NHL Tweets of the Month: Gaborik’s girlfriend is hockey tough

Carey Price's game-saver, Mrazek's magnificent paddle and Andrei Vasilevskiy demonstrating why the Lightning traded Ben Bishop are all on display.

Luke Fox February 28, 2017, 3:36 PM

Marian Gaborik’s girlfriend takes a puck to the face, Phil Kessel sees his shadow, and Alex Ovechkin gets intimate with Kevin Shattenkirk in February’s Top 10 NHL Tweets of the Month.

10. Trade season begins with a bang in Calgary.

https://twitter.com/mbacklund11/status/833855702531710976

9. Most disturbing Groundhog Day ever.

Ladies and gentlemen, Punxsutawney Phil Kessel… pic.twitter.com/SZNTsxRKxL

— Benstonium (@Benstonium) February 2, 2017

8. Vladdy is for the children.

https://twitter.com/FromTheFaceoff/status/833858124461330432

7. Total phail.

LOOK AT THIS FOTOGRAPH pic.twitter.com/Yf9Ip0LSi2

— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) February 18, 2017

6. Marian Gaborik’s girlfriend, Ivana Surovcova, takes a puck to the face while watching a Kings-Avalanche game. Worse: She had to watch Colorado play for 60 minutes.

Tough lil warrior. The puck knew to hit on the hottest girl in the crowd. #10zips #doublelayer pic.twitter.com/a4riIuMW3Z

— Marian Gaborik (@MGaborik12) February 2, 2017

5. New math.

Me and Tom Brady have a combined 5 championships! #blessed

— Strombone (@strombone1) February 6, 2017

4. If you can’t laugh at the mumps outbreak, what can you laugh at?

I'm not a betting man, but if I were, you gotta think I somehow get the mumps again

— Beau Bennett (@BeauBennett19) February 24, 2017

3. Mild milestone for Monny.

Michael Frolik said congrats on your 99th goal. I said no Michael it's my 100th, he said oh wow that's great and then I said thanks.

— Boring Sean Monahan (@boringmonahan) February 24, 2017

2. The time of year when Mrs. Gryba hits the panic button.