers from here.

[@JeffWiersma]

The ad lib about the celebrity being interviewed was terrific!! 😂😂

[@BruinsfanBadel2009]

i love the bruins 2021 reverse retro

[@theramplocal]

I am a dirty blues fanbut the 21 bruins RR are so good. One of the best logos in sports imo

[@ShlumpGaming]

When the play stops, and a scrum breaks out but the camera switches to the planned goalie close up and by the time it switches back to the scrum, it's over. IT HAPPENS EVERY GAME! They never learn!

[@cypsrp7924]

Talking about guys who get blamed/benched for allowing goals. I think it's part of the idea called "loss avoidance" that comes from the book Scorecasting. It's a great view into the real life approach to sports. Most people don't actually go for the win, they avoid the loss. It's like going for the extra point in football, where statistics show that you'll actually be better off by going for the 2-pts every time instead of the PAT.

[@Monster-o1q]

What burns me the most is when my team sets up defensively in their own zone and stops trying to get the puck back. Basically standing there 5 on 5 watching the other team pass the puck as if they're on a power play. That's when I tell whoever is there with me 'Well we're about to give up a goal'. And usually we do give up a goal. Yes, it's the Red Wings I'm talking about. I also hate when they repeatedly cross check the guy with the puck along the boards. Rather than put their stick down and try to get the puck, they'll keep jabbing the guy in the back until he just skates away with the puck to another area of ice and usually finds a good pass recipient.

[@jkliao6486]

5:54 I still remember Rask pulling himself when the Bruins were tied 2-2 in that game.

[@BunnEFartz]

I'd say you nailed it completely. Honourable mention goes to gambling ads and inconsistent officiating.

[@humankirk9196]

I'd have imagined that on the list would be any time the Habs and Bruins meet yet again in the playoffs, and all the drama that ensues. A weird injury, a bench clearing brawl, a Kerry Fraser penalty (zoom to Harry Sinden's fatalistic face), a dramatic comeback... man, those two teams do hate eachother.

[@captainofgondor1286]

Definitely a bad match up for Boston lol

[@NatPat-yj2or]

I felt the identical dread when Ullmark turned the puck over like a moron and screwed us. I immediately bet all the money in my checking account against my own Bruins. I turned $3,000 into $16,000 in just over a week. I paid off the remaining balance on my Yukon, bought a new dream guitar, bought my dad a $800 watch for Father's Day, but I still cried when I watched Bergeron and Marchand leave the ice together for the last time. I knew I had just made a huge pile of money, but I was overtaken with emotion and I lost it. I cried like a fool and I was almost traumatized. My sister is a doctor of psychology and she ''diagnosed'' me (on her back patio, not her office) with PTSD that is triggered by when my B's are tied in the last 10 minutes of the game, and when they go in overtime. Even in the regular season. My blood pressure goes from 90 to 140-150 and my O2 sat goes from 100/99% to 95/96%.

[@kimepp2216]

All of yours plus... When Sportsnet cuts out in the last 2 or 3 minutes of a game with a goalie pulled. When there is a questionable penalty and the replay is another play. Often the refs are right but not always. When Markstrom gets scored on by leaving the net and passing the puck to the other side. Fortunately he nows plays for NJ.

[@Mord4441]

I was flames fan for a lot of years but it wasn't until Vegas came around that I realized dump and chase was a viable play. I was always mad when the flames tried this because the never seemed to retrieve the puck after

[@patch8376]

2. Like when Scheifele did a bit of a Dale Hunter impression on Jake Evans, and heavy underdog Montreal got the brooms out. But to 2. I'd add running a goalie, when a goalie's in their crease. It's cowardly. Goalie has to tend the goal. Can't really go anywhere. Can't just skate away from it or even brace for it the same way a skater can.

[@thebestwingsfan]

I'm with you on #1 and #2. My two biggest instances of screaming at the TV were when the 2007 Red Wings blew Game 5 of the WCF in OT against Anaheim by giving it to Teemu Selanne right in front of their own net and Brad Stuart doing the same to Max Talbot in Game 7 of the 2009 Final against Pittsburgh.

[@dstcoyote22rants]

Andreas Lilja... oh I remember that moment well... it became the biggest goal ever scored by Teemu Selanne and Anaheim... period. What I also remember was the Red Wings dominated that game yet only mustered one goal for 59 minutes... Ironically scored by the exact same player who turned it over to Teemu in OT. Ducks were just fated in '07. But the Red Wings won the cup the next year so....

[@liam_thegoat99]

Number 1 for me is when goalies leave the net and misplay the puck, 2 is when my favourite teams players are taking undisciplined penalties when the game is close

[@ryans413]

Mike Smith lol made me nervous as an Oilers fan. I’d yell get back in the net.

[@necroJah]

Columbus has broadcasters that are hard to listen too without getting mad. But it's Columbus, so that's no fun either.

[@Lazzar1958]

As a former goaltender & one who keeps an eye on goaltending while watching on TV. Toooooo often I've said out loud, JUST STAY IN YOUR FREAKIN NET!!

[@dmwd96]

Goalies playing the puck has always drove me nuts hahaha, glad we all agree!

[@CapsBrotha]

I can’t ever recall a nationally broadcasted game where a penalty occurs during the game and one of the analysts complains about a miscall of the same infraction occurring earlier during the game.

[@blackrocks8413]

yeah, constant crosschecking.... me too

[@mcneilno]

The pass up the middle in your own zone always baffled me. How many times have players, since they laced up their first pair of skates, have they been told not to do it. A friend of mine explained it to me, he said, “they’re not thinking about that, they’re thinking, I did this once before and it worked.” Hockey players are not math wizards, coaches say don’t make low percentage plays, hockey players say, “what?”

[@blackvx]

Goalies that go out their net to intercept the puck behind their net when the puck is going at glass height level. Often, the puck changes direction when it's at glass level.

[@jasondarwood8225]

...it seems like in the 90s, goalies used to come out of the net ALL the time to play the puck, and it blows up in their faces.

[@hockeyinalabama]

I think the one I would add is watching national broadcasts, and they obviously did not do any research on the teams whatsoever. The one that always comes to mind was watching an NBC broadcast and the commentators talking about how Justin Abdelkader had been so key to the Red Wings so far that season. It was a season where the organization had been feeling the pain of that insane contract he had where his production had taken a dive into the dumpster. He wasn't even providing great off puck work. His game was actively dying.

[@ngarcia103]

As an IIHF hockey fan, media / play by play who think we only watch IIHF (men's) tournaments because we want to know how the players will do in the NHL. Some of us actually watch the WJC, U18 and Worlds to enjoy the hockey and to cheer for our country.

[@stevemarshall1256]

Bad penalties during a comeback: If the team you are rooting for is coming back in the third period and they take a stoopid penalty. Jamie Benn comes to mind.... just felt the need to crosscheck this guy while my team is dominating play... just dumb Or... forgetting how to play in the second period - Carolina does this a lot. They come out in the 1st and dominate and then in the second, they stop playing and the other team takes a lead into the third. And then, they have have to push in the third to get it to OT. Blah... But my all time fav... wide open chance to shoot and we're going to pass it to someone that is covered by two defensemen and they have to force a shot.... What?!? The?!? F***?!?

[@gregbayers7214]

I absolutely hate goalie coming out to play the puck.. a lot of times it ends poorly

[@patch8376]

-Teams "silent agreement" playing for OT/SO in the 3rd, trying not to lose rather than to win. I get it, but I still don't like it. -Teams leaving the offensive zone in 3-on-3 OT and carrying or passing the puck back into the neutral zone or even their own defensive end. I think it should be a 2-minute DOG penalty.

[@Cape-Dweller]

When Ed Olczyk says: “second chance opportunity.” Unfortunately, now everybody says it. Its redundant. In the old days it was called “a rebound”

[@tombraider2500]

When I rewind to catch a bit I missed and ESPN makes me rewatch their commercial filler on loop.

[@pattaccone]

4 if you’re a goaltender, tend the goal 😂 right Steve

[@JaredLS10]

I love Mickey Redmond but he is definitely guilty of having story time go to long on occasion.

[@Bum_Hip]

I think I yell “shooot the damn puck !!!” At least 18 times a game. The overpassing is exasperating. That and “DROP THE PUCK ALREADY!” These linesman insisting on a perfect puck drop, but wave off icing from a shot obviously on the defensive side of the red line. 😡 Old man rant over.

[@TheFoolintherainn]

Oh I like the name of this video! Definitely watching this one! 🐻

[@itsyeboi631]

Hey THG, I hate when players try to clear the puck through the middle of the own zone instead of pushing the puck into the corner. The amount of times a clear through the middle leads to a turnover/shot attempt/goal is so frustrating. Sweep the puck into the corner,fight from the corner to get a clear or fight in the corner long enough to set back up defensively.

[@AceMatthew25414]

Carey Price could've scored a end to end goal without the trapezoid and red line rules...He was one of Montreals best puck handlers.

[@Your_Role_Model]

I remember that!