Now this is just sad
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 6:32 pm
Sad when Avery gets schooled by a 3rd rate color commentator for the Schmucks. Hopefully the new GM does us a favor and trades him, few of the players like him and he ragged on Andy Murray after he was fired, even though AM had put him on the first line when he had NO BUSINESS being there.EL SEGUNDO - The Kings' frustration over their slide out of the playoff race became palpable Friday when Sean Avery had a heated verbal exchange with commentator Brian Hayward in the dressing room.
Hayward calls games for the Mighty Ducks and will work today's Kings-Ducks game for NBC. He criticized Avery during Tuesday's broadcast and accused him of running away from a confrontation with the Ducks' Todd Fedoruk. Hayward visited the locker room Friday to do prep work for today's game.
Avery entered the locker room after practice and unleashed a profanity-laced tirade at Hayward, who argued back at Avery for several minutes as about 20 players, team officials and reporters watched.
"You're an embarrassment," Avery said, among other unprintable phrases, and Hayward responded by saying, "You want to see an embarrassment? Look in the mirror, Sean."
The men remained separated by at least 10 feet for most of the exchange, although at one point Avery made a purposeful walk toward Hayward
and finally was pulled away by assistant coach Ray Bennett.
At one point, Avery said, "You're the reason the league doesn't have a national television deal. ... You're a (terrible) announcer and you were a (terrible) player."
Hayward, an NHL goalie for 11 seasons, responded, "How would you know? When I played, you were in your third year of eighth grade."
Status report: Interim coach John Torchetti said Mathieu Garon would start in goal in today's game. Garon went down after being hit by a puck in practice but apparently suffered just a bruise.
