Ice Guardians Page #3

---

to play at the next level.

At the level that everybody

dreams and wants to play at.

It's tough getting there.

It's even tougher staying there.

They are having words

at the edge of the circle

and they drop the mitts right away.

Determining when, who,

how, why I would fight,

that was something that I didn't

really get a good grasp of

for a while.

I was fairly stupid in junior.

I was fighting - anytime, any place.

And as I grew older in the

next couple years,

I realized that there were

situations and times

that are better than others.

The camera can only follow the puck

and certain players at certain times.

There's a lot goin' on

that most guys and most fans don't see.

The refs have the ultimate control

on what not gets called

but there's just some stuff

that, that doesn't get called,

that's not going to,

that it's up to the enforcer

to... "take care of."

My opinion of an enforcer is a

guy that protects his teammates.

He goes out there and he

guards against stupid stuff

happenin' to a guy that

can't protect himself.

If somethin' happens during the game,

someone... makes a cheap shot

or runs your goalie.

Y'know, a blindside hit.

An elbow.

A slash.

The stick in the face.

The cross check to the side of the neck.

Slough-footing

where a guy gets his feet

knocked out from under him

and slams his back

of his head on the ice.

Those are the types of penalties

that can result in, in mayhem, you know?

Especially if they're missed.

'Cause what's gonna happen is,

If the players feel that

we're not out there

protecting them,

then they're gonna start

to protect themselves.

You're accountable,

no matter what you do.

If you're gonna... sit there

and spear someone

and think that there's gonna

be no retribution,

or you're not gonna have

to answer the bell,

you got another think comin'.

I'll take that one guy

and just use, y'know, his whole

team, as an example.

And just say that one guy

created this for every

single one of you.

So... now you're all on my radar.

I don't care who it is.

If they're gonna take a

cheap shot at me or a teammate.

If you have one fight in your career

or 100 fights in your career,

I'm gonna come at you.

Are they going to...?

And yes, they are.

I'm almost looking for you to do it.

And I'll be sittin' there

and I'll be thinking,

Y'know what, I hope...

I hope you go and touch him.

I hope you say somethin' to him.

If I can't get you,

I'm gonna go to your best player and say

"I'm gonna break your leg

because of him ."

And then they go... " Really?"

Really?

When they start beating up on ya,

you can't allow it to happen.

Or it just becomes a bad scene

Rate this script:4.0 / 1 vote