hockey play gives nazi salute

**mojo** · 03-06-2002, 06:33 PM

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/2002..._salute_1.html

Wednesday March 6 12:27 PM ET
Hockey Player Makes Nazi Salute

BERLIN (AP) - An American who once played in the NHL made a stiff-armed Hitler salute and called a referee a Nazi during a game in a German hockey league.

Scott Levins, a right wing for the Berlin Polar Bears, reacted after being called for a minor penalty. The Nazi salute is banned in Germany.

``We will conduct an investigation and request a statement,'' said Gernot Tripcke, general manager of the German pro league. Any punishment will be up to the club, he said.

Levins' actions came during the Polar Bears' 3-0 win over Iserlohn Roosters on Tuesday.

Levins was an NHL journeyman, playing for Winnipeg, Florida, Ottawa, and Phoenix. He is with his third club in three seasons in the German league.

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um....

**oblongmelon** · 03-06-2002, 06:37 PM

woa..I can imagine the reaction to the crowd with that nonsense..I don't understand why so many of these guys go overseas to play hockey anyway..I mean aren't the best teams here in the US and Canada?

**jase71** · 03-06-2002, 06:59 PM

Originally posted by oblongmelon
woa..I can imagine the reaction to the crowd with that nonsense..I don't understand why so many of these guys go overseas to play hockey anyway..I mean aren't the best teams here in the US and Canada?

I think that IS why he's overseas... the best teams are here.

He's not here...

Simple conclusion.

**Napoleon54** · 03-06-2002, 07:12 PM

Originally posted by oblongmelon
woa..I can imagine the reaction to the crowd with that nonsense..I don't understand why so many of these guys go overseas to play hockey anyway..I mean aren't the best teams here in the US and Canada?

Yes, the NHL is the best league in the world. Thus it attracts most of the best players in the world. Many US and Canadian natives must go overseas to play professionally because they can't compete here.

**oblongmelon** · 03-06-2002, 07:21 PM

ok so is there anyway to find out if a player from the AHL from say -the 1980's ever went to the NHL or overseas? Is there some kind of databank or something?

**Napoleon54** · 03-06-2002, 07:30 PM

Originally posted by oblongmelon
ok so is there anyway to find out if a player from the AHL from say -the 1980's ever went to the NHL or overseas? Is there some kind of databank or something?

Mr. Levins showed up at hockeydb.com:

http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/p....php3?pid=3130

More popular sites such as nhl.com and espn.com generally track only current players.

**oblongmelon** · 03-06-2002, 07:34 PM

thanks so much-maybe It will have who I am looking for.

*edit*
Ok thats a great sight-I found who I was looking for!..sorry to say it looks like what may have been a promising career ended in 1990..oh well.

OC · 03-06-2002, 07:47 PM

Show him the ovens and showers, then see how he feels.

-OC

**Speedfreak** · 03-06-2002, 07:54 PM

Seems like that guy is a little of his "Rocker".

**Lothar** · 03-06-2002, 07:55 PM

Germans.......those crazy bastards

**oblongmelon** · 03-06-2002, 07:56 PM

Originally posted by overclocked
Show him the ovens and showers, then see how he feels.

-OC

I bet he'd start crying

**Lothar** · 03-06-2002, 08:04 PM

I bet he goes for his beer

**ApltnHkyMutt** · 03-06-2002, 09:27 PM

Originally posted by Lothar
I bet he goes for his beer

Lothar, Beer and Hockey are a perfect match!

**~~Cantacuzene~~** · 03-06-2002, 10:01 PM

typical americans abroad acting like jerks.

**Speedfreak** · 03-07-2002, 01:21 AM

Originally posted by Cantacuzene
typical americans abroad acting like jerks.

I only would if I went to..... Where do you live again?

**whitak24** · 03-07-2002, 08:02 AM

Originally posted by Speedfreak
Seems like that guy is a little of his "Rocker".

help, i've been punned!!

that was pretty funny speedy

yeah, that guy sounds like an idiot. i wouldn't say it's a "typical american abroad acting like a jerk" -- more of a moronic athlete acting like a jerk.

**~~Cantacuzene~~** · 03-07-2002, 08:16 AM

I live in America but I have seen what jerks americans are when they travel.

**whitak24** · 03-07-2002, 10:41 AM

Originally posted by Cantacuzene
I live in America but I have seen what jerks americans are when they travel.

i'm not disagreeing with you on that point; i think americans can be complete *******s when they are abroad.
however, i think this particular case is less of the "ugly americans trampling over another country's culture" and more of a moronic, john rocker-style athlete making a fool of himself.

**Lothar** · 03-07-2002, 02:07 PM

wow, you guys really take some things way too seriously
chill out

**WhiskeyPapa** · 03-07-2002, 02:23 PM

Originally posted by mojo
The Nazi salute is banned in Germany.

You know, I realize that the Nazi Party was possibly the most evil organization on the face of the earth, and the Germans are probably pretty sensitive about it, but making a gesture illegal seems kind of extreme.

Possibly, because we are from the "land of the free", we take the whole "freedom of speech and expression" thing a little too serious.

**ApltnHkyMutt** · 03-07-2002, 02:24 PM

They should have Death panalty for any Hitler followers!

j/k

**LPMiller** · 03-07-2002, 03:04 PM

and nobody found it funny he plays right wing?

**Lothar** · 03-07-2002, 05:28 PM

I'm disturbed now because I play right wing also.....

**Burzhui** · 03-07-2002, 07:35 PM

Originally posted by Napoleon54

Yes, the NHL is the best league in the world. Thus it attracts most of the best players in the world. Many US and Canadian natives must go overseas to play professionally because they can't compete here.

FALSE, the nhl just pays enourmous ammounts of money to the players, just like any other american league

**UnReAL** · 03-07-2002, 08:57 PM

i do my heil every morning and evening

**Napoleon54** · 03-07-2002, 09:09 PM

Originally posted by Burzhui

FALSE, the nhl just pays enourmous ammounts of money to the players, just like any other american league

Americans have lots of money. NHL teams pay hockey players well. This attracts talented players. The NHL is generally considered the best league because it employs a very large percentage of the world's talented players. Where's the problem in that logic?

**Speedfreak** · 03-07-2002, 09:32 PM

Who is this "Hitler" guy....

..and why have I not heard of him if he is sooo eeeeviiil?

**Grimm** · 03-08-2002, 04:33 PM

Originally posted by LPMiller
and nobody found it funny he plays right wing?

I did!

**Grimm** · 03-08-2002, 04:35 PM

Originally posted by Cantacuzene
typical americans abroad acting like jerks.

Americans don't have to go abroad to act like jerks... some do just fine here in the states.

Holding everyone in America responsable for a few jerks is ludicrous. Profesional atheletes from most nations turn out to be jerks.