Its been a while since I’ve done a youtube top 10. So here is another one. For people going “OMG DON’T START AT #1!!!!”, its a non-sequential top 10.

1. The Patrick Thoresen incident - Thoresen went down to block a shot against the Washington Capitals, and got hit in the midsection. Initially doctors considered the possiblity of having to remove a testicle, but in the end it was not neccessary.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTh9fo9znHk

2. Sean Avery’s Creative Screening - The Brodeur/Avery rivalry is nothing new, but Sean brought it to a whole new level 3 weeks ago, waving his stick in front of Brodeur’s face while having his back to a play. Since the incident the NHL has made a rule to prevent it from ever happening again.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGYvM6EZ7t4

3. Fatso Forgot To Shake His Hand - But obviously the Brodeur/Avery situation ended just fine, right? They shook hands and made up? Nope. Brodeur refused to shake Avery’s hand, leading to the quote of the playoffs.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWj3qcddVGU

4. Carey Price’s behind the back save - Wasn’t really a save, but still amazing and stopped an easy chance at an open net goal.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxghRfnQrIM

5. Dan Ellis’s Folly - The goalie the Onion once reported to be “living in his own net” obviously didn’t know his home too well, letting in a goal from center ice courtesy of Nicklas Lidstrom.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6Nd6Uxf-hY

6. Montreal Riots - Well, this really wasn’t entirely hockey related, But hockey was blamed. After the game 7 win against the bruins, Montreal citizens tore up the city. Most seemed to be people who just wanted to smash things, celebrations that clearly had Canadiens fans were rather peaceful.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikqcu_Ijuy4

7. Zetterberg’s Awesome Goal - While being hauled down, the Big Z scores a backhanded one timer that could be the goal of the playoffs.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX3WQT0PQA

8. Nabokov’s Save of the Decade - Whenever I watch it I keep thinking this was the game winner.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13FnJwlUCcg

9. Turco’s Reply - Turco replied minutes later in the 4OT game 6 vs. the Sharks with the 2nd best save of the year. Yes, this game was a goalie battle.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spM4uUUW3-U

10. Brendan Morrow’s hit on Michalek - Getting Michalek out of the game with an amazing legal hit, the Stars had significantly weakened the Shark’s offense just before overtime. We might have seen a game 7 without this hit.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sod125xJERI

Hopefully the next two rounds can bring us another 10 amazing moments!