http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/penguinsmarch/12626/ NHL hockey blogosphere of your favorite team rumors, trades, opinion, recaps, previews and news Sun, 20 May 2012 16:58:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/penguinsmarch/12626/comment-page-1/#comment-55056 Matt Cooke: He did it again | Hockey Independent Mon, 21 Mar 2011 07:46:08 +0000 http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/?p=12626#comment-55056 [...] the first point, Cooke’s latest elbow to the head illustrates what I have maintained about safety and respect among players and deterrence and discipline in the NHL si....  Until suspensions for hits to the head and neck are raised to a significant level such as 15 to [...] [...] the first point, Cooke’s latest elbow to the head illustrates what I have maintained about safety and respect among players and deterrence and discipline in the NHL si….  Until suspensions for hits to the head and neck are raised to a significant level such as 15 to [...]

]]> http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/penguinsmarch/12626/comment-page-1/#comment-49331 Abject chaos: Isles show cowardice in the name of revenge against Pens | Hockey Independent Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:18:30 +0000 http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/?p=12626#comment-49331 [...] Let me be clear on another important point: it does not escape notice that the Penguins employ one of the league’s most notorious agitators, Matt Cooke, ironically serving a four-game suspension for charging and hitting Columbus defenceman Fyodor Tyutin from behind earlier in the week.  Cooke also initiated a borderline-dirty knee-to-knee hit on Alex Ovechkin last Sunday and of course, famously delivered a blindside elbow to the head of Boston’s Marc Savard which incited the Bruin forward’s concussion problems and indirectly led to rule changes on hits to the head.  This writer immediately came out strongly against that hit and suggested heavy suspensions for such .... [...] [...] Let me be clear on another important point: it does not escape notice that the Penguins employ one of the league’s most notorious agitators, Matt Cooke, ironically serving a four-game suspension for charging and hitting Columbus defenceman Fyodor Tyutin from behind earlier in the week.  Cooke also initiated a borderline-dirty knee-to-knee hit on Alex Ovechkin last Sunday and of course, famously delivered a blindside elbow to the head of Boston’s Marc Savard which incited the Bruin forward’s concussion problems and indirectly led to rule changes on hits to the head.  This writer immediately came out strongly against that hit and suggested heavy suspensions for such …. [...]

]]> http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/penguinsmarch/12626/comment-page-1/#comment-47001 Crosby to miss All Star Game: Clearing up concussion confusion | Hockey Independent Tue, 25 Jan 2011 05:19:31 +0000 http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/?p=12626#comment-47001 [...] like last March when Penguins’ left wing Matt Cooke levelled Boston Bruin Marc Savard with an elbow to the head, touching off another firestorm of cries for stiffer penalties for head shots, the NHL is at [...] [...] like last March when Penguins’ left wing Matt Cooke levelled Boston Bruin Marc Savard with an elbow to the head, touching off another firestorm of cries for stiffer penalties for head shots, the NHL is at [...]

]]> http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/penguinsmarch/12626/comment-page-1/#comment-4037 Kevin G Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:09:50 +0000 http://hockeyindependent.com/blog/?p=12626#comment-4037 If he hadn't lifted the elbow, and finished his check without the chicken wing,  its legit.  He clearly went up with the elbow. If he hadn’t lifted the elbow, and finished his check without the chicken wing,  its legit.  He clearly went up with the elbow.

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