Showing posts with label Joe Vitale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joe Vitale. Show all posts

Monday, April 02, 2012

Flyers rough up the Pens


This is straight out of the rock em sock em hockey collection.

In case you missed it, the playoffs are just around the corner and I think that a potential series between the Flyers and the Penguins could very exciting, but also very explosive and nasty playoff series.

The two coaches were fined for the behavior during yesterday's game.

The hit by Joe Vitale on Daniel Briere was a legal hit in my opinion, from my vantage point, it doesn't appear that Vitale targets Briere's head.

PITTSBURGH --Philadelphia coach Peter Laviolette called out Pittsburgh counterpart Dan Bylsma for sending out his checking line shortly after Voracek's empty-net goal pushed the lead to 6-3.

Penguins forward Joe Vitale levelled Daniel Briere shortly after the ensuing faceoff, starting a chain of events that included Laviolette smashing a stick over the glass and all 10 players on the ice going at it.

"Those guys hadn't been out there in 12 minutes," Laviolette said. "It's a gutless move by their coach. It's gutless."

Bylsma didn't quite see it that way, claiming Vitale's shot on Briere was clean, unlike the crosscheck Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby received from Brayden Schenn shortly after Steve Sullivan's second goal of the game pulled the Penguins within 5-3 late in the third period.

"It's clearly a cheap shot," Bylsma said. "It's clearly a guy targeting a player that was well after the whistle."

I an not a fan of either team, but Penguins coach  Dan Bylsma can put whoever he wants to out there on the ice, it's called sending a message, "see you next game." The Flyers and the Penguins play again on Saturday at Consol Energy Center.

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Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Gregory Campbell and Pittsburgh's Joe Vitale fight


I think teams had better take notice around the NHL, this is what happens to you when, you take a run at the Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas. This is the correct response to said moment of stupidity by the Penguins Joe Vitale, hence the ensuing fight between Gregory Campbell and Joe Vitale.

Seriously, If players around the NHL think they are going to take a run at the Bruins net they're going to get the full wrath of angry bear. The Boston Bruins don't have to wait for the Brendan Shanahan and the NHL Department of Player Safety, they will take the matters into their own hands and settle it on the ice like men. This is one reason that I don't like the idea of taking fighting out of the game of hockey. It keeps players honest and the players will police the game via the hockey code.

I think that Pittsburgh's Joe Vitale will think twice before coming into the Bruins crease next time because Tim Thomas will also protect said crease.
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