In the Blackhawk/Wild game, I didn't like the hard hit and then the pay back later on. I suppose you can say that's part of the game. Both players hit were left woozy, I don't like to see someone stumbling to walk. That was the retaliation, the 1st hit left the player face down for a few moments on the ice, oh well.
Interesting reading here, I haven’t been able to watch the Pens/Rangers series closely.
“Mr. Fraser,
In the PIT/NYR Round 2 series, there have been two separate occasions where Marc Staal has taken blatant shots to the head of Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby. In Game 3, Staal hit Crosby with a viscous crosscheck to the back of the head. I was shocked that a penalty wasn’t even called on the ice! The league then came out the following day and said that no punishment would be handed down for the hit. The following night, in Game 4, Staal again went after Crosby’s head. This time it was a blatant elbow. Again, it was from behind, to the back of the head, nearly knocking the helmet off Crosby’s head. Again, there was no call on the ice, and no action taken by the league.
Can you explain to me how the league and officials, in this era of “no tolerance” for hits to the head, can allow this kind of thing to go on? How can there be no call on the ice? Obviously, since there was no action for the league, or penalty called, in Game 3, Staal figured he was cleared to do it again in Game 4. I mean, if the NHL doesn’t care about the well-being of its marquee players, why should Staal?
Thanks for listening. Any light you can shed on this subject would be great!”
Read the Official’s answer at: http://www.tsn.ca/blogs/kerry_fraser/?id=451684