Commentators Biggest Fight in Hockey

Hockey is well known as a testosterone-infused sport with lots of shoving and fighting.  Tonight, during the match between the Czech Republic and Latvia, there was big checks were verbal, and in the booth.

The Czech Republic was dominating the game and had a 4-0 lead when one of the players made a mistake, or maybe took a shot.  Whatever the intention, Latvia was able to take advantage and recover the puck to get a very clear shot on goal.  The shot went in and spurred Latvia on to score again.  In that instant, a rout was turned into a game. During a pause in play, commentator Jeremy Roenick opined that the Czech Republic had gotten cocky and sloppy and that a bad pass got Latvia their break.  Mike Milken disagreed, saying he thought it was just a shot that got away from the player. Roenick repeated his opinion,calling it a mental mistake and Milken nixed right back.  At that point, Roenick said something along the lines of, “Well, it’s been so long since you played, maybe you don’t remember how it works.” Folks, there was some definite disdain in his voice and a little snarl in his look.  I thought he was going to smack Milken.  No surprise we went straight to commercial after that one! When they came back, play had resumed and everyone was ignoring the little tiff. 

I guess that testosterone level remains high even if you’ve retired!

The last 17 seconds of the game had Czech Republic scoring an empty net goal when Latvia gave one last desperate push during a power play.  The final score was 5-2.