I went to see the Av's game with Sally yesterday afternoon. Ok, ok. I went to see the Av's with Sally yesterday.
As you can tell, it wasn't much of a game. But I noticed this. There were way too many high sticks. Some were called, some were not and some were from the same team. During the second period, one Duck got smoked behind his net by his own team mate. He dropped to the ice and had sprung a pretty good leak.
Here is where the class act occurred. Generally, the frozen puddle of blood is left to the linesmen to take care of. Instead, the Duck's team captain, Scott Niedermayer, stayed behind after his team mate was escorted from the ice and scraped up the blood himself. He helped on of the rink's staff get it onto a shovel. And then he skated to his bench.
Niedermayer didn't have to do this. But he did. He paused and took a moment from his focus on the game at hand to help out the rink crew. It's the little gestures like this that make certain people such class acts. And Scott Niedermayer is certainly one of them.
As you can tell, it wasn't much of a game. But I noticed this. There were way too many high sticks. Some were called, some were not and some were from the same team. During the second period, one Duck got smoked behind his net by his own team mate. He dropped to the ice and had sprung a pretty good leak.
Here is where the class act occurred. Generally, the frozen puddle of blood is left to the linesmen to take care of. Instead, the Duck's team captain, Scott Niedermayer, stayed behind after his team mate was escorted from the ice and scraped up the blood himself. He helped on of the rink's staff get it onto a shovel. And then he skated to his bench.
Niedermayer didn't have to do this. But he did. He paused and took a moment from his focus on the game at hand to help out the rink crew. It's the little gestures like this that make certain people such class acts. And Scott Niedermayer is certainly one of them.
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