Everybody, even a player that doesn’t speak much of the same language as I do, knows that dreaded “your mom” joke. So its pretty easy to get him to drop the gloves with a very simple and sly, “I spent the night with your mom”. Pretty soon, I can see his blood start to boil and his blood pressure rising. And before you know it, there we are at center ice, toe to toe, with gloves and equipment flying everywhere chucking knuckles. There’s very few things in this game quite like a fight among top players from both sides. And while I’m still working on growing into my game, I have taken the top D pair to new heights this season in Chicago. The home town fans are absolutely loving watching me dance with my new found partner for eternal glory. And truthfully, all it took was the old classic “your mom”. Nobody likes their mother disrespected. Of course, I assume all of the players in the league have respectful and wonderful women for mothers. But I won’t let that stop me when I want to take 5 without the instigator.