On February 2nd, 2011, the New York Islanders and Pittsburgh Penguins fired up a proper, violent beef. By February 12th, 2011, the beef was done. So, how does something go from zero to sixty and then back to zero in just 10 days?
Written and produced by Will Buikema
Directed by Ryan Simmons
Additional editing and motion graphics by Philip Pasternak
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20 Comments
I’ll never forget Eric Tangradi getting smacked by Trevor Gillies for doing literally nothing.
now you gotta cover John Tavares' messy divorce with the Islanders
I remember these wars! Great recap 💯
Please do a rewind on the Flyers Senators line brawl from 2004.
I’m a completely novice on NHL but their “Beef” episodes are always the best
My answer to the question in the caption before watching the video is "because it's hockey. You take care of it and move on."
That was builtnin the 2000's the islanders had some good teams and people forget how much they faced off becak them. I am talking to the just prior to the crosby years. And they had some banger teams in crosbys first years too.
Love the hockey videos
A brief beef. A breef.
"We clean! We clean! The zebras just hate us!"
Said by a fan base whose team had Matt Cooke on the roster. The same Matt Cooke who ended Marc Savard's career with a blindside shoulder hit while wearing a Penguins uniform. You know, for someone who is really quick to shout "Myles Garrett! Myles Garrett! Cleveland Browns! Cleveland Browns!" whenever Tom Wilson steps onto the ice, they always conveniently forget that Matt Cooke preceded Tom Wilson by a couple of years, and while Wilson has not ended anyone's career (yet), Cooke little "shoulder tap" concussed Savard so hard that he could never play again.
Ive noticed a trend where all the big view beef history is basketball. Odd
LGR 🔴🔵🔴🔵
For me Hockey beefs are the best !!!
What a beautiful game.
More hockey content
Need more of these NHL ones
That Matt Martin thing was ugly, he literally almost pulled a Bertuzzi on Talbot.
I think this whole beef started due to the fact of the Islanders players, fans and management fed up with how the league turned away everytime a player of theirs got injured so the Isles got fed up and took matters into their own hands and when they played that road game against the Pens it just became even more showcased how badly they were getting beaten up by cheap shots from guys like Matt Cooke that season
What’s even more wild was that this was the exact same week that the Bruins Canadiens brawl happened
Islanders had some absolute goons back then. But Pittsburgh had one of the biggest goons in Matt Cooke. LOL