Q1: Is Lucic, and hockey in general, too violent?

A: Hockey is a game and many people like it. For me I don't like hockey sports because there are few informations about hockey in our society. But I think the game is a very exciting game, if you like to watch bumping in a game that will be a good choice. Is it too violent? I think maybe some players are too violent, but I think the game is not too violent. It depends on who and how to play, right? In general, it is just a sports game.

Q2: What messages does Lucic's story deliver?

A: The Lucic's story deliver some messages. First, it deliver that Lucic is a big size and strong man. He likes to play hockey and he is very suitable for play hockey. In order to win the hockey game to bump each other is unavoilable, so his size and strength is good for him to win the game. Lucic's spine bow outward would not interfere with his hockey career, maybe that will help him to play hockey better. So he is born for hockey sports.

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Milan Lucic was born in 1988 in Vancouver to Serbian immigrant parents. His father labors as a stevedore. Like many Canadian boys, Lucic grew up playing ice hockey with the dream of one day playing in the National Hockey League (NHL). What Lucic had going for him was size and strength, but his Achilles' heel was that he was a poor skater.

At age 15, Lucic's dream suffered a heavy blow when all 19 teams of the Western Hockey League (WHL) passed on him in the 2003 draft. Virtually every Canadian that ever made it to the NHL played their teen years at this elite level. Lucic was invited for a try-out with a team in the lesser British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL), but was further demoralized when he failed to even make that team. He nearly gave up hockey, but played in a third-tier league.

Things got even worse when, in that same year, Lucic was diagnosed with Scheuermann's disease, a rare skeletal disorder of unknown cause that makes the upper spine bow outward, creating a grotesque deformity. Lucic faced a few on-ice opponents that jeered at him and called him "Quasimodo," after the titular character in the classic novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Lucic would respond by dropping his gloves and pummeling them. It was in this year that Lucic developed a reputation for being very physical, as he often knocked opponents to the ice, bashed them into the boards and glass, and proved willing to fight the toughest opponents in the league. He was playing with a lot of anger as his spinal condition worsend and his posture took on an uncorrectable slouch.

However, his physical play and brute strength attracted plenty of attention. By the end of the hockey season, he jumped up two leagues and signed a contract with his hometown Vacouver Giants of the WHL. Two years later, he led the Giants in scoring, hitting and fighting en route to the WHL championship and tournament MVP award.

More importantly, his spine stopped growing outward and his doctors said there was no reason to believe that his deformity would ever interfere with his hockey career. Lucic is listed at 6"3" (and 228 lbs), but in reality he stands at about 6'0" unless he makes an effort to straighten his back and raise his head.

As for hockey, Milan Lucic wasn't really late bloomer. He impressed the Boston Bruins at training camp and unexpectedly made the NHL at age 19. During his 2007-2008 rookie year he played 77 games and tallied a respectable eight goals and 19 assists while leading his team in hits. As with all young players entering the NHL, he was tested by the older opponents and ended up having to fight 13 times. According to viewer voting on the website hockeyfights.com, he won 10 of those dust-ups.

About one-third of the way through his sophpmore season, Lucic is on Boston's top scoring line, with the team being ranked second in the 30-team NHL. Lucic has doubled his rookie scoring pace and his reputation for toughness has led to fewer fights. Concerning hitting, he has a comfortable lead among all NHLers with 133 hits in 33 games, a mark that has made him a favorite among hockey fans.

Many hockey observers believe Milan Lucic is on his way to becoming a perennial All-Star. Through constant drilling, he has upgradeed his skating to about average. Lucic is intelligent and articulate in interviews, and his favorite pastime is playing the saxophone.