This poor old policeman tried to jump in the way while we were throwing 'em, and I nailed him and knocked him out. He refused to work another hockey game. That cop would have freaked out if he had seen Dudley, playing for Cincinnati of the old WHA, scaling the penalty box glass in Birmingham to get at an opponent. The scene made such an impression on Birmingham fans, they taunted Dudley during subsequent visits with a Spiderman puppet wearing his No. 9. Such scenes are almost non-existent today, mainly because penalty boxes are so insulated and because there would be severe penalties.
Players still communicate from box to box.
Some tap the glass with their sticks. Nashville's Scott Walker once stuck his tongue out at San Jose's Bryan Marchment. One thing Tampa Bay's Dwyer doesn't recommend is throwing something. St. Petersburg Times.