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	Forgotten Celey's
	Posted by sauce51 on Sunday, August 24, 2008
The NHL changed the rules in their game to create more scoring in hope that fans would start watching more hockey. I, for one, love a 7-6 game as much as I love a 1-0 game, with the exception of one thing. Dirty cellys. I’m not talking about the basic hands in the air screaming, I’m talking the celebrations where there is some thought put into it. Alex Ovechkin is a prime example of someone in the league who absolutely loves to score and shows it in his celebrations. I know Don Cherry doesn’t like when players showboat after they sniped a rocket, bar and in, but I do. I would love to see the same enthusiasm put into celebrations for open net goals that go into celebrations for game winning goals. I would also like to see more controversial celebrations because everyone seems to be doing the fist pump and jumping into the glass. So here are the top-5 forgotten about celebrations that we as hockey fans should be seeing every night in the NHL. 5. “Duck Hunting” This celebration is often seen in road hockey games opposed to on the ice. It begins with the player ripping his glove off of his one hand and throwing it up in the air in front of them. This is followed by the player using their stick as a gun and pretending to shoot down the glove at its highest point. Not a bad celly, really, but there are many out there more creative and not to mention you leave your hand exposed for the opposing team to break some bones. Scoring: Dirtiness scale – 5/10 Risk factor – 2/10 Chance of getting "Hollweg'd" afterward – 7.5/10 Total Score – 14.5/30 4. “The Swim” Like “Paddling the Canoe,” many young aspiring NHL stars have attempted to “go for a dip,” if you will, in many practice shootouts. Not very often do you see something along the lines of “The Swim,” as it is most suitable for an overtime winner, where in most cases you aren’t really prepared to perform the move and the lack of room on the ice attributes to its rarity. A common question that comes along with “The Swim” is whether it is breaststroke or freestyle. Just don’t even think of attempting the backstroke. Scoring: Dirtiness Scale – 6/10 Risk Factor – 3/10 Chance of getting "Hollweg'd" afterward – 7.5/10 Total Score – 16.5/30 3. “Paddling the Canoe” “Paddling The Canoe” has been a classic in minor hockey practices after shootouts for ages. The player skates as fast as they can, usually to the blue line or red line and drops to their ass with their feet out in front and grabs their stick like an ore and begins to paddle as fast as possible. Players who attempt to go down the red river should be careful not to catch their skate blade on the ice as it could turn the canoe around before you go anywhere, which will take away from a solid celebration. Scoring: Dirtiness Scale – 7/10 Risk Factor – 4/10 Chance of getting "Hollweg'd" afterward – 8/10 Total Score - 19/30 2. “Riding the Stick” Also known as “Riding the Horse,” this is maybe the oldest and most simple celly of the five. It is performed when a player gathers speed and straddles their stick and sits down on the shaft, maintaining the blade of the stick on the ice. Easy to perform, yet may be the most insulting celebration of the five. When “Riding the Stick” it is important to maintain the sturdiness and not intend for the stick to act as a chair or you’re going to be looking at the rafters real soon. Also, the ideal place to “Ride the Stick” would be right in front of the opponent’s bench. Certain players have been known to take one hand off the stick and use it to motion as if they are waving a lasso. If someone doesn’t knock your head off after you “Ride the Stick” then consider yourself lucky. Scoring: Dirtiness Scale – 8.5/10 Risk Factor – 5/10 Chance of getting "Hollweg'd" afterward – 10/10 Total Score –23.5/30 1. “Shooting the Moon” This celebration is quite complicated and could make you look more like an idiot than a hero. It is very rarely seen due to the chance of screwing it up, but if you possess the skills to pull it off, I guarantee that you will be talked about in dressing rooms forever. The player places two hands on their stick in front of them and begins to bend one knee. They then begin to almost sit on the ice with their opposite leg straight out in front of them. “Shooting the Moon” could be taken to the next level if you threw in a fist pump. Scoring: Dirtiness Scale – 8.5/10 Risk Factor – 10/10 Chance of getting "Hollweg'd" afterward – 6/10 Total Score – 24.5/30 The argument of what the best celebration is has been going on among hockey fans forever. In the past you had the Jaromir Jagr kiss of the two fingers pointing to the crowd and Theo Fleury’s knee spin. More recently, you’ve seen the Brad Marchants in the world grabbing the symbol on the front of the jersey and the aforementioned Alex Ovechkins with the one knee fist pumps and their own version of the Lambo Leap into the glass. But I am still searching for that one special player to pull out a “Shooting the Moon” into a “Duck Hunt” on to “The Canoe” which I would call, “Shooting the Duck on the Moon in a Canoe”. Now THAT would make me celebrate.
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Re: Forgotten Celey's
by golferhockey44 on Sunday, October 12, 2008
Not sure if this has been said but you could always do the classic sip out of the other golies water bottle

Re: Forgotten Celey's
by Dsjunior1388 on Tuesday, October 07, 2008
this isn't football. No props. No plans. If your a guy like ovechkin, you get a crazy rush when you score and you let it out. Nothing wrong with it. But if you think for one second beforehand about your celly, your a disgrace. THis aint TO or Ocho cinco, we're here to play the game, not make it on the nights highlights looking like a tool.

Save your ridiculous cellys to make your friends laugh at practice or on the pond. When the game is on, don't waste my time with your theatrics. You'll eat lumber if you go too far.

Re: Forgotten Celey's
by LabattBMan on Wednesday, September 17, 2008
have you ever even heard of kovalchuk

Re: Forgotten Celey's
by Newf on Monday, September 15, 2008
i like a nice cellie every now and then but seriously, if anyone celebrates after an empty net goal they're going to get speedbagged

Re: Forgotten Celey's
by frad24 on Friday, September 12, 2008
A solid celey to pull off is when u snipe the game winner, get the boys to put a knee down in the corner while u pretend to draw the play up on the glass as if it was a drill. U might need to give the boys a heads up but its worth it when u see how pissed the losers get.

Re: Forgotten Celey's
by Sniper5815 on Saturday, September 06, 2008
after you score a goal crawl up to the other teams bench like a dog and lift your leg up like your pissing on their bench. sick celey

Re: Forgotten Celey's
by pep30 on Thursday, September 04, 2008
being classy is always the best way to go, but since this article is about celeys, I believe I should describe one that my buddy came up with and executed quite beautifully.

The Bob Probert:

after scoring (most likely towards the end of a period), skate by the other teams bench, kneeling down and scooping up the ice shavings from in front of it. Then when you get to your bench sprinkle the shavings onto the board, and snort them off. It definitely made my day.

Re: Forgotten Celey's
by muuz on Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Yeah the old Bobby Orr/Steve Yzerman/Joe Sakic celebrations are the way to go - small to none. Class all the way. What I love about hockey compared to a sport like soccer (for example) is that when someone threads a beauty pass for a tip-in or a snipe, the goal-scorer usually goes straight to the playmaker and gives the glove-tap, hug, etc. recognising the work of his team mate - instead of running round the field with his shirt over his face like a retard.

Re: Forgotten Celey's
by navanboy on Tuesday, August 26, 2008
i am disapointed that this story is on the front page of the website. as everyone before said, just skate away like its nothing

Re: Forgotten Celey's
by greer35 on Tuesday, August 26, 2008
win like it happens all the time
lose like you needed a change...

personally I think it would look stupid if someone got just as excited for an empty net goal as they do a GWG....Al Iafrate said it best when he said..."Empty net goals are for Faggots"

Re: Forgotten Celey's
by senny1-4 on Monday, August 25, 2008
not being fucking retards after we snipe one cheese is what separates us from other sports. we already know we're filthy, we dont need to show everyone. its way more of a beauty move to totally rip one and just skate away like ur the moniest fucking thing on the planet. thats a sick celly. the only celly that would be better than that is that if you rip one bar down, you just skate back to the bench, sit down, point some hooker outta the crowd and have her come down and suck you off.

Re: Forgotten Celey's
by Knuckles12 on Sunday, August 24, 2008
Whoever wrote this needs to take their head out of their ass and maybe play something BESIDES road hockey. I was semi-interested in the read going into your list, and then was utterly disappointed. Have you ever played the game? I could list numerous of cellys that are much better than the garbage you listed. Shooting the moon? What are you, 9?

There's a reason you don't see any respectable hockey player doing this, they'd rather not have the nickname of "Nancy Drew" for the rest of their lives. Cellys are one thing, showboating like you're a fucking hotshot and embarrassing not only yourself, but your team is another.

Re: Forgotten Celey's
by Scyther on Sunday, August 24, 2008
Ovechkins cellys are one thing, hes excited about scoring but doesn't take it over the line, the celebrations you have listed are fucking stupid. So to agree with everybody before me, class is the way to go

Re: Forgotten Celey's
by jonks_48 on Sunday, August 24, 2008
I completely disagree with you. I love seeing guys that get a beauty goal and act as if they do it all the time. Bobby Orr looked like one of the classiest guys in the world, not making a big deal over a goal, letting his team mates congratulate him and then lining up and doing it all over again. That is the way to go. I remember a couple of years ago Maxim Afinogenov did 'the splash' or what you call ‘the swim’ after a game winning goal in playoffs and he looked like an absolute disgrace. I could cite a few other celebrations where guys looked like idiots; Kovalchuk fist pumping in the world juniors BEFORE he scored an empty net goal and Satan when he 'pulled out the cell phone' after a goal right around contract time. They just look like dirt bags when they do this. Quoting the tragically hip " when you get to the end zone, act like you have been there a thousand times before".
If there are any younger players reading this trust me, when you score a goal play it cool, you will look like a hero.

Re: Forgotten Celey's
by hixy88 on Sunday, August 24, 2008
im not even reading this after skimming through and seeing you propose celly's after empty netters? you are officially a tool

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