Thank you Pat for using your platform to hype up hockey and the NHL. Pat is the ultimate hype man and if he was a commentator for an NHL game it would be legendary. The greatest game on earth.
@@Frosty_47 I know but what I mean is that he's not like a paid hockey tv personality, he just likes the sport but is way better than everyone else. Chiclets need to get him on the pod and he should join the ESPN hockey night panel occasionally with PK that would be electric
I will take Gretzky, Bure and Matthews. Those guys were/are not relying on someone putting a pass into their wheelhouse. Ovi and Hull are pretty similar, big clapper from the backdoor and not much of an idea who the guys on their team that play defense are.
@@therapist6328eh, Gretzky whole thing is if you took away every single one of his goals he would still lead the all time scoring record with JUST assists. Which is insane.
Don't get me wrong, I hate me some Detroit. But they are not to be underestimated. Yzerman has done this to me my entire life as a Maple Leafs fan. I only love him because he was a big part of the 2002 Olympic Gold team.
Top 10 things about hockey in no particular order: 1. The hits are unlike any sport. The size and speed at which you make contact is insane. 2. The acoustics. The horn when a goal is scored and the fans going nuts is second to none. And the thunderous sound when a player gets checked into the boards is epic. 3. After committing a penalty you literally get put in time out. 4. The refs for the most part let the players play the game. They allow the players to get physical, talk smack, and throw a fist every now and then with nothing more than a verbal warning thrown their way. 5. Players will get injured such that blood is pouring from their face, they’ll get stitched up, and head right back out on the ice. 6. The rivalries go back a 100 years. 7. The refs literally will let the players fight it out until one of them hits the ice because they’re letting them “get it all out.” And it’s safer to approach them once one of them is on the ice. 8. Center ice brawls between each teams goalie. 9. Lord Stanley’s Cup is the greatest trophy in all of sports. 10. Playoff beards and players playing with unbelievable injuries in the playoffs such as a broken sternum to the point where they have to be helped getting dressed. Honorable mention: The custom paint jobs on the Goalie helmets. **another note worthy fact** When asked about fighting in the sport, the NHL commissioner said that fighting acts as a thermostat in that it allows players to take their frustration out on each other in a way that prevents more dangerous options. He is saying fighting is safer than what would otherwise happen. That’s awesome!
You want to see a hard hockey player? look up Gilchrist. He played through a groin injury, in which he had to get needles in his groin every period down the hall, his fellow red wings could hear him screaming 5 locker rooms away. And he played until the meat / muscle seperated from bone in his groin mid play. Thats a hard man.
As a hockey goalie, I've only been in one real fight. Hockey is the greatest game of all time and the fastest game on earth. For years, it was a blue collar league. I went to training camp with pro teams but, the bond on a team is something that's something you can't underestimate.
When I was a kid, we would use those little plastic sticks to play indoor... floor hockey I guess it would be called. We'd made a ball out of hockey tape and use laundry baskets for nets and play on carpet. WE got pretty crazy with it😂 You could really shoot that tape ball hard, it hurt. Hard to believe that was 30 years ago already
Hockey always been fun to watch and holds a lot of talent but it’s expensive. I’ve always wondered why, but I can say the cost of hockey creates barriers for lower-income communities. That being said the sport is slept on!
If you want fights, go to a non-NHL hockey game. My local team is the cincinnati cyclones. I don't even know what league they're in. But let me tell you, it is a GREAT time.
Haha, the further you get from the NHL the closer it gets to MMA. My understanding is ECHL games can turn into absolute bloodbaths. Like wrestling in a gym for 80 people and cutting your face open with a piece of glass level stuff.
@@colinbanning9416lol I haven't seen anything nearly that crazy, but there are several fights. And the arena has big enough crowds for an exciting atmosphere. It was big enough for the Chili Peppers..
10:30 terrible advice. The Detroit Red Wings are awesome ! It’s one of the original 6 teams, it’s the most decorated American team, and some of the biggest legends played for the Red Wings
Crosby is currently 5th best all-time and by the end of McDavid's career will be 6th. The guys who are currently ahead of Crosby on an all-time list (in my opinion)... 1. Gretzky 2. Lemieux 3. Orr 4. Howe 5. Crosby
I feel bad for anyone that didn't know that "Hockey Is Awesome" because they've missed out. Toughest athletes in professional sports. Playing with injuries, getting staples and stitches in between periods and finishing games. Nothing compares. Go Bruins!
I remember watching an oilers and stars playoff game where a player was crosschecked in the mouth and lost several teeth. He got his gums stitched up on the bench so he wouldn't miss a shift. Some of the toughest men on the planet, and yes, GO BRUINS!
You should change the players in the backdrop weekly and say something historical about them, as you did with the Kid, Pasta, Ovi, Stoner and the Next One.
With more recognition comes a bigger push to make it corporate! Love the exposure but I worry it’s gonna turn into the NFL as far as calls and fines and new rules. We shall see.
Instigating penalty is good, but not here. Only if you jump someone who does not want to fight and does not deserve to be in a fight. This was none of that.
Sorry, but Sidney Crosby is not a top 3 player all time. Hopefully I misunderstood you haha. No disrespect to Crosby at all, he’s definitely an all time great, but he’s not even the greatest Pittsburgh Penguin ever. That title belongs to Mario Lemieux
Hockey is awesome and always has been. Your main problem is you are a Penguins fan, clearly everyone should root for the Bruins. but back to the Penguins the best forward of all time Super Mario played and owns them. show his highlights.
Pat we appreciate you covering hockey and please do it more, but don't spit hockey opinions as if they are facts. Ovechkin is not the greatest scorer ever. Gretzky is more than 1,000 points all time above the next guy and 2nd was his teammate. Crosby being top 3 of all time is questionable at best and more of a recency bias.
Crosby is great no doubt, but not top 3 ever. Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr...even guys like Yzerman and Messier. there are a lot to choose from. Oh, and the Red Wings don't suck.
@@johnhamilton8636 not top 3 ever? Dudes dominated in the most competitive version of the NHL since he was a rookie. He’s won everything there is to win. Gretzky was the best but he was also playing against guys with summer jobs. My list is 1. The Great One 2. Super Mario 3. Sid. Orr is 4 as the best defenseman ever. All in their primes, Sid is the most skilled.
Points and scoring are different. Ovi can be the best scorer ever with Wayne being the greatest hockey player ever. Points means scoring and assisting if you really need help with figuring it out
Awesome seeing more hockey on McAfee!
ESPN needs someone to push it.
This is much needed at ESPN, thank you Pat!
Hockey players and fans have been preaching this for years. Pat perfectly summed this up in the seg. Thank you!
Thank you Pat for using your platform to hype up hockey and the NHL. Pat is the ultimate hype man and if he was a commentator for an NHL game it would be legendary. The greatest game on earth.
ESPN talking hockey?? What kind of madness is this?
Ppl hating on Pat lol gotta get the haters back on the train some way
every sport would benefit from 2 minutes in the penalty box...they would have to learn how to fight!
ESPN has an NHL package, so its just more self promotion.
@@tomtalley2192it's not ESPN it's Pat. ESPN should have been doing this. This is the first year owing the TV rights
Awesome seg from pat, great to see hockey getting more exposure so the game can grow more
Post-fight segs would be some of the best segs you could have
Pat is better than 99% of the rest of hockey tv personalities and he isn't even a hockey guy
He was a hockey fan before this atleast
@@Frosty_47 I know but what I mean is that he's not like a paid hockey tv personality, he just likes the sport but is way better than everyone else. Chiclets need to get him on the pod and he should join the ESPN hockey night panel occasionally with PK that would be electric
best hockey segment i have seen, as a canadian hockey fan. love you pat.need more people like you. thank you
Just like snoop and charles barkley
Thank you pat!!! Highlights every show please 🙏
Tyler Johnson rules. So glad he was here with us in Tampa for out back to back cup win. Wish he was still here.
I’d say it’s widely agreeable that Ovechkin is the greatest pure scorer in hockey history
Up there with Brett Hull.
I will take Gretzky, Bure and Matthews. Those guys were/are not relying on someone putting a pass into their wheelhouse. Ovi and Hull are pretty similar, big clapper from the backdoor and not much of an idea who the guys on their team that play defense are.
@@therapist6328eh, Gretzky whole thing is if you took away every single one of his goals he would still lead the all time scoring record with JUST assists. Which is insane.
I love how hockey fans are just happy anytime people talk about their sport.
Pat McAfee is Awesome, the way you explaine hockey, number 1...
This is what ESPN needs to do for hockey
Quote I've heard before "You love Hockey, You just don't know it yet"
Don't get me wrong, I hate me some Detroit. But they are not to be underestimated. Yzerman has done this to me my entire life as a Maple Leafs fan. I only love him because he was a big part of the 2002 Olympic Gold team.
You are doing the Lord’s work Pat. Thank You !!!
Love the seg
I need more segs!
All it was missing was the Xhekaj (wifi) vs reaves fight
But great content keep it up
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I know ESPN wants Pat to push hockey and he is, but the great thing about this is that Pat genuinely has love for the game of hockey!!
NHL on ESPN is great. I feel like I always need more
Attended my first hockey game last night in LA and I got my fight👊🏾
Top 10 things about hockey in no particular order:
1. The hits are unlike any sport. The size and speed at which you make contact is insane.
2. The acoustics. The horn when a goal is scored and the fans going nuts is second to none. And the thunderous sound when a player gets checked into the boards is epic.
3. After committing a penalty you literally get put in time out.
4. The refs for the most part let the players play the game. They allow the players to get physical, talk smack, and throw a fist every now and then with nothing more than a verbal warning thrown their way.
5. Players will get injured such that blood is pouring from their face, they’ll get stitched up, and head right back out on the ice.
6. The rivalries go back a 100 years.
7. The refs literally will let the players fight it out until one of them hits the ice because they’re letting them “get it all out.” And it’s safer to approach them once one of them is on the ice.
8. Center ice brawls between each teams goalie.
9. Lord Stanley’s Cup is the greatest trophy in all of sports.
10. Playoff beards and players playing with unbelievable injuries in the playoffs such as a broken sternum to the point where they have to be helped getting dressed.
Honorable mention:
The custom paint jobs on the Goalie helmets.
**another note worthy fact**
When asked about fighting in the sport, the NHL commissioner said that fighting acts as a thermostat in that it allows players to take their frustration out on each other in a way that prevents more dangerous options. He is saying fighting is safer than what would otherwise happen. That’s awesome!
Hockey is awesome. ESPN we need more coverage
I love it. Stick taps. I love the price is right reference. 😂😂
“He went to Harvard, big brained fella” 😂
You want to see a hard hockey player? look up Gilchrist. He played through a groin injury, in which he had to get needles in his groin every period down the hall, his fellow red wings could hear him screaming 5 locker rooms away. And he played until the meat / muscle seperated from bone in his groin mid play. Thats a hard man.
I love it. Thank you for shouting out Ice Hockey. Zdeno Chara (Boston Bruins) played with a broken jaw and broken elbow. 😳😆
NEED THIS EVERY DAY OR WEEK OR SOMETHING PAT
Ice hockey was the one thing that instilled a little bit of alpha in me as a youth.
As a hockey goalie, I've only been in one real fight. Hockey is the greatest game of all time and the fastest game on earth. For years, it was a blue collar league. I went to training camp with pro teams but, the bond on a team is something that's something you can't underestimate.
As an Oilers fan, I legit can't wait for the regular season to start October 14th and not a literal second sooner! Cannot wait!
Seasons long started lol
When I was a kid, we would use those little plastic sticks to play indoor... floor hockey I guess it would be called. We'd made a ball out of hockey tape and use laundry baskets for nets and play on carpet. WE got pretty crazy with it😂 You could really shoot that tape ball hard, it hurt. Hard to believe that was 30 years ago already
The NHL hates this man for promoting the thing they want to disappear lol.
2023 and the US has finally figured out how AWESOME hockey is. #loveit
More hockey 🗣🗣🗣🗣
No you can pick the Red Wings, they are coming back around.
Epic Seg from pat and the boys
McAfee: The Vince McMahon of Hockey!
Kids, from my hometown... Nobody cool comes from here... except Beecher.
thanks pat for going against the grain and supporting hockey on the main stream.
Hockey always been fun to watch and holds a lot of talent but it’s expensive. I’ve always wondered why, but I can say the cost of hockey creates barriers for lower-income communities. That being said the sport is slept on!
Wayne Gretzky loved your highlited players.
Never been a McAfee fan, this "seg" was "Awesome"!!
Thankyou Pat Mcfee❤🇨🇦🇺🇸😁
Hockey and Lacrosse man. Nails.
Bruins need to lighten their grip on two starting Goalies 🇨🇦🇺🇸😁
Indiana needs a hockey team. Mcafee looking at you . Bring back the racers!
If you want fights, go to a non-NHL hockey game. My local team is the cincinnati cyclones. I don't even know what league they're in. But let me tell you, it is a GREAT time.
Haha, the further you get from the NHL the closer it gets to MMA. My understanding is ECHL games can turn into absolute bloodbaths. Like wrestling in a gym for 80 people and cutting your face open with a piece of glass level stuff.
@@colinbanning9416lol I haven't seen anything nearly that crazy, but there are several fights. And the arena has big enough crowds for an exciting atmosphere. It was big enough for the Chili Peppers..
My daughter had season tickets on the glass for the Cyclones and loved it. She's since moved to NC.
PMac, let's be talking about Kirill the Thrill next episode... GO WILD!
Gotta love PMS
Make hockey more affordable and the sport will go to a whole other level!!!!!
10:30 terrible advice. The Detroit Red Wings are awesome ! It’s one of the original 6 teams, it’s the most decorated American team, and some of the biggest legends played for the Red Wings
Crosby is currently 5th best all-time and by the end of McDavid's career will be 6th. The guys who are currently ahead of Crosby on an all-time list (in my opinion)...
1. Gretzky
2. Lemieux
3. Orr
4. Howe
5. Crosby
Hockey is the best so much excitement
Detroit is going to be a power house very soon with Stevey Y at the helm. They have a very bright future.
Disrespect will not be tolerated 😄🇨🇦🔥🇺🇸🥊
Don't pick the Red Wings! 😂
I feel bad for anyone that didn't know that "Hockey Is Awesome" because they've missed out. Toughest athletes in professional sports. Playing with injuries, getting staples and stitches in between periods and finishing games. Nothing compares. Go Bruins!
I remember watching an oilers and stars playoff game where a player was crosschecked in the mouth and lost several teeth. He got his gums stitched up on the bench so he wouldn't miss a shift. Some of the toughest men on the planet, and yes, GO BRUINS!
You should change the players in the backdrop weekly and say something historical about them, as you did with the Kid, Pasta, Ovi, Stoner and the Next One.
Go to a game live and you’ll fall in love with the game
A lot of misinformation in those player intros lol, but 👏👏👏 for any hockey coverage!
Hockey is awesome!
We don’t scream goal buddy. We score!
Baby hockey sticks 😂🔥🇨🇦🇺🇸🥊
Does anyone think Draymont Green would be the same type of player in the NHL if he had to worry about someone taking his head off every night.
Hockey is great . Imo the best sport because any athletic feats the other leagues can pull off , Hockey players can do all that on ice. Also LGR!!!
Yeah they need to let other sports do this like NHL but of course at some points stop it
Detroit is the highest scoring offense in the Eastern Conference. We don't suck anymore, Pat. Sorry😂
5:55 😂🤣🏒
One name, Guy Lafleur, that is all.
Detroit redwings have the best fan base around. For gods sake its called Hockey Town!!!! LGRW
The Detroit Red Wings comment at the end is not holding up very well. Detroit playing great hockey and just started the Kane Era!!! Playoff bound
Need a small stick😂🇨🇦🇺🇸😁
Don't pick detroit he says they only have one of the biggest fan bases out there and the 2nd most stanly cups
Detroit is hocky town
That guy is full of snow...
With more recognition comes a bigger push to make it corporate! Love the exposure but I worry it’s gonna turn into the NFL as far as calls and fines and new rules. We shall see.
Segs addict right here!
Yes
😂fists of Fury 🥊🇨🇦🔥🇺🇸
Instigating penalty is good, but not here. Only if you jump someone who does not want to fight and does not deserve to be in a fight. This was none of that.
😂we are Canucks🥊😁🔥🇨🇦🇺🇸
bring back enforcers...
Hyperbole 😂🔥🇨🇦🇺🇸🥊
Count’em ELEVEN CUPS you pittspeeps! LGRW!!
Love your show👊👊👊👊👊👊👊👊👊
😂we want Answers 🥊🇨🇦🔥
No CONNOR MCDAVID PIC
He’s the best player EVER!!
Pat, cmon, Oilers Captain is greatest to watch as well
Baby hockey 😂stick🔥🇨🇦🇺🇸🥊
😂love Hockey baby 🔥🥊🇨🇦🇺🇸😁
Is Pat McAfee a wrestler? He seems like he's a wrestler.
He does commentary for the WWE Sometimes but his a punter
He played volleyball 😂
He always dreamed of doing WWE and has been able to fulfill that dream
Sorry, but Sidney Crosby is not a top 3 player all time. Hopefully I misunderstood you haha. No disrespect to Crosby at all, he’s definitely an all time great, but he’s not even the greatest Pittsburgh Penguin ever. That title belongs to Mario Lemieux
Hockey is awesome and always has been. Your main problem is you are a Penguins fan, clearly everyone should root for the Bruins. but back to the Penguins the best forward of all time Super Mario played and owns them. show his highlights.
2:00 What happened to Pat's accent??😅😅😅😅
Huh obv he gonna use emphasis when speaking he’s a talk show host, it’s called engaging a viewer hes accent obv isn’t that strong all the time
@@Dimer88858 save your silly explanation and just laugh at how funny it sounds, instead of typing out a lecture
@thesonofqueenidia3007 you sound like a real buzzkill.
@@Magdalena8008s how? I'm laughing at the smooth and effortless trasition between both accents he had.
😂ya baby🥊🇨🇦🇺🇸🔥
Keep your teeth out sports 🥊😄🇨🇦🇺🇸
We love penalties 😄🥊🇨🇦🇺🇸
😂🔥🇨🇦🇺🇸🎯😄
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Pat we appreciate you covering hockey and please do it more, but don't spit hockey opinions as if they are facts. Ovechkin is not the greatest scorer ever. Gretzky is more than 1,000 points all time above the next guy and 2nd was his teammate. Crosby being top 3 of all time is questionable at best and more of a recency bias.
So when Ovi breaks Wayne’s goal scoring record, that wouldn’t make him the greatest goal scorer ever? 🤨
And Sid is top 3 on a lot of hockey aficionados’ lists
Crosby is great no doubt, but not top 3 ever. Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr...even guys like Yzerman and Messier. there are a lot to choose from. Oh, and the Red Wings don't suck.
@@johnhamilton8636 not top 3 ever? Dudes dominated in the most competitive version of the NHL since he was a rookie. He’s won everything there is to win. Gretzky was the best but he was also playing against guys with summer jobs. My list is 1. The Great One 2. Super Mario 3. Sid. Orr is 4 as the best defenseman ever. All in their primes, Sid is the most skilled.
Points and scoring are different. Ovi can be the best scorer ever with Wayne being the greatest hockey player ever. Points means scoring and assisting if you really need help with figuring it out