was right when he talked about the dooef yen si downward by creating a world where people are dependent on the government. we now have to shatter some of the false totems out there and work on restoring what i think is important, which is the individual. we have to get these kids very early and try to give them opportunity that they don t feel they have. because ultimately these acts of violence are coming from desperation. absolutely. that underlying issue. moynahan spoke about the importance of providing work not just about the collapse of the black family. the importance of providing jobs and nobody s doing that effectively. it s not income inequality it s opportunity inequality. and jobs. but to a certain extent we re watching similar things around the world. we re watching unemployed kids uneducated creating chaos. the difference is they all have cell phones they all can text. they can create a riot very quickly. the only thing that s going to stop them is going to be go
of organized hockey for kids. we re under way. tonight s matchup is between the hometown eugene generals in white and the visiting seattle totems in green. john strong announces the game. there had been some nasty games between the teams. there had been some fights. this is game four of a best of five series, and the generals are looking to eliminate the totems tonight. you always had an extra element in these elimination games where you had one team that was very desperate, like a caged animal, and it was going to be an absolute battle. you know what tonight could mean if they lose, their season s done. the two teams face off and the seattle totems strike first, taking an early lead. in for a goal! once again, seattle s on the board first. minutes later, the generals left winger matt vassel scores big. he gets it in and the generals have tied the game! the two teams match each other goal for goal. he scores! scores!
to see. it was basically like a cartoon, where you see two characters fighting and it just basically is a giant cloud of dust. that s all we could see. i tried to slam him down on to the ground. i believe his head actually hit the concrete wall. so i don t think that had to feel have felt too good. and this is getting really ugly and unfortunate, folks. it s still just junior hockey. the stadium is in shock. no one knows who the attacker is. we had no idea if it was a fan or a player. i can t tell by looking at him if that s a totem scratch or if it s a fan. the attacker sprints to the totems dressing room. moments later, the broadcast booth reveals that he s a scratched player for the totems. every night you have a couple guys they called healthy scratches that basically aren t dressed for that night, they sit in their street clothes, they watch from the stands. oh, what happened there? the scratched player had plenty of time to think about what he was doing as h
shot, scores, tie game! during the battle on the ice, there are several penalties for foul play. you see the pushing and shoving. daniel vell directs the broadcast. there is a lot of hitting going on in the game, hard hits. hard collision with brower. there was lots of physical contact in that game. lots of talking, lots of chattering, them saying stuff to us, us saying stuff to them. with time running out and his team winning 7-5, matt vassel collides with the totems lead scorer. he was the one that got tripped up by matt vassel. i got what they called a kneeing penalty. that s where i supposedly stuck my knee out to stop a guy that was going by. the totems erupt in anger. the totems coaching staff is irate right now. rather than go into the penalty box, matt is told to hit the showers. there was only a minute,
scratch ran down, comes across, makes his way and meets matt right where we re standing. luckily, no one s injured in the attack. the eugene generals wind up winning the game 8-5. matt vassel chooses not to press charges against his attacker, but the totems scratched player receives a 14-game suspension. i don t think he thought about any consequences that might come up from what he did. it was just kind of like a dire type of thing to do, to just do whatever he could to hurt us, because they knew we were going on in the playoffs. vassel s still talking to english. oh, what happened there? one of the fans came in! john strong looks back in amazement when he thinks about the night the action moved off the ice. that was completely unique. that was completely outlandish. it was completely beyond anything that i had seen then and anything we have seen since.