Quirkiest Winter Sports Failures II
Part two of a two-part series.
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Canadian pairs figure skater Jessica Dube after being struck in the face by Bryce Davison’s skate.
February 8, 2007: Canadian pairs figure skater Jessica Dube is struck in the face—mid-spin—by partner Bryce Davison’s skate while competing at the Four Continents Ice Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It takes 80 stitches to close the deep four-inch gash, yet Dube is back on the ice less than two weeks later.
May 25, 2008: In the midst of celebrating their Canadian Hockey League championship, Spokane Chiefs captain Chris Bruton attempts to hand the Memorial Cup to teammate Trevor Glass, at which point the trophy separates from its heavy base and crashes to the ice. The incident prompts boos from the crowd at Memorial Auditorium, already disappointed that their hometown Kitchener (Ontario) Rangers had been defeated. “It just kind of crumbled in my hands and I’m sure I’ll be all over YouTube … but I don’t care because we won the Cup and that’s all that matters,” says Bruton after-the-fact.
March 26, 2009: Peter Stenzel, 52, a Calgary Flames fan living in Columbus, Ohio, is arrested and charged with inducing panic and menacing after making three threatening phone calls to the NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets during a game between the two teams at Nationwide Arena in Columbus. Stenzel twice threatens to shoot Blue Jackets’ rookie goaltender Steve Mason, and also threatens to bomb the arena. But police obtain Stenzel’s phone number from caller ID, and when special duty officers arrive at his residence, they find him wearing a Calgary Flames T-shirt.
November 24, 2008: Montreal Canadiens defenseman Ryan O’Byrne scores a rare soccer-style “own goal” during the third period of an NHL game against the New York Islanders, firing the puck into his own net from the side boards after a delayed penalty on the Islanders sends Canadiens goaltender Carey Price scooting to the bench for an extra skater. The goal ties the game at 3-3 and the Islanders go on to win in a shootout.
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