Minor League Hockey Announcer Struck By Chair Thrown By Angry Fan. [VIDEO]

Being a play-by-play announcer for any sport is stressful but hockey is a different animal altogether.

So normally the action is on the ice during a hockey game but recently the play-by-play man, Brandon Astle got in on the action.

I don’t mean that Brandon went down on the ice and got into a fight… the fight actually came up to the booth for Brandon.

Astle was calling the AHL playoff game between the Abbotsford Canucks and the Calgary Wranglers when a fan sitting behind him picked up a chair and threw it at him, striking the back of his legs.

Who are you… Bobby Knight?

Obviously, Astle’s attention shifted from the faceoff on the ice to the chairoff in the stands saying,

“Got some yahoo chirping at me from behind. Get out of here! What was he doing? Security! Try that again. I’m fired up. He threw my chair at me, hit me right in the back of the leg. Like, what was he doing here? Unreal. Have another beer.”

Astle was not hurt and the fan received a game misconduct penalty and was immediately ejected.

The Canucks won the game and advanced to the AHL Western Conference Finals.

Game On!

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