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    Blindside assault leads to brawl, suspensions in Austrian Hockey League (VIDEO)

    By Greg Wyshynski | Puck Daddy – Tue, Feb 14, 2012 5:51 PM EST

    Bostjan Groznik of HDD Tilia Olimpija, a team in the Austrian Hockey League, got the party started last Friday with a blindside hit and tackle of a SAPA Fehervar AV19 player near the benches.

    This started a mini-melee that seemed to calm down enough for the TV crew to cut away to highlights of its genesis; but it wasn't over yet:

    Well that was … colorful. Here's a reverse angle video shot from the stands. Who doesn't love "Rocky" music during a hockey fight?

    As this atrociously translated article indicates, Groznik and Chad Klassen of SAPA — a former standout at the University of Alberta and an ECHL player for Idaho — were both given two-game suspensions for their roles in this mass hugging with occasional punches. Solid first punch by Groznik, though; that's your text book "instigating" right there …

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    7 comments

    • Dan
      Dan  •  3 months ago
      This is the Erste Bank Liga, a league managed by the Austrian Federation, but in practice it's a cross border loop for nations that used to be part of the Austria-Hungary Empire. These two teams are Slovanian and Hungarian, respectively.
    • SabresFan13
      SabresFan13  •  Buffalo, New York  •  3 months ago
      why does every other league make there players look like bilboards? they look so stupid
      • Nosferatu
        Nosferatu 3 months ago
        Because they need the advertising money to afford the costs of keeping teams and leagues afloat.
      • Oglaigh n h'Eirran
        Oglaigh n h'Eirran 3 months ago
        It bleeds over from futbol......I hate it.
      • Eric
        Eric 3 months ago
        it's called money
    • AlekL
      AlekL  •  Fort Lauderdale, Florida  •  3 months ago
      #6 is coward, finds a smallest guy on the ice and goes after him, #$%$ like that give hockey a bad name no matter what league they play in.
    • Johann
      Johann  •  Brenham, Texas  •  3 months ago
      To quote the late, great Rodney Dangerfield: "I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out." God, but I LOVE ice hockey!
    • Nosferatu
      Nosferatu  •  Austin, Texas  •  3 months ago
      Groznik starts it all by pulling a Bertuzzi. i.e.: A gutless attack on an unsuspecting player. I don't care if the other guy deserved it or not. That's slimeball material right there.
    • NoUseForaName
      NoUseForaName  •  Newmarket, Canada  •  3 months ago
      Can't we all just get along?
    • Nolan
      Nolan  •  Piscataway, New Jersey  •  3 months ago
      Quick, someone sign this Groznik kid! lol
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