This vindicates Sioux forward Corban Knight. All week long UMD and Sioux fans have pontificated on the hit in question and some fans had thought it was a dirty hit, Sioux fans were told we were delusional because we said it was a clean hit and that there was no elbow on Connolly and it looks like the people that were
calling out Whistler were wrong. The WCHA is going to use it as an example.
Word is that the WCHA has requested video of a Corban Knight hit on Duluth's Mike Connolly from last week to use as an example that a textbook clean hit can still result in an injury.
Connolly was shaken after colliding with Knight during the third period of last Saturday's game. He didn't return, but he did practice this week and is in the lineup tonight against Minnesota. [UND hockey blog]
I'll probably be out and about trying to knock the dust off a few coyotes tomorrow. Do we need any crow for the grill for Gorg?
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear that Connolly was playing this weekend.
ReplyDeleteYou sure don't want a guy that plays his game missing any games against the Gophers.
I wonder if all of the people that called Whistler out will apologize?
ReplyDeleteWhat a joke.
ReplyDeleteWhistler is a prick. Can't apologize for that.
And Connolly's head was driven into the boards by Knight. NOT a clean hit.
I love how you think the WCHA leadership is suddenly brilliant now...
Funny the league doesn't agree with you RWD.
ReplyDeleteGoon,
ReplyDeleteI actually agree with you on the hit in question, but if you believe that thsi hit was legal, than how can you possibly believe that Marvin's hit on Geoffreon was illegal. Makes no sense! The two opinions completely take away your credibility.
Joe I disagree with your point, the Marvin hit on Geoffrion was a head shot and the NCAA is supposed to be cracking down on it.
ReplyDeleteSo basically what your saying is every blogger or sports writer that disagrees with you is wrong and some how they have credibility issues? There are a lot of people that agree the Marvin hit on Geoffrion was illegal and warranted a penalty, also the head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers and I are on the same page.
The only people that I really see saying it's a good hit are SCSU Fans.
I will admit I am a husky fan, but any person that has played hockey realizes that Geoffreon just got caught with his head down. By the book it is a penalty, although that is another debate in of itself, but there is no way a suspension should even be considered for that hit. Even if he does have a reputation (1 cheap hit does not create a reputation)you have to take each incident by its lonesome to make a decision on suspensions. I truly believe that ND fans have to accept the fact that they got there revenge and let the Marvin thing go. Marvin knows he made a bad play and was willing to stand up to what ever ND brought the other weekend. I thought that was pretty stand up, and I truly wonder if any of the ND players would have done the same. I hope that they would!
ReplyDeleteJoe, big shock you're a SCSU fan, I couldn't have guessed. I would say that UND players didn't get revenge for the Marvin hit on Genoway. Hockey players have long memories and the Genoway hit will be answered for in the future, probably not this season, but you never know, unforunately the refs stepped in before this could get settled, so I would predict this is not over, not yet. I would bet you that. Makes for good theather in the playoffs, because now all of the players on the Huskies are going to be looking over their shoulder if they play the Sioux or Badgers.
ReplyDeleteNow the sad thing is Marvin has two teams looking for him and the refs in the WCHA. See how this works? Eventually someone is going to catch him with his head down skating over the blue line and a player from another team is going to smoke him with a questionable hit and then we are going to hear squawking from the SCSU coaching staff and fans. The league has gotten out of control, we have no one to blame but McLown and Papa Shep.
I definitely would squak if there was intent. But in all honesty I have the ability to separate my loyalties from what actually happened. Sioux fans no questions asked had a reason to be upset. I would have been upset to. The simple fact is though, Marvin did not have any intent to hit Geoffreon in the head. If you can not see that then you are not separating yourself. And for the refs stopping the showdown between ND good and Marvin was idiotic by the refs. It would have been the easiest way to end things and Marvin was willing to go! Just hope to see good hockey in the WCHA playoffs. One last question, do you think that trying to injure someone i retaliation is ok? The only reason I ask is no matter what you say about the hit on Genaway (it was cheap), there is no way Marvin was intending to injure anyone long term! So I am just curious if you feel it is ok to try and intentionally hurt another player for revenge?
ReplyDeleteJoe - I'm not questioning intent on Marvin's hit myself... but the fact is... it was a shot to the head, whether Blake's head was down or not, and the NCAA has a zero tolerance policy on hits to the head. Intent has nothing to do with it, IMO. I don't know Aaron Marvin, or what kind of person he is, so I'm not going to get into a debate about his intent. A suspension is being considered because Marvin is a repeat offender and he needs to get it through his head that he needs to be more careful. I'm all for physical play, but there is a line. Dirty hits will be retaliated, not necessarily in a similar dirty play, but you gotta stick up for your teammates. I don't think the point of retaliation is to injure someone, I think the point is to send a message that if you're going to cheap shot someone you need to know there are consequences. I'm not personally a fan of injuring other players on purpose, no matter what they did.
ReplyDeleteSara,
ReplyDeleteI argument is rational and well thought out. The only I struggle with is Aaron Marvin or any other player for that fact has no way of knowing whether there shoulder is going to hit someones head. The game is just too fast. I broke my jaw in high school via a hit to my head, but it was a clean hit I had my head down and it happened so fast that the other player had no way of knowing weather or not he was hitting my head or not. It is just not reasonable to try and put restrictions on hits like these. Also, there are plenty of big hits that contact the head that nobody cries about because they dont cause injury. You are towing a very scary line if you start to base suspensions on the severity of injury. Lastly, I am all for sticking up for your teamate...but do in a respectable fashion. Get the guy that did the damage back...and dont try and intentionally try injure someone. The Sioux were taking intentional shots to injure at players like garret Roe a couple of weekends ago.
Joe, I am for the hockey code, It means if you cheap another player you answer for it, per the code.
ReplyDeleteThis is the problem with the WCHA league office and the officials have created this mess, and now each weekend they are sitting on a powder keg.