The Philadelphia Flyer's are at the heart of another questionable hit. This time another Bruin is on the recieving end a cheap hit.
-----UPDATE-----
TORONTO --Philadelphia Flyers forward Scott Hartnell has been suspended for two games, without pay, as a result of being assessed a game misconduct during NHL game #342 against the Boston Bruins on Nov. 26, the National Hockey League announced today.
"It appears that Mr. Hartnell was attempting to let up on delivering a check to an opponent that was in a vulnerable position," said NHL Senior Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations Colin Campbell. "However, at the point of contact, he did deliver a blow to the head of Mr. Alberts that resulted in an injury."
Under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, and based on his average annual salary, Hartnell will forfeit $44,919.78. The money goes to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.
Hartnell was assessed a major penalty for boarding and a game misconduct for a hit on Boston defenseman Andrew Alberts at 14:22 of the second period.
Hartnell will miss Wednesday's game at Carolina and Dec. 1 against Dallas. He will be eligible to return Dec. 5 at Minnesota.
2 games, you have got to be kidding me. All this thug gets is two games for a dirty questionable hit on a player in a vulnerable position. I think the reason that Hartnell only gets 2 games for this cheap hit is the fact that he isn't a so called goon or tough guy with a shady reputation. The fact that the Bruins were playing the Flyer's for the first time after Randy Jones' questionable hit hit on Patrice Bergeron October 27th now witness this silly act. The league needs to take a pound of flesh from the Philadelphia Flyer's management, now a team that has had a player suspended: 25, 20, 6 and 2 game respectively. The Flyer's organization needs to be held accountable for the acts of its players.
Why don't you try and post a video clip clear enough that people can see the hit and see what actually happened. Hartnell is throwing up snow for at least five feet before contact. He tried to stop as soon as Andrews went down. Why the hell did Andrews need the play that puck from his knees.
ReplyDeleteThis can be fixed real simple change the rule to read: Any Head contact gets a min 2 day suspension and causing an injury from any hit gets get an 5 game suspension. Anyone that get caught intentionally putting themselves in a position to try to draw a head contact penalty get a 1 game suspension. No questions asked. No review at a later time. The only review should be by the league to apply corrective action to the refs for not making the right call. The refs need to call the penalty on the ice. Not Toronto. If toronto want to call the games then they need to figure out a way to monitor all games remotely and be the the only officials involved in the game and take the refs off the ice.
Mike if you listen to XM204 NHL home ice you will know that most of the people that have been on agree that this is a suspendable offense. Wether he was slowing down or not the Hartnell did not need to hit Alberts.
ReplyDeleteThat was the best tape of the game I could find. It came from Hockey fights and is the one that is up on YouTube.