NHL Worst Plays Of The Week: WHERE'S THE NET!? | Steve's Dang-Its 

Thank you for the Spurgeon rant. The DoPS has been particularily awful this year and the fact that he got away with trying to snap another player's ankle without so much as a game missed makes me sick to my stomach. It's absolutely shameful that they don't protect their players.

I have no doubts that Kochetkov would beat someone's ass on his own. I watched him with the Wolves and his first game he had a stick broken on his face and his response was to laugh and yell at the entire Iowa bench in Russian. Now, that being said I do hope the Hurricanes pay attention and make sure the bruins don't do anything stupid on their ice

I’d say that save against the Kings was like dropping a hot dog, grabbing it midair, only to have it get stolen by a seagull.

I’m a Wild fan, but what Spurgeon did was just filthy, stupid and should’ve been punished with more than a graze of the wrist. It wasn’t even a slap, literally, what a joke. I usually adore our captain, but it wasn’t a quick retaliation, it was an aimed cross check at the ankle, a clear attempt to injure.

I know it's hard to show a full five-minute stretch of play, but the Leafs 5-minute PK was probably the most incredible five-minute stretch of hockey from any team this season. The team was buzzing, the building was electric, and they generated more high-quality chances than the Lightning did. It's easy to see how that game could have gone very differently if the Leafs didn't open with that stellar performance. Just phenomenal to watch.

Calling it a "cross-check below the knee" doesn't do it justice. I hadn't seen the play; didn't realise Buchnevich was down _on his knees_ when it happened. But my god, Spurgeon really did use his stick like a cheese-cutter to take a piece out of Buch's ankle! 😧

Thank you for the NHLPA rant! They side with offenders and menaces, not the victims. Good job "protecting" your players 🤡

Steve man, you missed the one where the leafs tried to pass to a guy with no stick, turned it over and got scored on in game 2😂

Honestly the Kochetkov one I would've only called a Dang-it if the penalties resulted in a Bruins goal. Otherwise I'd say smart move by Kochetkov, let his team send whatever nobody to the box they want while taking Marchand off the ice for 2 minutes. That's a hat pick. Also we would all love to see Marchand get a blocker through the teeth.

Ahhh Ritty, as a Flames fan, I really feel bad for where’s he’s at (I think his confidence is very shaken) but man does he manage to create a lot of clips. Always a character!

Thank you for speaking out for player safety. Never change Steve

Had a “ If you’re a goaltender, tend the goal” moment in my game last night

I gotta be honest, I'm a little sad that the Nashville Predators giving up a 4-0 lead to the Coyotes in order to lose and play Colorado in the first round didn't make it.

I was at that Oilers game and I was so flippin HYPED to see McDavid score that goal. And then uhh...Mike Smith 😐

Yeah, a lot of dang it's from the regular season Avs-Preds game including Rittich's all timer, but I think the Predators added a few more in Game 1 (arguably the whole game). But Ekholm with the "assist" to Cogliano? And even more especially the triple dang-it by Borowiecki on the goal that went to Landeskog? First he kicks it towards the net--oh no! Phew, off the post! Then he buries his own goalkeeper trying to move Landeskog, and in the process he kicks the puck AGAIN and...it didn't hit the post that time.

Steve, you have single handedly gotten my into hockey.

Thanks for the looney-ness of the Nashville bloopers, since I knew that Smith dang-it was eventually coming. I can't really feel too much like teasing the Preds for that lost puck goal though, since even the cameraman (whose job is to follow the puck!) also lost track of it as well. As for Marchand, he's proven time and time again that he gets really nasty when he losing and I can only hope that the Canes can survive his viciousness if they hope to keep half of their team out of the hospital with how he and the rest of the Bruins are favoured by the officials (which has also been demonstrated time and time again!).

I know the situation being talked about is serious and I'm in no way defending Spurgeon's actions but I started laughing when Steve said, "That's a joke. That's an absolute joke." at 11:32. I was thinking of Jesse from Bar Down's quoting of Lindy Ruff.

This show keeps me going, it really is the best day of the week!! Never change Steve

As a Kings fan myself, I feel its unfair to show that Dang-it for Mike Smith from that game without featuring some of his great saves in Hat picks from that game. To carry on with this, it would be unfair to show his great saves from that game and not show some of Quicks Jaw dropping saves in Hat picks as well

Honestly I knew that bit with Rittick running into the goal would make it into dang it's! Looool I watched it myself over and over, too funny

The reffing in Rangers Penguins game 1 was a dang it.

Already know the goal Matthew’s goal against Tampa after Vasy miss played it is on the list lol…if your a goaltender, TEND THE GOAL

Missed two dang its from game 1 in the Wild vs Blues series. Wild went 0-6 on the Power Play and Jonas Brodin "hooking" Barbashev for a penalty shot. Also as a Wild fan I was extremely disappointed with Spurg's actions. It was unacceptable.

I was dreading dang it day since Monday knowing the Oilers would be making at least one appearance. It goes down a bit easier with the win last night though.

You should start sending shirts to goalies that misplay the puck every week

They really need to suspend Kadri for Spurgeons ankle cross check

You missed a moment in Game 1 between the Rangers and the Penguins where the refs took the game away from the Rangers. Chytil scored what should have been the game winning goal late in the 3rd period, but the ref called it no goal because of goalie interference. But if you look at the replay, Kakko was PUSHED INTO THE GOALIE BY A PENGUIN!! HE CLEARLY TRIED TO AVOID CONTACT AND HE WAS CLEARLY PUSHED IN, WHICH CLEARLY MEANS THAT IT IS NOT GOALIE INTERFERENCE! PLUS, CHYTIL WAS THE GOAL SCORER, NOT KAKKO! I THINK IT WOULD APPLY TO THE PLAYER SCORING THE GOAL! BUT EVEN IF IT ISN'T, HE WAS PUSHED IN!!! IT WAS CLEAR AS DAY, AND THE REFS STILL CALLED IT INTERFERENCE!! And because of that, not only did the game go to triple overtime (which were intense), but it gave the Penguins the win as Malkin scored in the 3rd overtime. The triple overtime should have never happened. That game should have ended in regulation. But it didn't ALL BECAUSE OF THE STUPID REFS!! THEIR STUPIDITY HAS COST THE RANGERS THE GAME! IF THE CALL WAS DONE RIGHT, CHYTIL WOULD SCORE THE GAME WINNER, AND THE RANGERS WOULD TAKE GAME 1 IN REGULATION! THE STUPIDITY AND STUBBORNNESS BY THE REFS SCREWED US! IT'S RIDICOLOUS!! And the fact you didn't include that in this video, that's a Dang it. Please include that moment in next week's Dang Its. Thank you.

Mike Smith went from dang it to hat pick and back to dang it

The Benny Hill theme over the David Rittich replay was unnecessarily savage on Colorado's part, you gotta love it lol

Weegar thinking he could deke Ovechkin despite being the last man back is a pretty egregious dang it, should've made the list.

Missed the "goaltender interference" call that cost the Rangers game 1

Could you imagine if a hitter stepped up to the plate and swung his bat at the catchers mask. That is the baseball equivalent of what Jared Spurgeon did.

Steve, gotta disagree with you on the whole fine vs. suspension thing. I will put money down that the NHLPA specifically asked for lower fines to encourage more suspensions. Fines are not as severe as suspensions are, so keeping fines low means that DoPS should, if they are doing their job (not even doing their job well, just doing it at all), choose suspensions over fines because the amount they can fine players is nothing.

How do you miss the two dang its from Avs Preds game 1? The Preds turned it over in their own end while on the power play to give up a short handed goal and then one of the Preds defenders kicked the puck into his own net.

I love it. Ryan Johansson Laughing at His Goalie as if He Is Watching the movie Airplane, because it didn't happen to him? LOL

So, safe to say that the New York Rangers have been fined $250,000 for Steve Dangle's unacceptable and unfair criticism of the Department of Player Safety. I do love the phrase "A fine means it's legal for a price." I will start using that maliciously. And anytime you pass up the chance to throw a hit on Marchand, that's a dang-it.

Wild fan here. I 10000% agree what Spurge did was horrid. There's nothing else I can add to that, because it was just horrible. Period. HOWEVER, I get why he was only fined. Spurge is on the ice A LOT. And has some of the lowest penalty minutes in the entire leauge. This is really his first "offense", if you will. Now if you're *someone who shall not be named* and have lots of penalty minutes and previous fines and suspentions for intent to injure, this would be a suspention. This is not a defense to the horrid act, rather a defense to why they only fined him. I agree it was suspention worthy.

3:06 the Yackety Sax on the replay is SENDING ME, and it sounds like that's the in arena music too.

So I think you missed a few dang its. I think the predators losing a 4-0 lead to then get the 8 seed in the west to go against the avalanche is a big dang it. Speaking of predators the entire 1st period was a dang it but specifically giving up the short handed goal. I also think Erikson Ekk getting the first ever wild playoff hat trick and having all the hats being thrown on the rink to then have it brought back for offside. Then minutes later have the first ever wild hat trick go to someone else. Thats a dang it.

The Dang It is that Marchand wasn't assessed a Match Penalty for that. As for the Canes not jumping him, I get the feeling that RBA is pretty hard about not letting emotions get the better of them.

The Hurricanes goalie a Marchand slashed each other. If the refs had let it go, the Canes would have needed to do more, but the rookie was standing up for himself and I think it's cool that his team left it at that. Bump, slash, push, slash, done. Now, when Marchand touches him again, the team needs to get in there, but I like that, this time, the goalie got in Marchand's face about it and that the team let him stick up for himself a little.

That second clip needs that Smashmouth All Star treatment. “Some… … …BODY once told me…” Also the rink playing Benny Hill was ace.

Should this segment be renamed "Today on Days of the Nashville Predators?" Woof it's been rough going for them this last little while.

I feel like that bonus dang it was the Steve equivalent of getting Rick Rolled 😂 I should have seen that coming

I was hoping for a dang it for Joel Erickson Ekk getting a hat trick, Fans throwing 10,000 dollars worth of hats onto the ice, and then the goal being disallowed. Ya, that's a dang it. (and yes I know kaprizov got another goal right afterward completing his own hat trick but still)

I guess Mike Smith has been 'teaching' Mikko Koskinen some things about handling the puck 3:06 Also, shout-out the Avs for playing the Benny Hill theme music for Rittich running into his own post

The bit of Rittich canning himself on the goal post desperately needs the little "ping!" sound from when you kick someone below the belt in _WWF No Mercy_ over it.

Rule #1 for all hockey players (I’m talking to you, 6 foot 200 lbs defencemen) If your goalie is being semi attacked by an opposing player, pick up the guy and throw him into row J

19:03 Well that's what happens when you've got Jimmy Fallon as the Oilers' Manager 😂

The official who canceled the Chytil goal game 1 was a dang-it.

I haven't seen a crosscheck below the knee but I've been slashed in the back of the leg after a period ended while I was skating past the other's team bench when I didn't do anything LOL

3:05 they literally start playing Yakety Sax in Colorado's arena while showing the replay of Big Save Dave running into his own net

got to give props to Ritty for at least catching the puck off the glass as he was running into the crossbar.

Really well done on the video! I will say, a dang it would be that overturned goal in the Rangers/Penguins game with 3 minutes remaining. It’s the controversy that deserves a dangit there, or at least an honourable mention considering this game went 3 more periods after regulation as well.

Lol even the behind-the-net camera guy in the Preds game thought it went out of bounds, that is a city/ franchise level dang it

No Joel EEK getting the Wild's first playoff hat trick, only to get it taken away because of offsides, then Kaprizov stealing it on a empty net just minutes later? Aight

that cross check to the ankle is something a villain player in the mighty ducks movie would do! lol

Steave, I know you were trying to keep the vid short but how do you not show when the wild thought they got a hat trick and everyone threw their hats on the ice and then the goal got called off. Can you at least mention this in hat picks when you talk about krill the thrills hat trick from that game.

The Rittich edits had me dying of laughter

Bonus Dang-It was beautiful, great addition!

The second I saw the Matthews goal against Tampa I knew that was a dang it

No, the Kochetkov incident was not a dang-it for Carolina "because they didn't come to his defense". 1) Raanta was punched in the face while run into by Pastrnak, and Kochetkov sees firsthand on the bench that the Bruins will hurt anyone they have to in order to try to win, including the goaltender. 2) Marchand is the league's consistently dirtiest player and you can see him trip, high stick, cross check, and punch other players during the entire game but he only gets called for 2-ish penalties. (Typical call results for Marchand/Bruins). 3) Kochetkov is cross checked by Marchand, showing Kochetkov firsthand how desperate Boston is and how the dirty Bruins will try to hurt anyone they can, so Kochetkov stands up for himself against Marchand to let Marchand know he won't let him get away with his crap. Kochetkov even gives Marchand a nod, almost as if to say "bring it" to Marchand, then Marchand swings his stick like a bat and the ref skates in to protect Marchand immediately. The Canes are more focused on winning the series and not stooping to Boston's dirty level, so jumping in would risk penalties, further injury, and possible suspensions. TDA acknowledged this after the game and the Canes all know this is part of Boston's game but that they shouldn't stoop to Boston's level.

I was at the oiler game when Smith missed played the Puck

LOL RITTICH DID A MATTHEWS

Did you play yakkity sax very quietly under the clip of Rittich running into the net or did I imagine that? Lol I went back and listened again, they played it *in the arena* which is even better.

Hmm. I don’t recall seeing McKenzie Weegar attempting to stick handle around Ovechkin when he clearly had two passing options. As a Panther fan, that was a big dang it. That ultimately costed Florida the game.

Was hoping to see Yamo’s shootout attempt just because I wanted to see you talk about his reaction to it haha

For Rittich I can't really call that a dang-it, he kept the puck. It is like when baseball outfielders run into the wall but still make the catch.

The music the Avs played after the goalie ran into the post. 😂😂😂. The announcer for the wild acts as if the Wild's skill caused the stick to snap and then they had to do some Crosby McDavid magic to put the puck in the back of the net.

As soon as I saw Vasilevskiy's moment, I knew it would show up on your Dang-its

Ah man... the Cogliano SHG in Avs/Preds game 1 was for sure a dangit!!!

It’s uh November 15 2022 now and at 1:53 he said “maybe next year will be different for the devils” and yes they are one of the top teams right now

i love the bonus dang it 😂😂😂

Did anyone else notice, how in the clip starting at 3:14 the two Nashville players both slide towards the endboards -- one feet first, one head first -- and right as they crash into them and are back on their feet -- like _right_ in that moment when they manage to turn their heads back to the goal, they see Rittich trying to kiss the crossbar! One could not have choreographed it more beautifully!

Inspired memories of the many WWF turnbuckle v face collisions I saw in my childhood

Couldn't agree more with your take on the spugeon crosscheck

Full Disclosure, I am a Hurricanes fan. I say not a dangit as most of the team on the ice was already occupied by the scrum in the opposite corner while this was going on. And by the time any of them probably realized what was going on, the linesman was already there and taking Marchand off the ice. And going after him later would just be inviting punishment by the league. Plus as noted by someone else, Kochetkov seems to be able to handle himself and I think would have no issues getting a piece of Marchand if needed.

no dang-it for the disallowed rangers goal against the pens in game 1?!

LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!! totally agree,don't try not to break ankles

The Leafs (Leaves?) goal song is a dang-it.

I’m an islanders fan. I wanted to forget that play. Great video though!

I think my favorite part of that Nashville one was the two players synchronously sliding back as well.

I would have thought Durzi batting it in his own net last night would be up there. Made me laugh for sure!

You should have seen my lax game today if you did a dang it’s on lacrosse this would be top notch. So the goalie makes a save then puts in his own net and because it like 5th grade lax the refs didn’t count it then they just give back to the goalie. Then puts it back in his net and has a total meltdown.it was crazy

I don't think the Kochetkov thing should be a dang it. He's proven in the AHL that he's willing to stand up for himself and fight his own battles. If Marchand wants to get laid out by a human tank twice his own size, he doesn't need the help of the rest of the Canes. Pyotr can hold his own and can absolutely pummel him.

That clip of rittich should be the new intro lol

Lol that play when they didnt know where it was xD

Best sound effects ever!!!!

"He saves his own bacon!" Hilarious

my favorite part about the O'Connor goal isn't the fact that no one knows where it's at. it's the call on the play "He doesn't know how he score it!" 😂😂

Yeah, figured Smith was gonna be on here. Can you at least make us Oilers fans feel better by, next week, showing Sean Durzi swatting the puck out of mid-air into his own net in Game 2?

I used to hate on Steven Dingle (case in point), but he's kinda growing on me! Love these!

I already know the tend the goal moment in this video was Vasy

10:00 - It's not like it's as bad as when Chris Pronger stomped on Ryan Kesler's leg with his skate. And after the initial review from NHL Player Safety, he wasn't even suspended. It wasn't until a new angle was submitted to them and they were requested to re-review it did they hand him an 8-game suspension.

Saved his own bacon, but the bacon was indeed, not safe.

The rittich segment had me laughing so hard as a flames fan kinda glad he isn’t a flame anymore lol

As a Australian hockey fan. Thank you for dang its.

0:01 love the reference

I've Got A New One. Hey! If You're A Goalie, It Means There's A Goal Right Behind You! LOL