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VIDEO: Peter Laviolette Punches His Own Player In The Head

by Travis Hughes

Peter Laviolette is an intense man. With his Philadelphia Flyers down 2-0 after less than seven minutes of tonight's game in Carolina, he called a timeout.

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In some sort of bizarre (awesome?) pump-up ritual, he took out his gum, yelled at his team... and then he punched Ville Leino in the head.

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↵... and Leino didn’t even flinch. You know, like this happens all the time.

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