The New York Rangers defeated the New Jersey Devils in 5 games in the NHL playoffs this weekend. The series was very close throughout and their was a lot of physical play. New York Rangers forward Sean Avery and Devils Goalie Martin Brodeur were involved in many of the fights during the series. After every playoff series in hockey, all the members of the winning and losing teams shake hands with each other. This is a long practiced tradition in the NHL.
When the teams lined up to shake hands with each other, Avery put his hand out to go and shake hands with Brodeur. Brodeur looked the other and skipped over Avery as if he wasn't there. Now I understand that Brodeur doesn't like Avery and he was annoyed at many previous things Avery had done in this series but he still should have shaken his hand. I thought Brodeur showed no class and went against one of the great traditions in all of sports. There are players who have gotten into extremely heated fistfights over the years but they still honored the tradition by shaking their opponents hand.
Martin Brodeur is one of the greatest goalies in the history of the game. He has won 3 Stanley Cup Championships and is a no doubt future hall of famer, but he acted with no class after that game and I lost a lot of respect for him.
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