Video: Arron Asham Destroys Jay Beagle

As much as people on Twitter have torn this to pieces, it’s just hockey to me. Beagle set himself up for some attention by roughing up Letang. Come the drop of the gloves he actually started the fight pretty good. Two punches later the guy was quite literally knocked out, with blood coming from his mouth. Asham knew he connected with a winner, did something to get the crowd into it, went to the box. That’s where people are flipping out, the taunt. I just don’t see a difference what that makes beyond the old insult to injury line. Probably not needed, but sometimes you celebrate hitting a home run. Sometimes you don’t even win a fight and try to “Shhhh” the crowd.

Thing to really pay attention to here is that stick tap from Asham in the box. Nobody wants to see a player get seriously injured. Nobody. I think that gesture says enough from him. Anyone who decides to drop the gloves runs that type of risk, no matter how good or bad they are at fighting. When it’s over everyone on the benches tap their sticks and the fans cheer or boo. That’s just what hockey is from time to time.

I hope Jay Beagle is alright. Hopefully he won’t be gone too long for the Caps.

I missed the game… but this vid and the fact that the Pens outshot the Craps 41-19 made my night!

never like to see anyone get hurt, and hopefully Beagle will be okay.. I could have done w/out the after fight celebration or whatever, but either way. Nice punch.

If anyone actually complains about this then they should just go watch tennis. If I make a play that benefits my team then why not celebrate especially in the circumstances that led up to the fight.

Not like Beagle was seriously injured. He was punched in the jaw and his head never hit the ice in a significant way.

What about Evander Kane he did a simple hand pump after KOing Cooke!! Like OMG did he just get satisfaction in winning a fight—something that has been in this sport longer than any other us have been living?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Not sure how you can promote such violence. Pretty sure NHL.com had the Geno fight plastered everywhere but then condemn such a NATURAL REACTION in a BIG GAME.

Regardless of what people say.

This is 1 of the reasons hockey is the toughest sport in the world. You do not want to run the risk of fighting and getting injured, then don’t drop the gloves and cower up like some players do. I have no problem with a player protecting himself and his future. Beagle elected to drop the gloves and square up and faced the consequences. Ashom did his little gesture before he really knew how bad it actually was (although he did know he was out like a baby).

Although, I do like it when a player knocks the other player out and just acts like its another day at the rink (like I like a Fball player who runs straight to the ref and hands the ball off to go give hugs to his lineman for their great blocks or the QB for his nice ball).

Ashom apologized and knew he screwed up after he saw he was a little more than knocked out. I think if he would’ve been knocked out and got back up quite quickly without assistance that the apology is not eve needed.

And for those that have been in fights before, even if it is just a really heated argument, your body goes into a stress (fight or flight) that it is not used too, emotions are amplified by a magnitude. Not just only during the fight for awhile after for your body to recover homeostasis. Ashom did the right thing as soon as saw the picture after sitting down for a second.

So I was at the game and didn’t actually see/know about “The Gesture” until I got home and caught the highlights. Honestly seemed like a non-issue to me.

That said, I was actually a little disappointed in the crowd. Beagle was laid flat out and at first didn’t really appear to be moving. And of course there was blood everywhere — not that we could necessarily see that from the stands. In my opinion, the usual “protocol” is to wait and see if a guy like that is okay, then clap for him as he makes his way off the ice, and then celebrate the awesome fight victory (assuming there was … you know … no stretcher involved). Instead, the crowd went nuts, and even more so as the jumbotron showed Asham in the box, and when Beagle was finally up and being helped off the ice a large portion of the crowed was booing him. Yes there’s something to be said for getting the crowd riled up. But this is not Philadelphia: we should be a little more respectful, imo.

it’s hockey.

Asham is the dirtiest player in the NHL. He always pulls this stuff, he should get suspended for at least 10 games and then given more for the showboating and the Penguins should lose the point they got as well.

#devilsadvocate

“Arron was just doing his job,” Knuble said. “I’ve played with Arron, he’s an honest player, he’s tremendous at what he does and he’s doing what he had to do. Jay did what he felt what he had to do. It’s a little bit more experience against someone who doesn’t have a lot and that’s the result.”

Lemieux was a young buck fresh in the league and had his ass handed to him in his first fight, if I remember correctly. It happens to the best of them.