Hockey

[ila]

Originally Posted by shadows

Ila, even though I know you are a Montreal fan and could be biased(but I don't think you are), what is your opinion on the George Larroque(sp?) hit on Kronwall that took him out for 4-8 weeks. Do you think it was deliberate or just a accident like he says? I have not seen the hit so I cannot pass judgement.

Originally Posted by shadows

Laraque got a 5 game suspension, Ila.

Hi shadows. I've gone through the sports pages of the local newspapers and I've looked for clips of the the hit and out of all this all I could find was news about the five game suspension.

I asked around work and no one knew too much about it. I'm going to have to say that if it was deliberate then Laraque deserves the suspension and possibly even longer. If it wasn't a deliberate hit then he didn't deserve any suspension at all. Knee on knee hits can be career enders and I would hope that no player would deliberately hit another player in such a fashion. Knee on knee can also easily be accidental so I hope Campbell reviewed a video of the whole game before he came to a decision.

[shadows]

Originally Posted by ila

Hi shadows. I've gone through the sports pages of the local newspapers and I've looked for clips of the the hit and out of all this all I could find was news about the five game suspension.

I asked around work and no one knew too much about it. I'm going to have to say that if it was deliberate then Laraque deserves the suspension and possibly even longer. If it wasn't a deliberate hit then he didn't deserve any suspension at all. Knee on knee hits can be career enders and I would hope that no player would deliberately hit another player in such a fashion. Knee on knee can also easily be accidental so I hope Campbell reviewed a video of the whole game before he came to a decision.

I think someone(dauls?) mentioned that there was a clip of the hit up at tsn.ca. You could check there if you wanted to.

Speaking of suspensions, it looks like Daniel Briere of Philadelphia has been suspended for two games for a late hit. Jen won't be too impressed with that I think, especially since they have lost three straight games.

[transjen]

Late hit my
Flyersfan Jen

[shadows]

Originally Posted by transjen

Late hit my
Flyersfan Jen

I guess I was correct with my assessment on how Jen would react.

I have not seen it, but read about it on NHL.com.

[transjen]

It was a bad call on the refs part had i been the ref i wouldn't have called it at all as it was part of the game a little hitting is all part of the game and should not be called unless it's a brawl or a stick gets jamned yp someone's butt
Flyersfan Jen

[shadows]

One game last night, so it will make my post an easy one.

Montreal beat Columbus 5-3. Columbus is reeling right now. They had the lead, but totally fell apart in the third period! Well, serves 'em right I guess. Ila will be doing the happy shuffle(he can't dance, after all) now!

[shadows]

Nonsense dauls! There is no such thing as offtopic in this thread(unless it is non-sports related:D). Tennis is great, and I actually enjoy playing it during the nice weather.

Onto the scores from last night. A lot of people will be happy here, but alas, one of us will be crying into his milk(does a polar bear even drink milk?) ).

1. New Jersey beat Ottawa 3-1. It finally looks like New Jersey has righted their ship. dauls will be happy.

2. Philadelphia beat the Islanders 2-1. A closer score than I thought it would be, but at least Philly won. Their mini-losing streak is over. Jennifer will be happy.

3. Washington beat Buffalo 2-0. While Jen is probably angry that the Capitals won, she should take solace that if the NHL has any sense of fair play then Ovechkin should be suspended for his boarding penalty last night which garnered him a Game Misconduct(which tossed him from the game!).

4. Toronto beat Tampa Bay 4-3(in REGULATION TIME, BABY!!!!). Since you and I are both happy about this score, did you care to dance with me Jen. *does the happy dance*

5. Pittsburgh beat Montreal 3-1. No fault of Price's. The offense disappeared. Again. Ila will not be pleased.

6. The Rangers beat Florida 2-1 in the shootout. I was less than five minutes away from getting 7 points for a Lundqvist shutout. Why could they have not kept the tying goal out of the net!?!?!?

7. Atlanta beat Detroit 2-0. Pavelec played well again. Detroit's offense vanished for the third(fourth?) straight game.

8. Boston beat Minnesota 2-1 in the shootout. Oh joy. Another shootout.

9. St. Louis beat Dallas 4-3 in the shootout. How about that? Another shootout!

10. Nashville beat Colorado 4-3 in overtime. At least it wasn't another shootout. Nashville is HOT right now.

11. Calgary beat Phoenix 2-1. Darn it! I need the Bryzgalov points for a win! Why couldn't you win for me?

12. LA beat Edmonton 3-1. Khabibulin did not play again, so he has to be hurt. I do not know what the injury is, though.

13. Anaheim beat Carolina 3-2. Yay! We passed Carolina in the standings! Also, Eric Staal made his return to the Carolina lineup and got an assist.

14. Chicago crushed San Jose 7-2. Hossa made his return and got 2 goals. A sign of things to come for the rest of the year, or just making the most of an off night for San Jose?

That is it for the scores. It was a busy night!

[Captn Sacto]

Watched the Blackhawk-Sharks game. The Blackhawks played as if it was a playoff game and the Sharks played as if it was, well a playoff game. The first two periods where played entirely in the sharks end, they made soft passes that were intercepted and when they did get the puck out of their end, had to shoot the it deep for a line change. Hawks first two goals were both short handed. Nabakof (sp) actually played well for the first half of the game. Hawks were the much better team.

[shadows]

Originally Posted by Captn Sacto

Watched the Blackhawk-Sharks game. The Blackhawks played as if it was a playoff game and the Sharks played as if it was, well a playoff game. The first two periods where played entirely in the sharks end, they made soft passes that were intercepted and when they did get the puck out of their end, had to shoot the it deep for a line change. Hawks first two goals were both short handed. Nabakof (sp) actually played well for the first half of the game. Hawks were the much better team.

I also think that Chicago scored either 3 or 4 short-handed goals in a row. That is some really crappy PP'ing on San Jose's part!

[shadows]

Only two games last night.

1. Ottawa beat Columbus 2-1. At least Columbus didn't get blown away this time.

2. Vancouver beat LA 4-1. Vancouver exploded for 3 goals in the third period to claim victory.

It'll be a busy weekend!