In reading this article; do you see a potential problem? It’s almost a week later and the league still hasn’t made a decision on Aaron Marvin’s status for next weekend. If this was the NHL the NLPA would be all over this. This is a joke, either suspend the player in question or not. This
hit in question is either worthy of additional supplemental punishment or it’s not. What is taking so long? This is why the WCHA league administrators are looked at with contempt. It’s incidents like this that make the WCHA leadership look like a Kangaroo Court but also makes them look like a bunch of bumbling buffoons.
WCHA commissioner Bruce McLeod said Friday that there is a potential violation stemming from last Saturday's St. Cloud State game at Wisconsin and the Huskies are in the process of an appeal.
The "potential violation" in question is Huskies forward Aaron Marvin's center-ice shoulder-to-head hit on Badgers captain Blake Geoffrion. No penalty was called but Geoffrion was knocked out of the game and is missing this weekend's series at Michigan Tech because of a concussion.
"We're into the process and St. Cloud was notified Sunday of the potential violation in our view," McLeod said. "It's been a little slower than normal coming to a resolution in part because we have the luxury, I guess, of St. Cloud not playing this weekend. We want to get through this as quickly as possible. I don't think anything would happen before (early next week). But we know (SCSU coach Bob Motzko) and his team needs to prepare for the series ahead so we want to do something as early as we can."
McLeod said he could not discuss the specifics of the violation or the hit on Geoffrion until after the process is completed.
Reading between the lines here, it seems all but certain Marvin will face some penalty next week and could miss one or both games of the regular-season finale against Minnesota State-Mankato. If senior defenseman Garrett Raboin (who suffered an ankle injury on a questionable hit by Badgers forward Aaron Bendickson) also can't play, the Huskies would be without both of their captains. [Pucks and Bats]
Are you trying to drive us away from your site? Move on, please!
ReplyDeleteHow so? I was making a point how bad the league office was bumble F'N around instead of making a decison.
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ReplyDeleteYou mean the ones who don't feel the WCHA Administration's problems need press every time they make a mistake?
I dunno. Perhaps. I'm not a "head in the sand makes the grass greener all around" type of guy.
I say every time the WCHA Admin screw up, NAIL their arse.
That's how it is. Is it annoying? Yup. IT IS MEANT TO BE. Why? Because that's how it is to me (and perhaps Goon too, though I'll let him speak for himself).
I don't expect perfection. But I do expect timely and consistent action by a league to enforce the rulebook established by the overseeing entity (in this case the NCAA) and approved by the league. McLeod and Shepherd can't do that. And the knowledge must be known and driven into everyone's skulls.
Redwing77 I do expect the league officials to a least be serviceable and I do expect a level of competence from the best league in college hockey. Right now the WCHA office is a joke to the rest of college hockey and people are starting to speak up.
ReplyDeleteDelaying this decision is doing an injustice to the entire SCSU men's hockey program. I know they had the weekend off, but you can bet during this weekend the coaches were preparing for their next opponent. They should know by now if they will have Marvin for their next game or not. It may make a difference in their gameplan. This is just another fine example of how the WCHA-heads are totally incompentant.
ReplyDeleteBrian that was kind of the message behind this blog post, that the league was bumble F'Ning around and it's unfair the player involved. This only makes the league even worse.
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