![]() ![]() He shouted at the other team, “Guys, I know you hate that guy, it’s okay, I got him for you.” Louis Blues, was skating back to his bench after slugging an opponent in a post-whistle scrum. Three or four years ago Steve Ott, a first-ballot Hall of Chirper who is currently an assistant coach with the St. The old don’t-listen-to-what-all-those-nasty-people-say-about-you appears to be one. There are countless stories, although some themes reappear throughout each era. bench and reportedly yelled at pesky Kings forward Sean Avery “lose my number, don’t ever call me again, because I’m tired of listening to you criticize your teammates all the time.” ![]() Or when Brendan Shanahan, at that point a member of the New York Rangers, did a fly-by of the L.A. Like the time in the late 1980s when Maple Leafs and Islanders legend Steve ‘Stumpy’ Thomas bellowed at an opponent “you look like you did a 100-yard dash in a 50-yard gym.” Both benches burst out laughing at that one, as did the intended target. It can hit so far below the belt it qualifies as subterranean. Applied to a hockey context, as it has been for essentially the entire history of the game, the chirp usually involves profanity. The word ‘chirp’ has its roots in 600-year-old Middle English terms, chyrpynge or possibly the even more archaic chirken (or to ‘twitter’, a coincidence about which no more need be said) in other words I checked and it does actually date back to before the era of the loser point and the current divisional playoff system.Īccording to the dictionary, it signifies a short, sharp sound usually made by small birds. But it would be a very crowded and competitive field.Įvery sport has trash talk insult culture and verbal gamesmanship are as integral to modern competition as trophies and uniforms. If the NHL kept a leaderboard for devastating one-liners or most cutting remarks per 60, he would be at or near the top. And when it comes to talking on the ice, the Boston winger clearly enjoys himself as much or more than anyone in the league. Now, the definition of ‘fun’ is largely a matter of perspective, but Marchand did survive to tell the tale. “I was yelling from the bench and guys were looking at me, saying, ‘What are you thinking?’ It was fun.” “That was the first one I remember.”Īnd what exactly did young Marchand say to the legendarily mean future Hall-of-Famer? “I remember some of the guys looking at me like, ‘Who’s this kid chirping Chris Pronger?’” Marchand recalled.
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