This is the latest suspension to be handed down by the NHL. Repeat offender Ed Jovanovski tries to take out Islanders star John Tavares head with a vicious elbow to the head. Jovanovski is the same guy that tried to decapitate Wild forward Andrew Ebbett only a month ago. From watching the video it would appear that Jovanovski hasn’t learned his lesson yet and is still head hunting only one moth after is serving a 2 game suspension. If you listen closely to the video you can hear the elbow of Jovanovski hitting Tavares in the head. While the play continues check out the sweet goal by former Gopher Kyle Okposo.
Phoenix Coyotes defenseman Ed Jovanovski has been suspended for two games, without pay, for elbowing New York Islanders center John Tavares in a game Saturday, the NHL announced today.
With 17 seconds remaining in the first period of a game the Islanders would win 5-4, Jovanovski delivered an elbow to Tavares' head area and was assessed a major penalty for elbowing and a game misconduct.
Jovanovski, who was suspended for two games back in December, now is considered a repeat offender under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. He will forfeit $158,536.59 in salary based on the number of games (82) in a season, rather than the number of days (193). The money goes to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.
Jovanovski will miss Coyotes' games Tuesday against San Jose and Thursday against New Jersey. He will be eligible to return Saturday against Minnesota. [NHL.com]
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Typical NHL thing to do, suspend a player for hitting the NHL's PR players...
ReplyDeleteIf the NHL wanted to crack down on this, they'd treat all the players the same. For an example on Dec. 27th Patrick Kaleta took out Paul Kariya.
Kariya was very disappointed that the NHL did not suspend Kaleta, who did receive a 2-minute elbowing penalty on the play.
“In my opinion, there was a blatant elbow to the head,” Kariya said. “The league is talking about eliminating head shots. I thought that was a perfect example of a guy with the intent to hit to the head and nothing else. It should have been a suspendable play. It certainly wasn’t a love tap and had to be pretty significant to knock me out.”
Kariya has also been irked, in light of the incident, by some who have labeled him “concussion prone.” In the late 1990s, Kariya had a series of concussions, but he’s gone more than a decade without one.
“For some reason, I continue to be asked questions about regarding concussions,” Kariya said. “I haven’t missed a game from a concussions in 12 years, since that 1998 hit from Gary Suter.”
Read more here:
http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/morning-skate/uncategorized/2010/01/payne-leaning-on-blues-staff-for-lineup-ideas/
Kariya's only been out for 8 games now..
The Collin Cambpell wheel of justice isn't very consistant. If I am not mistaken didn't Kaleta do something like this the week before the Karyia incident?
ReplyDeleteThe Collin Cambpell wheel of justice isn't very consistant. If I am not mistaken didn't Kaleta do something like this the week before the Karyia incident?
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