It was nice to see a friendly face in such hostile territory, or so Gordie Dwyer thought. Dwyer began to smile back when the child, in an impressive display of sportsmanship and parenting, gave Dwyer the finger. You don't get angry when you see that kind of stuff. It was pretty funny. The penalty box is hockey's theater of the absurd, where players banished for either two minutes, five or 10, depending on their transgressions, find a confessional to reflect on their sins or a cauldron to further stoke their emotions.
Some players shoot the breeze with the penalty box official.
Others stare at the floor. Some flirt with female fans, some with the anger that got them there in the first place. Some, like Dwyer, find the humor in the situation. He tears you up. It's actually pretty funny.