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Skate Bites: Suck It, Phaneuf

By Kyle Scott

Published: Feb 10th, 2012 · 9:38 AM EST

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Yes, suck it. Our friends over at Philly Phaithful put it on the above t-shirt. Grab one here. #shameless

After the All-Star Game in Ottawa, we posted this video of Scott Hartnell mic’d up for TSN in Canada. The highlight of the clip was Hartnell’s post-assist reaction during what is usually a friendly affair– he told Dion Phaneuf to “suck it.”

Last night, the Flyers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-3. Along the way, Hartnell recorded a Gordie Howe Hat Trick (goal, assist, and fight). It was the second of his career, with the first coming on January 11, 2011 against Buffalo. But, this time, Hartsy added a new wrinkle to this most-storied of NHL achievements– he managed to record two-thirds of the feat and a #hartnelldown all in the span of about five seconds.

Reader J.T., via email, has a name for it: We now have a new hockey term– the Hartsy Hat Trick. It's a #hartnelldown, a goal, and a fight all in one shift. Awesome.

Consider it done, J.T.

At intermission, Ian Laperriere explained the significance of suck it, Phaneuf (via reader Mike). Here's the goal:

Hartnell, however, said the fight had nothing to do with what happened in the All-Star Game… even though we don’t believe him:

Q: What happened at the end of the goal there, you ended up getting in a fight?

We were battling I think for the first couple shifts and I kind of was going behind the net one time and I don't know if he pushed me or I caught an edge, I don't know what happened. I went off the boards and my neck was in kind of an awkward position and I thought it was somewhat of a cheap play. Then I get lucky bouncing like that in the air and it went in the net and I just went right off it. Just pretty standard, someone does something to you cheap, slashes, cheap plays like that you have to stand up for yourself, and he did.

Q: So no carry over from the "Suck it, Phaneuf" back at the All-Star game?

No, that was all in good fun. That All-Star game was pretty, you know, it was a great weekend. I heard the Twitter world loved it after we went out of there. Little things like that are fun of the game.

 

Claude Giroux got a kick out of the whole thing:

Q: How many times have you seen a fight like that after a goal?

“I wasn’t too sure what happened.  I saw him go down.  I thought it was a typical “hartnelldown.”  I saw the replay and he got tripped.  He stayed in there and got a goal and a fight.  When he gets pissed off I think that’s dangerous for the other team because he’s on the puck, he’s jumping.  It was a good goal for him.”

 

Yes it was, Claude. 

Slow start to the morning thanks to last night’s quizzo. Congrats to The Buzzkill and Myrtle’s Acres for their first-place tie at Drinker’s: 

Raw game highlights and post-game quotes over on BuzzOnBroad.com.

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In other news, Bernie Parent creeper pics continue to emerge from Wing Bowl. Here's Bernie in a sweet embrace with a stripper:

Pic via reader Joey. The full volume of Bernie creeper stories is here.

Quotes via the Flyers city-leading PR department