Keeping in mind that although sports are entertainment for the masses, for the athletes, it's their jobs. It's the way they provide for their families and make a living. With that being said, you never want so see an athlete in any sport get hurt to where they can't make a living—except in this situation, maybe.
I think I speak for the majority of hockey fans and even some players when I say: Matt Cooke, payback's a ——!
About two minutes into the second period of Atlanta's 1-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins Saturday night, Cooke barked up the wrong tree.
Former Heavyweight champ Evander Holyfield might have been celebrating an eighth-round knockout victory in Vegas Saturday night, but it was a different Evander that was making news in the hockey world with a knockout of his own.
Last summer's fourth overall draft pick, Evander Kane, KO'd Cooke with a thunderous right hook that would have made Holyfield proud.
Somewhere, Marc Savard is smiling.
Kane, who was being targeted by the Penguins all night after delivering a couple of hard, CLEAN checks to Sidney Crosby earlier in the game, had e ...
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Pittsburgh Penguins: Matt Cooke Finally Has Justice Served
April 10th, 2010 by Frank Castaldi Leave a reply »
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