Alan Thicke gets pucked up... (1 Viewer)

[Patrick Sun]

Ouch!

 

[Jason Seaver]

Teach him to steal someone's na...

Um, that's a shame, and I was nowhere near the place. (Whistles, looks around)

 

[Carl Johnson]

I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often to NHL players who don't wear a mask. A 100mph puck to the face could be fatal.

 

[Ron-P]

Jason!


Peace Out~

 

[Luis Esp]

After all, he is a true Canadian.
Alan, that's what ya get for all those years of "Growing Pains".

 

[Jason Merrick]

Wow, according to the article, he lost five teens! Tragic!

 

[Brian Perry]

Is it true that in the old days, NHL goalies did not wear facemasks? You'd have to be insane to do that!

 

[Shane Bos]

that is true. Although players had alot more respect for the goalies and did not shoot high very often.

 

[Jeff Gatie]

Yep, but that was also in the days before the slapshot was refined as a weapon. Sit in front of Bobby Hull winding up and you'd don a mask also. Hull was measured at 118 mph with old wooden stick technology. Todays fastest shots are in the 100-105 range (Al McInnis as an example). Plus, Hull used to be able to hurt goalies at will. Teammates say he'd waste a shot in the beginning of the game just to clang a goalie off the melon. Kept them wary and mostly out of his way for the rest of the game. MOF, I saw Gerry Cheevers get out of the way and "'ole" the puck into the net in a laugher Boston vs. Chicago game in the early 70's. Of course Boston was up by 5 or 6 at the time.

 

[Devin U]

I think that its funny with a guy like Alan, who has a long list of TV and film roles, he gets reffered to as "Kirk Cameron's dad on Growing Pains".