Canada / Usa Sledge Hockey

[Apperloo]

Here we go again.........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNSqcyWc2zM

[Nehalennia]

I've never seen that. That was hilarious.

[Papa Charlie]

Now that was funny. Was this part of a warm up show or is the actual hockey game played like that?

[1northernstar]

Is it the paralympics?

[Randygh]

Looks to me as if those guys take their ice hockey as seriously as anybody.

[voyager]

I'm not sure about funny a few of those guys did not have feet. It looks like paralympics, or special Olympics. Like Randy mentioned they are taking it seriously.

[1northernstar]

http://www.vancouver2010.com/paralympic-games/

The paralympic games are going on right now.....

[Randygh]

Watching those guys play looks as exciting as watching any hockey game.

[Apperloo]

The video was from 09 in the final for the sledge hockey cup.
All of the players are either missing legs to amputation or birth defects or are paraplegics.
The brawl started when Canadian goaltender Paul Rosen was hit by American Taylor Chace after he froze the puck with 1.7 seconds left in the game. Soon pretty much everyone was going at it, with the refs awkwardly trying to break it all up.
Canada wound up winning 2-1. They sure play hard and rough.
Games will be on all this up-comming week for the Paralympics here in Vancouver

[Papa Charlie]

I ment no disrespect for the players. Just never saw a hocky game like this.