When we wrote about the funniest moments that have happened during an NHL game, we were overwhelmed with how many there were. That’s why, due to popular demand, we have Part Two of the Funniest NHL Moments caught on ice! As we approach the start of another NHL season, it’s important to remember that while players are out there competing for millions of dollars, at the end of the day they are all out there having fun. Without further ado, the next set of the funniest moments in the NHL!
Preds fans throw COVID friendly catfish on the ice
We begin in Music City, where Nashville Predators fans carried on a playoff custom of throwing a catfish onto the ice. This is similar to how Red Wings fans used to throw an octopus onto the ice during the playoffs, but the catfish adds a midwestern feel to it. What I found most appropriate was that the fans at least took the time to put a mask on the catfish! Only in 2021!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x58jZJJgUb4
Gritty cakes a fan
There was a lot of controversy when Gritty was unveiled as the official new mascot of the Flyers, but it seems like he has grown on NHL fans. While he may bring some laughs to some of the toughest fans in the NHL, at least one fan walked away from his encounter with Gritty without a smile. Gritty was playing duck duck goose with fans and when he picked the goose he ran off, only to come back and throw an entire cake in that fan’s face. More often than not these types of pranks are fans that are planted by the team, but still, it was a pretty funny sequence that caught on the jumbotron.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xe3AMlyiDc
Steve Sullivan vs. Fan
In one of the more well known interactions on the ice, then Blackhawks forward Steve Sullivan gives a fan a dose of karma. Earlier in the game Sullivan was hit in the face with a high stick and as he skated back to the bench, a fan in the front row was seen taunting him. Sullivan stopped to give him a few words but skated off the ice to get repairs. Later that game, Patrick Roy cleared the puck over the ice and it happened to hit that same taunting fan right in the head. In what is one of the sweetest moments of karma in recent memory, Sullivan skated over to the fan and gave him a piece of his mind. Even the fan’s girlfriend had to laugh at that one!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHXXuaLhe0A
Jamie Benn gets blindsided, by the linesman
Even one of the toughest power forwards in the league is no match for a blindside clothesline from a linesman. Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn was casually skating up the ice when all of a sudden out of nowhere he was hit in the face by a striped arm. Benn had no idea that the linesman was sitting on the boards at the Carolina bench, and just as he skated by, the linesman waved off an icing call. Well he also smacked Benn right in the face, catching the star off guard and knocking him to the ice!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLsFr1hY5L4
Cory Conacher gets the wrong helmet
What happens when you head to the penalty box without your helmet? Well, either someone brings it to you, or the ref grabs one from the bench so your head is protected. On this occasion, tiny Cory Conacher got the extra large helmet of John Scott and hilarity ensues. Conacher takes one look at the helmet and laughs as he puts it on. It looks like a little kid is wearing his dad’s helmet in the video. You can bet the entire Sabres bench was laughing about it too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RTvSnq2SEY
Khudobin can’t quite make it over the bench
Hey, we get it, after a long game the last thing a goalie wants to do is climb over a bench. Carolina goalie Anton Khudobin is being pulled for the extra man in a game against the Rangers, and skates furiously over to the bench only to end up falling back down onto the ice as he tries to climb off. Even his goaltending partner Cam Ward can’t help but laugh as he tries to help his teammate into the bench!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cfAF2kZSCk
Paul Ranger gets creative in the shootout
You wouldn’t normally see a player like Paul Ranger shoot in a regular season shootout, so he clearly wanted to make the best of his opportunity. In round 10 of a preseason shootout, Ranger skated in and kicked his stick to fire the puck at the net. The attempt got a laugh from the play by play announcers and even his coaches. One person who didn’t seem to appreciate it was Buffalo goalie Jhonas Enroth who gave Ranger a hack as he skated by.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0FUHuhm_fo
Jared McCann bounces the puck
Remember when we all tried to do this move in street hockey? Jared McCann of the Penguins flicks the puck up and bounces it in the air off his stick five times before swatting it out of mid-air. If he had scored, it probably would have been one of the greatest goals of all time! It shows an incredible amount of skill to do this at top speed, and especially through several Panthers defenders. Seems like all the time he’s playing with Sidney Crosby is rubbing off on McCann!
