When an NHL player finishes a two-hour game, they immediately board a plane for a long flight and travel to their next stop, which is a hotel, which must get quite exhausting at times. Teams normally have a morning skate the next day.
Smelling salts are just what athletes need when they need a little more jolt to get them awake during games. Check out the latest comical incidents with athletes using smelling salts. Carter Hart, who was not even playing but serving as the teams backup, was seen taking some and it was quite funny.
The most recent victim of the smelling salts in the Rangers head coach!? Yes, the coach, Gerald Gallant took quite the whiff of Alexis Lafrenier's smelling salts and the reaction was priceless, check it out below.