NHL Whackjobs! Hit Me Baby One More Time

Boulerice and Chris Simon both share a few things in common. First, they hold the NHL’s record for the longest suspensions in history at 25 games a piece. Second, both of their illegal crimes against another player are identical. They are both responsible for two-fisted hockey stick attacks across the face of an unsuspecting opponent.

On October 10, 2007, during an 8-2 Flyers victory over the Vancouver Canucks, Boulerice and Ryan Kesler (Vancouver Canucks) spent the majority of the night agitating one another. As the cameras followed the play across center ice, a cry of disbelief could be heard throughout the crowd that something had gone wrong. The whistle was blown. For those sitting at home, the fans were unaware of what had occurred. They could only hear the sportscasters’ numbing shock as they mumbled through the microphone.

Ryan Kesler was face down on the ice and not moving.

Upon review of the play, as the unsuspecting Kesler skated from behind the net of Martin Biron (goalie, Philadelphia Flyers), he was immediately halted in his tracks when Boulerice skated up to him and broke his stick across his jaw. As Kesler lay immobile, Boulerice stood over him gloating.

It was a senseless and violent act against his opponent. Quite similar to Chris Simon using his hockey stick as a baseball bat on Ryan Hollweg’s head in the March 8, 2007 match-up of the New York Islanders vs. New York Rangers.

Luckily for both Kesler and Hollweg, they walked away with very minor injuries.

Both Simon and Boulerice received a 25 game suspension from the NHL for each of these incidents. Simon recently returned to the ice after serving his 25 game suspension.