The hockey community sent its support and prayers as word of the episode spread throughout the NHL.

NBC had to apologize after some vulgar language got on the air from Blues players after they win the Stanley Cup Wednesday.

The Blues stunned the Bruins with two quick goals, took that 2-0 lead into the first intermission and cruised to a 4-1 win Wednesday night.

Fans tossed debris onto the ice, and Bruins President Cam Neely, high up in a suite, threw a water bottle at a wall.

Blues fans sang the national anthem in unison at their watch party in St. Louis when their feed from Boston went dead.

After getting his helmet ripped off, Torey Krug skated down the ice, racing 150 feet and absolutely drilling Robert Thomas with an open-ice body check:

You can get away with flopping in the NBA, but the NHL has a different culture when it comes to such theatrics. Just ask Dallas defenseman Esa Lindell.