What are they passing?

[arrows91 0]

any ideas of what this is that is being passed from Kovalchuk to Kozlov?

[hawks19 0]

My guess would be smelling salts... but not sure.

[oggy_3 0]

smelling salts?, gum? or maybe sum crazy russian thing they take during games

[srv2miker 0]

My guess would be smelling salts... but not sure.

And you would be right.

[arrows91 0]

ahhh ok. Thanks.

[Fletch 219]

Some really good russian weed.

[#44wannabe 4]

Looks abit like a pouch of dip, but its probs not lol

[TBLfan 25]

definitely smelling salt. If you've ever been on a nhl bench after a game you'd see tons of used packets on the floor of the bench.

[Alias81 0]

I thought smelling salts were for people who have just been knocked out, what else are they for?

[TBLfan 25]

if you've ever smelt one it kinda "wakes you up". It's not just for when you get knocked out, but when you take a shot and you need to clear your head or any other time when you need to kinda "wake up," if that makes sense.

Maybe I should invest in a few boxes of smelling salt for the lightning pk unit. :o awwww

haha

[LkptTiger 1]

Definitely smelling salts. They're an eye-opener, for sure. If the Sudefed washed-down with Red Bull I take before every game don't get my brain awake, the untold number of sniffs I take of salts before and during the game do the trick...you just have to be careful not to singe your nose hairs.

Just wondering why they're called smelling SALTS, though? Anyone have a clue. I don't think NaCl has an odor to it, and, if it does, I doubt it smells anything like ammonia.

[ThePeteStanis 0]

I think it does smell like ammonia. A really condensed glass cleaner is what it reminds me of.

[LkptTiger 1]

That's what I'm saying - I've smelled sea-salt, and it doesn't smell anything like a smelling salt (ammonia).

[G60 0]

Just wondering why they're called smelling SALTS, though? Anyone have a clue. I don't think NaCl has an odor to it, and, if it does, I doubt it smells anything like ammonia.

this is why they're called salts:

"A salt, in chemistry, is any ionic compound composed of cations (positively charged ions) and anions (negative ions) so that the product is neutral (without a net charge)"

there's more salts than just table and sea salts.

[BK 0]

Pass the dutchiepan the left hand side.

[TBLfan 25]

After a quick search on wikipedia it says that "smelling salt" is ammonium carbonate.

It also says: "Smelling salts are used to arouse consciousness because the release of ammonia [NH3] gas that accompanies their use irritates the mucous membranes of the nose and lungs, and thereby triggers an inhalation reflex (that is, it causes the muscles that control breathing to work faster). One such smelling salt is ammonium carbonate (NH4)2CO3."

[mack 44]

You have to be the guy in the advert that sings "stop the catbox!"

[hockechamp14 0]

I know most powerlifters smell ammonia caps before competition lifts and before maxing out during training. I haven't seen it in a pouch like that though.

[hocckey77 0]

Where can you buy some at? I've never smelled it before

[Ultimus 0]

I seem to recall when Kozzie played with the Wings he used Breath right strips?

[DamnLocust 0]

I seem to recall when Kozzie played with the Wings he used Breath right strips?

That's actually what I thought it was, too. Still looks like it to me.

[TCsnipes9 0]

Manny Fernandez goes thru a TON of salts for every game. He keeps dozens of them in his watterbottle holder

[ThePurpleCobra 0]

http://ask.yahoo.com/20001206.html

[JR Boucicaut 3803]

Pass the dutchiepan the left hand side.

I owned that LP.

[LkptTiger 1]

Where can you buy some at? I've never smelled it before

They were supplied to us (my 'mates and I) by the team/organization, and I couldn't tell you where they came from. I'm sure you'll come-up with something if you search Google. I can, however, tell you that if you're just looking to sniff one for the novelty of sniffing one, you're probably not going to enjoy it.

I seem to recall when Kozzie played with the Wings he used Breath right strips?

I used to wear them, too...that definitely isn't one.

Come to think of it, I can't think of any NHLers that are using them now-a-days. Maybe the advent of the "clear" strips has made it more difficult to spot, but I remember there being dozens of guys using them back in the day...I believe Bondra was something of a posterboy for them.