Minor League Hockey Player Unloads Ruthless Chirp After Doing Research On Opponent

There's an art to trash-talking. 

Sure, anyone can go out and say some nasty stuff, but the best know you have to put in the work to be a top-tier chirper.

Ethan Miedema of the Ontario Hockey League's Kingston Frontenacs appears to know this and it's clear that he has done his homework on the chirping front.

The OHL playoffs are underway and Miedema's Frontenacs are taking on the North Bay Batallion in the first round.

The Batallion took the first two games, but late in the Game 3, Kingston found themselves up 3-1 late in the third period.

The 19-year-old Sabres draft pick had himself a goal on the night already when he found himself in the sin bin at the same time as Batallion defenseman Jacob Leblanc.

This is when Miedema started chirping and showed that he has a firm grasp on his adversary's history in the league, and it all started with the universal shushing sign.

"There's a reason…. there's a reason you've been on four teams," Miedema said. 

Ouch. He could've just said, "Bro, you suck,?" but instead he tried to make Leblanc go the introspective route while they sat in the box. I don't think that poor guy thought he'd be spending two minutes running through his entire junior hockey career. 

That's ruthless; he's engaging in psychological warfare.

Kingston Frontenacs player Ethan Miedema showed that he may be an up-and-coming trash-talking prodigy. (Getty Images)

Miedema Might Be One Of Hockey's Best Up-And-Coming Chirpers

But surely, he wouldn't be able to rattle off all four teams Leblanc has suited up for in his OHL career, could he?

"One, Kitchener (Rangers), Niagra (IceDogs), Sarnia (Sting), North Bay (Battalion)," Miedema said, counting each team off on his fingers. 

This is the kind of trash-talking that I love. The well-researched kind that can cut deep.

When I was in high school, my team played a rival school, and after the game, one of my friends showed me a one-sheet a student had made that had every player on the other team's name, and some ammunition to chirp them with. 

Some standouts I remember were that they noted one kid had a sister while next to another player's name it just said, "Has no friends."

That kind of chirp prep by my school chums was awe-inspiring. Had they done half of that for Algebra class, they wouldn't be in jail right now.

As I mentioned, Miedema is a Sabres draft pick, so if and when he makes it to the show, someone needs to throw a mic on him, because he's already chirping at an NHL level.