The Flyers walloped the Caps earlier today in an exciting 7-1 matinee. The Flyers used the old "tire them out by letting them get 400 shots and then just hammer them at the end" technique. And it was very effective. Something that wasn't as effective was Riley Cote's "headbutts to the fist" technique that he used in an attempt to beat Donald Brashear in a fight. That technique remains unproven and, it would seem, dangerous.
Donald Brashear and Cote went at it, for the first time, after a stoppage only 7:38 into the game. Cote never seemed to get situated and took about 8 punches square to the face that would have rendered a normal human being unidentifiable. There were a lot of "holy shits" being tossed around by the members of the crew that had gathered here to watch the game with us at the Ice Palace. After the fight, for good reason this time, my thoughts turned to Holly Cote. What must she think when she sees her husband get pounded into the ice like that? She's probably mostly worried that he's dead, and then when he gets up that his face is broken, and then when she sees him back out there going after The Donald again in the third period that she married a masochist. It must be a carousel of emotions.
She has to look at that face across the dinner table, in Christmas pictures, and when it's getting her for the next few weeks. Lets face it, Rockin' Riles is a pretty scary dude to begin with. When you add the Undertaker black eyes that are made from real bruises instead of makeup the guy approaches Vlad Dracula status. But the ability to take punches like that and come back for more has afforded her the luxuries of a nice apartment, a radical car, and a sweet life. The fact that it actually is taking punches like that means that Riles may not be one of the elite fighters in the league and future paychecks could be smaller. So while her initial reaction is to be worried, when she's calmed down and she's driving his temporarily blind ass home after the game she probably just tells him that he should probably try being the guy who's throwing the punches. Not eating them. And that she expects a little more effort next time.
The ass handing:
posted by Ryan at
9:10 PM
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Haha, that was a great game and they must have had a serious stylist for those Flyers Wives commercials b/c I barely recognized her in that snapshot you have! Although, I did watch the commercial on my laptop and not on tv.
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