Throughout all of professional sports you hear of weird remedies and health tricks athletes use to give them the edge in their sport. In the late 90’s you had countless MLB players using needles to make their testosterone levels look like their credit card number. Tom Brady hadn’t had a carb since 2005 before he retired. Tonya Harding had her opponent’s knee caps turned into dust to try and secure a victory. But what is it that these Russian hockey players are doing that turns them into maniacs that invade the other team’s country net on a whim?
The answer is “The Russian Gas”. A substance straight out of a Marvel movie that not only gives these guys the mindset of playing absolutely no defense most of the time, but also makes scoring goals as easy as breathing in the crisp Siberian air they were raised in before being shipped to the US to dummy our league.
If you ever wondered how Vladdy Poots scored >8 goals in an exhibition game against professional players over in Russia, now you know. It definitely wasn’t because the opposing team’s players thought they’d be endangered if they didn’t let it happen, he would NEVER https://morning-skate.com/2023/08/17/what-is-the-russian-gas-an-investigative-piece-on-what-makes-russian-hockey-players-have-super-powers-on-the-ice/
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