All Entries Tagged With: "colin campbell"
Marchand’s Five-Game Suspension Reveals Inconsistencies In NHL Justice System
On Monday evening, Boston Bruins’ forward Brad Marchand was suspended for five games by NHL head disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan for his “hit” on Vancouver Canucks’ defenseman Sami Salo during Saturday’s matinee contest at TD Garden. In fairness to the league, Shanahan and the player safety department have done an excellent job in improving the league’s [...]
Friday Face-Offs- 4/22/2011: Anaheim-Nashville, Colin Campbell
It’s the morning of game five in the Anaheim-Nashville series as both teams prepare to take the ice tonight at the Honda Center. With the series tied at two games each, tonight essentially starts a best of three with Anaheim again having the home series advantage. They also get Bobby Ryan back in the lineup [...]
Friday Face-Offs, 3/11/2011
Big win last night to start the five game home stand. Let’s get started… Nashville’s Playoff Expectations With Nashville’s win over the Wild last night, SportsClubStats.com gives them a 59% chance of making the playoffs. Do I expect them to make the playoffs? No. Can they? Yes. But they require lots of help. Right now, [...]
Canadiens defeat Bruins 4-1; analysis of Chara’s dirty hit on Pacioretty
Tuesday evening, the Montreal Canadiens played one of their best all-around game of the season in a 4-1 win against their division rivals, the Boston Bruins; however, this beautiful win was clouded by Zdeno Chara’s dirty hit on youngster Max Pacioretty at the end of the second period. The night had begun fairly well for [...]
Backchecking: 10 Questions
It’s amazing how much convenient amnesia exists in the NHL — its players, announcers, executives and of course — its fans. With that in mind, I offer these ten questions for debate with some supporting follow-up question and editorial. 1) Can someone explain to and remind some of the fans and media types like Paul [...]
Pronger, Flyers get cheated by refs in shootout loss to Calgary
During the 2008 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals, with the New York Rangers on a 5-on-3 power play against the New Jersey Devils in the second period of a Game 3 tied game, Rangers pest Sean Avery parked himself as a screen, facing Devils goalie Martin Brodeur only to begin moving his arms back and forth. Later [...]
Slow Start Costs Canucks in Buffalo, Ballard to Return vs. Penguins
It was only a matter of time until the bad habit of giving up an early lead would cost the Vancouver Canucks.
Isles, Press and Fans Surprised by Two Game Suspension? Don’t Be
I have to tell you, I might be the only Isles fan not up in arms over Wisniewski being bounced for two games for making his head bounce simulating fellatio at a Columbus Day matinee full of ladies, gents, kids…and Gary Bettman. You really expected one game? The NHL under Bettman’s rule has made every [...]
Simply Put, A Bruins Run At Crosby Makes No Sense
It was the ugliest scene of the decade for the National Hockey League, and everyone remembers it, including Matt Cooke. After a questionable hit on Markus Naslund by Avalanche forward Steve Moore, a hit that forced the Canucks top-line center out of the line-up, went unsuspended, Todd Bertuzzi decided to take things into his own [...]
Wednesday Night Rant: Why Am I Not Shocked Campbell & The NHL Did Nothing?
NHL fans know the pain too well. The pain of their sport being consistently mocked by NBA, NFL, MLB, and at this point perhaps even WNBA fans for their consistent failures at being consistent, staged fights, and laundry list of issues with injuries. Adding to the list was the violent cheap-shot from Penguins punk Matt [...]
It’s a Start: NHL GMs Take Stance on Head Shots
It’s certain that a lot of eyes collectively rolled earlier this afternoon when Colin Campbell announced that there would be no suspension for Matt Cooke, who sent Marc Savard to the hospital with a vicious hit to the head in this past weekend’s game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Savard’s Boston Bruins. Whether Cooke ”intended” to injure [...]
Sanction not Cherry the Answer to Head Shots
Greg Wyshnyski, the editor and major writer of Y!’s Puck Daddy blog wrote a piece this morning on Don Cherry and asked the question should the flamboyant one join the charge against head shots in the league and drop his “old time hockey” mantra. Greg answers his own question “no“, but for different reasons than [...]
Headshots Are Ok If You Don’t Like the Guy
At least that is what Rafal Ladysz of The Hockey Writers will have you believe today. His piece today speaks about Duncan Keith “doing the world a favor” by going after Matt Cooke last Saturday. Mr. Ladysz speaks of the deliberate nature of the blow to the head that Keith handed Cooke. Oh of course [...]
Jury of the Bloggers Debates: Should Keith Ballard Be Suspended?
A panel of hockey bloggers discuss the Keith Ballard stick-swinging incident and whether there should be any discipline for it.
Wheel of Morality turn turn turn…
Y!’s Puck Daddy contributing Author Sean Leahy broke the news over Twitter and the NHL quickly confirmed that Pittsburgh forward Matt Cooke will be suspended 2 games and will be fined $29,268.30 (yeah nice round number there) for his high hit on Rangers rookie Artem Anisimov Saturday night at the Igloo. The hit came in [...]
Shots from the Point: 11/29/09
In this Edition: Matt Cooke and Anisimov, Jay McKee’s return schedule and the CBC calls Tenks dirty and in this case they are right. Matt Cooke and Artem Anisimov In the Saturday night opener of a home and home with the New York Rangers winger Matt Cooke took a run at Rangers rookie Artem Anisimov. [...]
Practice What You Preach
In the early 3rd period of Saturday night’s Flyers game against the Atlanta Thrashers, Colby Armstrong laid a shoulder check into Philadelphia forward James van Riemsdyk (JVR). Armstrong would get a five minute major for Charging and an additional five minutes for Fighting with Flyers goon Arron Asham immediately after the hit. It was a [...]
Cherry’s Mouth is Louder than His Suits
Don Cherry and his eyesore suits have rubbed me the wrong way twice already this young season. He is generally accepted as a book end authority on NHL hockey. He does possess a wide range of experience, though most of it not at the NHL level, and that experience ended in 1972. His total NHL [...]
No Doubt
The Blackhawks put the hammer down in the second period and rolled over the Calgary Flames 7-1 on Thursday night. The Hawks have now outscored the Flames 13-1 over the last five periods. The stunned Calgary crowed appeared to stay around for the final frame although the team provided a listless effort to conclude the [...]
In Search of Responsibility
On October 28, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell appeared before Congress to answer questions regarding the correlation of football and sustaining concussions due to hits to the head. On Friday, October 30th, Allan Muir of SI.com broached the subject of head-hunting in the NHL. On Monday, November 2nd, Darren Eliot of SI.com wrote a column addressing [...]