Might be a weird take but I feel this was Lowry's way of also protecting Kolesar and keeping the game from going off the tracks. If he didn't do this, someone on the Jets might've taken a run at him or another VGK player. He knows Kolesar didn't mean it and wanted to give him a way through this then and there. It's a game and no matter what colors you wear, seeing a fellow player go down like that is traumatic for everyone involved and no one wants that.
Coming from a diehard Flames fan, Lowry is the best captain in the NHL, and its not even close. Guy plays hard, leads by example and perfectly exemplifies what it means to be a professional hockey player.
Not even close to a WJ fan… HOWEVER I Iove Adam Lowry’s roe as captain. When he calls for the bell best better answer it. Best captain in the NHL no doubt
This is proper hockey fight and it's honorable and respected. Tell the dang league to keep their noses out of proper fights and END THE DUMB SCRUMS. Throwing gloved suckerpunches (ala Marchand, Tkachuk, etc) to the backs of unsuspecting player heads has no place in hockey, but the league is allowing it. I hope the league finds their way because they are currently lost. We need the honor and respect of traditional hockey back in the game and less bloodlust reactionary nonsense.
Beautiful, respectful and admirable. Well done Jets and VGK showing what an amazing and rich on culture, standards and pride this sport is! There is a code in our beautiful sport. No matter the colours, symbols or logos on your chest or head wear, everyone at the end of the day is a big community and family – No matter the rivalries.
I say this as a guy who WILL protect the players in my beer league by inflicting damage to the guys who are being dirty/dangerous. I have told a dangerous player that if he wanted to leave his next game on his feet and not a stretcher, he needed to stop doing things that could injure people – and then I reinforced this message with a cross check to his upper arm hard enough that it probably didn't move quite right for a week.
I'm not above out-bullying a bully.
But…
I watched that shove. It was a shove, not even really an impact. Fleury had the puck at the time. It was not a trip, hook, hold, cross-check, butt end, cheap shot or hit from behind. Nothing dirty. No apparent intent other than to throw him off balance while he passed the puck in the hopes that the pass would go off course.
The position and the momentum just carried Fleury into the boards with some speed and in a very vulnerable body position.
An accidental injury resulting from a clean contact.
To go head-hunt the guy who shoved Fleury as though there was intent to injure is moronic, and the fact that the culture of the game is that you have to try to injure someone who was involved in an injury that wasn't intended to and shouldn't have caused an injury shows how mindless and performative this stuff is, and how poor sportsmanship in hockey can be at times.
But, and accident is an accident, and buzzing around at 30-40 km/h with walls that are almost completely solid at the bottom surrounding the field of play, these accidents, though luckily rare, will happen.
This is a terrifying event, though and, having a friend who damaged his spinal cord in another sport in Feb 2024, this hit close to home for me.
Is there any update on his condition? I looked last night and found nothing.
I really hope that there is no spinal damage and that Fleury is back out there doing what he loves very soon!
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This reminds me of when Georges Laraque fought Raitis Ivanans. They planned that one too.
Let me fight you because my teammate lost his balance and crashed into the boards 😂😂😂😂
He needed a lot more punches after that recklessness. Lowry did him a favour, by getting it out of the way.
Something detroits captain would never do
The Hockey code baby i love it,
Might be a weird take but I feel this was Lowry's way of also protecting Kolesar and keeping the game from going off the tracks. If he didn't do this, someone on the Jets might've taken a run at him or another VGK player. He knows Kolesar didn't mean it and wanted to give him a way through this then and there. It's a game and no matter what colors you wear, seeing a fellow player go down like that is traumatic for everyone involved and no one wants that.
Didn't the Vegas player not know you can just sucker punch the other team's captain?
One of those "yeah I know it wasn't really your fault, but we gotta do this" fights… to which Kolesar agrees.
He got off to easy. But this was the proper response from both teams. This is why hockey is the best sport.
Its even better though when the cowards get knocked out and cry like Tkachuk
the only thing less real then wrestling are hockey "fights"
Coming from a diehard Flames fan, Lowry is the best captain in the NHL, and its not even close. Guy plays hard, leads by example and perfectly exemplifies what it means to be a professional hockey player.
Thats just goofy.
W Captain
Leave the players to sort shit out and the game polices itself
Hockey can be brutal but the gentleman’s code is unmatched when it’s done right
Letting guys fight in hockey is just immature and stupid it ruins the game
Not even close to a WJ fan… HOWEVER I Iove Adam Lowry’s roe as captain. When he calls for the bell best better answer it. Best captain in the NHL no doubt
Awesome
Can we get Reaves vs. Olivier fight from tonight?
pretty nasty cuts on Lowry's hand
This is about the weak state of the Euro NHL and how players don’t know how to fight anymore.
How can u not like the jets,?
The Winnipeg Jets are so much better than this. What the heck is going on in the NHL? I don't recognize it anymore. I can't wait for the Olympics!
We needed more Adam Lowry's throughout the history of the game.
Terrible fight
'self policing' just has a different vibe and meaning to it
it feels bigger than the sport, it brings us closer to our humanity
Kolesar a dirty twat
Now how awkward would that be if Kolesar KO’d Lowry
That fight had so much potential and the jersey jab ended it by throwing him off balance. LOL
"You fucked up, now I'm going to punch your face in front of all these nice people."
"Fair call, don't kill me, they're all out of stretchers."
Would normally respect kolesar for this but he’s buddies with a sexual predator so fuck him
It’s good to see that the code is still alive
kolesar is a dirty pos
Firs time i see 🍉 do 🐢
That was not a fight!
This is proper hockey fight and it's honorable and respected. Tell the dang league to keep their noses out of proper fights and END THE DUMB SCRUMS. Throwing gloved suckerpunches (ala Marchand, Tkachuk, etc) to the backs of unsuspecting player heads has no place in hockey, but the league is allowing it. I hope the league finds their way because they are currently lost. We need the honor and respect of traditional hockey back in the game and less bloodlust reactionary nonsense.
Great fight.
The respect for the game and each other is unparalleled in any other sport.
That's what its all about, respect. although unintentional, fight had to happen
what a weird fight
Nhl is weeeeeeeeak
Best sport in the world, hands down.
This is why Hockey needs fighting. It’s how the players police themselves on the unwritten rules. Well done on both players. I hope the kid is OK.
Beautiful, respectful and admirable. Well done Jets and VGK showing what an amazing and rich on culture, standards and pride this sport is! There is a code in our beautiful sport. No matter the colours, symbols or logos on your chest or head wear, everyone at the end of the day is a big community and family – No matter the rivalries.
Steve Moore could learn from this…
Hmm….
I say this as a guy who WILL protect the players in my beer league by inflicting damage to the guys who are being dirty/dangerous. I have told a dangerous player that if he wanted to leave his next game on his feet and not a stretcher, he needed to stop doing things that could injure people – and then I reinforced this message with a cross check to his upper arm hard enough that it probably didn't move quite right for a week.
I'm not above out-bullying a bully.
But…
I watched that shove. It was a shove, not even really an impact. Fleury had the puck at the time. It was not a trip, hook, hold, cross-check, butt end, cheap shot or hit from behind. Nothing dirty. No apparent intent other than to throw him off balance while he passed the puck in the hopes that the pass would go off course.
The position and the momentum just carried Fleury into the boards with some speed and in a very vulnerable body position.
An accidental injury resulting from a clean contact.
To go head-hunt the guy who shoved Fleury as though there was intent to injure is moronic, and the fact that the culture of the game is that you have to try to injure someone who was involved in an injury that wasn't intended to and shouldn't have caused an injury shows how mindless and performative this stuff is, and how poor sportsmanship in hockey can be at times.
But, and accident is an accident, and buzzing around at 30-40 km/h with walls that are almost completely solid at the bottom surrounding the field of play, these accidents, though luckily rare, will happen.
This is a terrifying event, though and, having a friend who damaged his spinal cord in another sport in Feb 2024, this hit close to home for me.
Is there any update on his condition? I looked last night and found nothing.
I really hope that there is no spinal damage and that Fleury is back out there doing what he loves very soon!
typical moolie behavior
Imagine any other sport doing this? Perhaps Rugby… Honor and respect still exist…