Mike Vallely Gets His Nose Broken

Either you love him, hate him, or don’t really care about him but enjoy watching his notorious fist fights. But all-in-all, Mike Vallely is one wild dude. He’s been a pro skater for 21 years and one of his oddest skater quirks is his size. He’s straight up burly. If you weren’t aware, most skaters are super thin, lanky, and scrawny (unless your jacked like Ryan Scheckler), but Mike V. is one huge mother. Actually, he now sings in a band called Revolution Mother which is surprisingly kind of cool, well, the guitarist is pretty good (peep a live video after the jump). Also surprising, he is now an official blogger on the Anaheim Mighty Ducks website. Apparently, he’s a diehard Ducks fan and basically worships them - religiously checks their website, a season ticket holder, and even hits the ice with the Ducks - we suppose those are the credentials for getting the blog. Oh yeah, he finally got his butt kicked (above) when he squared off with Ducks defencemen Steve Montado. But homie Steve didn’t play around, rather, he gave good ol’ Mikey boy just what he needed - a nose snapping left. Congrats, Steve. Well done.

Read Mike’s firsthand account of the fight below as well as a live performance from his band Revolution Mother.

Info: Mike Vallely Ducks Blog

I got on the ice at Honda Center yesterday with fellow pro skateboarder Billy Marks and some of the Ducks players to film a TV segment for the “Daily Habit” on Fuel TV to promote my affiliation with the Ducks.

The host for the segment, the whacky Jordan Morris, also joined us on the ice, but he had never been in hockey equipment before, could barely ice skate and didn’t even know how to hold a hockey stick. The idea for the segment (which we cultivated right then and there) was that Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Steve Montador, Billy Marks and I would give Jordan some pointers (like how to hold a hockey stick) and demonstrate to and upon him some of hockey’s rougher aspects, namely checking and fighting.

After the formalities of introductions and interviews we were ready to start playing some hockey. Suddenly and without any advance warning at all, Steve Montador just crushes Jordan with an open ice hit. It was so unexpected that the cameraman didn’t even film it. When I saw it happen I chuckled because although it seemed a bit excessive, it was funny and I figured it would make good TV. When I realized they had to do it again so the camera man could get it this time, I offered my services to come to Jordan’s defense and have a fun little tussle with Steve for the Fuel TV camera. Everyone thought that sounded like a good and funny idea – Mike V professional skateboarder coming to the defense of action sports TV personality Jordan Morris against rugged NHL defenseman Steve Montador.

So with the camera now set Montador takes another solid run at Jordan and Jordan goes flying to the ice. I skate over to the camera and mention how I feel Jordan’s honor should be defended and then I turn to Steve and drop my gloves. Steve drops his gloves and we have a nice little square off. This not being my first picnic, I reach in and get a good hold of Steve and throw a right hand that, if for real, would have done some damage. Steve, realizing this, gets reset and suddenly switches hands and drills me full on in the face with a mean left that was for real and really does some damage. I hear and feel my nose snap, and besides being hit from a mean left from Steve Montador I am hit with the realization:

Steve Montador just broke my nose.

Talk about good TV.

Still on my feet and tied up with Steve I look down to see my own blood start to speckle the ice. I lift my head up and glance over at Perry and Getzlaf; they can’t believe what they’ve just witnessed. Montador still has a firm grip on my collar, his left hand is still clenched and he seems to be looking for a chance to land the next shot. I look at him with blood pouring out of my nose like a leaky faucet and say, “Dude, you just broke my nose.” The words don’t seem to register fully and I’m thinking to myself, “Is this his way of telling me to keep my day job?”

Blood is now gushing from my nose down my face into my beard and onto the ice. Steve finally lets go of me realizing that this isn’t some WWE gag; that I’m hurt for real and the camera is rolling. Corey Perry grabs me a towel from the bench to sop up my bloody face and everyone just starts milling around not sure of what happens next. Me being the masochist that I am and knowing the show must go on, I put everyone at ease by having a good laugh about it and being as gracious as is possible upon having one’s face punched in. At the end of the day, Steve couldn’t have picked a better guy to wallop; I was made for this kind of stuff.

The way I see it first and foremost, it’s hockey and guys like Steve Montador and I live and die by the sword. That’s just the way it goes. Secondly, accidents happen. I’m pretty sure Steve didn’t mean to break my nose and even if he did, well I was out there messing around with him and that’s what I get. Third, who cares? It’s just my nose, it’s been broken before and it will be broken again. I don’t have a problem with it at all.

The worst thing about the whole incident was that it was apparent Steve felt really bad about it. I did my best to put his mind at ease, that it was okay. But as my face swelled and blood continued to trickle from my bent nose I could tell he was bummed. So I told him if he gave me a few hockey sticks we’d be square. He rushed into the locker room, grabbed me a handful of sticks and that was that.

Afterwards I saw George Parros outside the locker room and we had a good laugh about the whole thing. He said I shouldn’t let Montador off the hook that easy and that I should give him a hard time. Me being the Ducks fan I am, I did not agree with George at all. The Washington Capitals are in town tonight and the last thing I want Steve Montador worrying about is my mental state or my busted face. If I served as nothing more than a punching bag to help Steve prepare for his next scrape, then so be it. I’m a Ducks fan and I’ll do whatever I can to help the team I follow and support.

Maybe when the seasons over I’ll approach Steve for a rematch but for now…

Go Ducks.

– Mike V