We're very sorry to all of our Canadian viewers, we didn't mean to offend you by calling this an American sport. We were just referring to the NHL as being an American run league. We will try to be more accurate next time.

As someone who has played hockey their entire life, most of the time it doesn't hurt until you get out of bed the next day. That's when you really feel the pain.

"I wonder if anyone's been injured with the blades?" Don't tell her but a goalkeeper by the name of Clint Malarchuk got his jugular vein slit by a skate blade in an NHL game. He survived because there was a team doctor who was a vietnam war vet there who pinched it shut until they could get it taken care of. It was pretty gruesome, definitely one of the scariest injuries I can think of in pro sports. Now the goalies all wear a protective piece of plastic around their neck to prevent that from happening though.

"I went to a Fight the other day, and a Hockey Game broke out." That's the old joke, anyway.

as a Northern American we always look at the Canadians as the most brutal/fun players out there

Using their stick when hitting someone is called cross checking and it's a penalty if caught.

People also don’t realize you are moving much faster than sports that you have to run. The impacts are quite significant.

As a Canadian i think it's cute when people call it "ice hockey" or " snow skiing " it's just Hockey and Skiing to us. I love other cultures different sayings.

I’m a Canadian who plays rugby and hockey. Most people in Canada don’t know much about rugby and think that it’s insane rugby players don’t wear equipment. It’s cool to see that you guys have a similar reaction to hockey as most Canadians do to rugby.

There is a lot of fighting in the NHL, less now than in the past but it is still part of the game.

On a work trip to hockey-mad Minnesota, I was talking to someone who was a defenseman in high school. He said he loved playing defense because "every now and then you just have to whale on somebody". That's hockey: fast, athletic, passionate, and full contact.

It is hard to see just how huge and strong these guys are. Like American Football and Rugby these guys are monsters. They are all well over 6 feet and probably in the 230 lb range. The speed at which these guys are moving, and in opposite directions, creates an impact force that is huge. The athleticism of these guys is amazing. They are indeed well padded up but those outfits are heavy! They are tough dudes you wouldn't want angry at you.

One of the first rules you learn when you're learning to play hockey is keep your head up

I probably already said it on your other channel, but hockey is one of those games that to fully appreciate, you have got to watch it live. On TV the cameramen are tracking the players, and the puck, so you don't really get a good feel for how fast they are actually going. You might get a slight idea if you try to fix your eyes on something stationary in the video.

Your daughter is one of the most observant, stoic person I've ever seen. Watching all your reactions is fabulous, but she is quite a unique individual. Your family is so good and wholesome, we love you all. Wonderful people!

Great video. As a former hockey player your reaction was awesome. I am surprised that ice hockey isn't more popular in New Zealand. Many of the Kiwis that I know have been pretty tough guys from their playing rugby.

Being a Canadian its awesome to see people watch the sport for the first time! I love it! XD

An old Canadian/hockey saying is “keep your head up and keep your stick on the ice”

I'd a good friend at college who was a Kiwi, so I saw y'all's channel, so I'd thought I'd give it a go. I've seen about a dozen of your videos and I just wanted to say, I love you guys already! You guys seem like such a fun, sweet family!

That was so adorable when she said “The Bash Brothers!” Lol

"We're they fighting"? Um yeah they were, that's what A LOT of people watch hockey to see. There are guys on the team's called enforcers and their purpose is their willingness/ability to fight.

The most brutal thing ever witnessed in a hockey game was when a goalie named Clint Malarchuk had his jugular nicked by an upended player. The swift action of the trainer saved his life. He nearly died on the ice.

Winnipeg Jets fan of the NHL here watching you guys. Not just a Jets fan but a real live Winnipeger alive and thriving in Canada. It’s a pleasure mtg you and learning from you.

I'm a new subscriber and love the intro to your channel. Keep up the great work, and I love your family!

As a Michigander, I always love seeing people watch Hockey for the first time. I hope you find some videos of the more technical aspects of the game as well and check that out. The skill level is insane. And if you happen to find a video with people throwing Octopi onto the ice, just know you are watching a Detroit Red Wings game.

Just discovered you guys today. You are an amazing, wonderful family. I love your reactions! I believe New Zealand is probably the most beautiful country in the world. And, most of the people from New Zealand whom I've met and come to know as friends have always been sweet as. I'm going to try to save enough money so that after I visit some family in Norway next year, I'll have enough cash by winter to make it to New Zealand. I won't forget my Gumboots. Take care. Now I'll watch your other videos.

I just found your channel today, and have been enjoying watching your lovely family. Greetings from the Great White North ( 🇨🇦). Back in the 1960's before helmets and face guards, hockey was a game of skill. Some of the greatest hockey players are Canadians and it is one of 2 of Canada's national sports. The other is La Crosse. Hockey players to research are Bobby Orr, Bobby Hull, Phil and Tony Esposito and the greatest player was the "Rocket" he played for the Montreal Canadiens. I hope you are all having a wonderful Autumn, we are nearing the end of Spring and looking forward to Summer. Today's temperature in southern Ontario is 22C.

"Another American sports video" Canadians are outraged

You should react to skill aspects of the game, not just hits and fights. It’s and incredibly underrated and under appreciated sport. It takes so much skill to do what they do while guys are trying to hit them like this!

Love your family videos. So many families these days are miles away from each other in the same room. Never converse or seldom look up from their phone! An interesting set of videos to watch is a tour of Antelope Valley, The Wave, and Slot Canyon. All in the Northern Arizona area. Beautiful color and twisted rock. Reservations have been up to a year in advance to tour.

I think it’s really cool that you guys do these video’s with the whole family. Sending love from Hollywood ca

The thing with hockey is the speed at which they are moving on the ice. Combined with the size of the players can lead to some large impacts. There have been some rule changes where players cannot directly target another player's head with a body check. Some of the hits in the video were from before that went into effect.

#1 rule in Hockey "Keep your head up!!"

The best Center Ice Checker I have ever seen was Scott Stevens. EVERYONE always got up and cheered as his checks because in many cases the other guy needed help getting up again or went flying. I remember attending on Washington Capitals game at the Capital Center (RIP) and they were playing their rival Philly. Scott center ice checked a Philly player, and I kid you not, that player went flying a good SIX feet in the air flipping over and slamming onto the ice. The entire arena jumped up and cheered. That was a beautiful sight to see.

This is just a random video of yours I clicked on. But I wanted to take a minute and let you guys know your content is great! What you are doing with your kids is great! Keep on keeping on and doing what your doing!

Yes, the physics are insanely fast. Keeping your head on a swivel is imperative. Sometimes the blades hurt players but not often. Hitting with the stick is cross checking and isn't allowed. You'll get a penalty. You can only hit players with the puck or who only just gave it up. Major strategy involves playing the body instead of the puck, especially on defense. It is really hard to time hits well. But done properly, you can really lay someone out

Greetings from Canada! Great channel!!!! Half of the impression of the impact is the sound that it makes when it happens. One goalie a long time ago, almost died on the ice being cut by a players skate, it was horrific to watch, but it is really rare. There used to be a bunch of old videos "Don Cherry's Rock em Sock em Hockey" that were fantastic hits and plays, and definitely worth a watch. Cheers !!

Hockey is one of my favorite sports, I've been watching it since I was a kid, It was cool to see your reactions to something I really care about..

hey from Canada . I remember when hockey players had no helmets or faceshields. most the players had no front teeth and many face scars. Do remember 1 player having his throat slashed with a blade . They have cleaned it up lots in the past 30 yrs . helmets, face shields, mouth guards and fighting has been fround on also . What a game from early 70's to see what hockey use to be . Love your videos !

Beautiful family man!! I love how you're including them this way.

Your daughter looks traumatized lmao her facial expressions are the best!

Playing hockey most of my life being from Michigan this brings back memories when i used to play and still feel the injuries till this day lol keep doing what you guys are doing love the videos and if a player gets a stick to the face its a 2 minute penalty for high sticking

What a nice looking family. Love your videos man. I'll be sure to check out that renevation blog too. Cheers!

sit down by the glass and see how fast they’re actually moving is impressive

If Denzel were to start playing hockey, fighting & body checks wouldn't be allowed at his age

That hit on Paul Kariya by Scott Stevens is probably one of the most brutal things I've ever seen in sports

Hi my grandson watches you guys when he's sad and it always makes him smile

I wanted to Rage at you calling this an American sport. I imagine you guys get similar feelings when people think Kiwi's are just knock-off Australians....We both just have loud neighbours. Great to see you liking Hockey, either way!👍

As a Canadian, I'd like to give a commonwealth hello and I'd love to see more hockey reactions!

I grew up in the south so didn’t know much about hockey. Then I moved to Michigan and got totally sucked in to the Detroit Red Wings. My son is still a fan even though we live in Colorado now.

I remember playing hockey as a kid, they enforced us to where neck gaurds to prevent our necks from being slit. Very glad I never saw that happen in person but it has happened in the NHL before

Greetings from Canada. I married a Kiwi, (she's been here 22 years now.) I play recreationally 80+ games per year (not during Covid though.) I'm a goalie and my wife could only handle watching me play once... never again. She couldn't stand watching pucks being shot at me. I've never been hurt though. I play "beer league" hockey which means it not such a high level that you can't have some beers after the game, and there's no hitting allowed, (there's plenty of bumping though.) The big hits you saw in that video happen only occasionally. In a typical game there is lots of hitting but mostly not as brutal as the ones in this video. Fighting is a part of the game but it is penalized. You might get one fight per game if you're lucky these days. There used to be a lot of "staged" fights between the two "goons" or tough guys on each team, but it's back to being more spontaneous between two guys who have gotten under each other's skin. If you want to get a feel for the intensity of the playoffs, there's a montage put together by the Canadian broadcaster of the games that captures it pretty well. My favourite was from the 2009 playoffs. You can check out the video here... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/etF8p5akqqzDqac.html

The fighting is what makes it interesting. Still not nearly as rough as Rodeo! Thanks for your great family videos!

Great video :) i love you family. One thing to note is yes, It is an American-run sport however over 85% of the players are Canadian-born :)

I been playing Hockey since 5 years old have several injuries from playing through the years but love the game i love your videos

You have guys who are the same size as players in the NFL going at close to 20 mph cause of the ice. One player stands at 6 10 without skates on and is over 7 feet tall with skates

Yeah checking a player with the stick up horizontally is called a cross check and it's very much illegal.

You guys are seriously amazing ❤️❤️ much love from 🇺🇸

3:21 That, my friends, is known as an open-ice hip check. And often times, those are allowed if the person being sent into the air are the puck carrier. You should watch compilations from @CanucksFan27. That "bee sting" hit from P.K. Subban (formerly of the Montréal Canadiens) against a Bruins player (Canadiens & Bruins are long-time rivals) is a classic one in my book. Glad you're taking an interest in ice hockey! #GoHabsGo!

I don't know much about hockey but I think one of the positions is called the Enforcer. His job is to do the hits and they get in a lot of fights. But I am probably wrong.

I love NHL hockey I live in Connecticut but it’s more a Canadian sport than the United States sport and you rugby is pretty fucking brutal

Hey NZ Fam! New subscriber here and I’m enjoying your great videos and beautiful family. As a life long Detroit Red Wings fan I can recommend watching Bob Probert, who was in an enforcer role, if you are interested in seeing the Fight Club culture in hockey. The NHL has been able to gain some modicum of control over fighting recently, but fighting is definitely in the roots hockey.

Hi, happy you like the NHL, I see your a mighty Duck fan. I'm a Die hard hockey 🏒 fan, I'm also a Die hard NEW YORK Ranger fan, Brayden from NEW YORK, USA, love your videos. Thanks for sharing ❤

What nice people! Most of the hits in thsi video happened I would say in the 90s. The hits are less brutal now. For example you cannot hit the head anymore cause of the concussions.

I love NHL hockey growing up outside in New Haven Connecticut it’s a great sport but it’s more Canadian and American and your rugby looks pretty brutal

Some of the most fun I've ever had was going to live hockey games. It's the only sport I watch, and really is very exciting to watch! Hockey players are a special breed. ( and it's actually very civilized. Both teams line up to shake hands at the end of the game...)

You guys are awesome!!! Love from WNY !💙

You asked about getting cut with a skate blade. Goggle Clint Malarchuk, he had a very scary incident. Very scary.

If you guys wanna see some hard hits I highly recommend a Scott Stevens compilation. He had a reputation for being one of the most feared hitters. Even shortening careers because of his hits.

Funny story…so, I grew up in rural northern Oklahoma. On the southern Great Plains. Far from any ice rinks. Lol. We couldn’t get cable when I was a kid, so we had a giant old C-band satellite dish to get pay channels outside of what our antenna could bring in over-the-air. This allowed me to be able to pick up CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) stations coming out of Canada and watch the old-school Molson Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts. Which is roughly the Canadian equivalent of Monday Night Football or Sunday Night Football here in the States. Big-time TV sports. Hockey is not a very popular sport in the southern United States, so it opened up a whole new world to me. I used to love it. Still watch a fair amount of hockey to this day.

I love watching your videos. Your family is so cute and very polite

More like Canadian sport! It was invented in Canada!

It is a Canadian sport with the majority of the players Canadian playing for us teams

As they say, “I went to a fight, and a hockey game broke out!” 😂 😂 😂

4:02 Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals (known to many fans as the "Great 8") is a tough cookie. The slap shots from some of the stronger players are a good 160 km/h. The footage of players going in front of the puck to defend the net are really hard to watch sometimes. Hockey is a brutal sport, but an amazing one to watch.

Watch nhl fights next

you guys should just review hockey fights next! look up the movie called The Goon!

3:10 thoughtful mention and observant notice that ice shavings might hit the open eye if not for the visor. Good jooooooob!-Ernie Moore Jr.

Dating my husband who was from Maine. His mom brought out family photos to go over. I started getting concerned, every holiday Thanksgiving, Christmas one or 2 of the children had bandages or casts. "Why is everyone injured by Christmas?" Silence and everyone stared at me in silence. Finally his sister shouted "It's hockey season!" They couldn't believe I never played hockey. Rough sport.

If you're going to get into hockey, react to the beauty of hockey, the greatest sport on the planet.

One phrase that makes me laugh about hockey, "I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out"

We have a saying in the U.S., probably Canada too, "went to a fight and a hockey game broke out".

Some of my favorite memories are going to watch hockey. Best seats are always the ones right up front, next to the glass...but watch out if one of the hits break it!

Hockey is actually a Canadian sport, and most players on every NHL team are Canadian.

The guys who are like the “specialized” fighters who fight most often for the team or go out and rough people up are called enforcers they are the ones who rough up the opponents of their is a dirty hit or something

Your New Zealand Family hockey is the best! It is the only sport I watch. I go to our local Hockey team to watch. Our league is a step below professional hockey. We are also the only American team in the Canadian circuit.

Skate injury - Borge Salming played for the Toronto Maple Leafs - On November 26, 1986, late in a game between the Leafs and the Red Wings in Detroit, Salming was knocked down in front of the Leafs net and Gerard Gallant of the Red Wings accidentally cut Salming's face with his skate blade. The injury required facial surgery and more than two hundred stitches to his face.

Every time someone in your family said "Oh" I took a shot of whiskey and now i real bad drnk like and want peper0ni pizza before i pass outjliukvljlkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

I love NHL but sheesh I need another football reaction lol. Jukes, trucks, spins, stiff arms, fights, catches, hell even more hits lol. So much u can react to in that sport. I think I've rewatched your hits reaction 5 times now lol.

3:27 is where I used to play in St Clair Shores, Michigan

I love seeing people learn about hockey

Uh hockey is Canadian... its heresy to call it an American sport lol

Hockey is Canada, not the US :)

Sister in law caught a puck in the eyebrow at a Predators game. Nice trip to the hospital for a good line of stitches. We love to go to the games!

Ice Hockey is a great sport. I played it a few time. Hockey is played in New Zealand. Both your kids would love it. Growing up in Connecticut, USA, I even played on ponds and in my friend's backyard. New Zealand is a beautiful Country. Do you have snow?

When its LIVE, when you're there and it's agains the side, you hear it - BOOM!

You have a nice family. Love from Canada

The NHL started as a Canadian run league with the Stanley cup having been donated by Canada's Governor General Lord Stanley. Canadians sometimes call the Cup Lord Stanley's Punch Bowl

You are a very nice family. Good luck and good fortunes to you all

You're always showing the brutal aspects of sports. For hockey, the fastest pro sport, check out some videos with Pavel Bure. Also known as the 'Russian Rocket'. He played for the Vancouver Canucks (starting in the 1990's) and was probably one of the fastest players ever - and very exciting to watch.