I think Matt Cooke is a disgusting piece of
Dirty, vicious elbow by Matt Cooke on Marc Savard to his blind side after he shot a puck at the Pittsburgh net. Just no regard for the health and well-being of another player right there. Replays showed Cooke lowered an elbow that smashed directly into Savard's head when he had his head turned away from the Penguins forward. The elbow knocked Savard right down to the ice. Savard was down for 10 minutes and trainers had to take the playmaking center off on a stretcher. Somehow there wasn't a penalty called on the play, but there's [no] way Cooke gets off without a lengthy suspension. That is the kind of play that the NHL is trying to rid their sport of, and it's yet another injury that the B's can't afford.Links to the Story:
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Puck daddy; Savard stretchered off after Matt Cooke head-shot
KuklasKorner; Matt Cooke Hit On Marc Savard Today
Bruins.com; Bruins Update on Marc Savard
Bruins blog; Cooke delivers concussion to Savard
"A guy like that has to be suspended," the Bruins coach said. "That's the way I see it, because it's an elbow to the head from the blind side. That's exactly the examples they show of what we've got to get out of this game. We have a guy who's got a concussion. Our best player. He's going to be out for a while. He was [unconscious] on the ice for a bit. That's unacceptable."Hub of Hockey; Is Matt Cooke's Dirty Hit On Marc Savard Suspension Worthy?
Bleacher Report; Pittsburgh Penguins: Matt Cooke's Hit on Savard Deserves Big Suspension
Winnipeg Sun; Issue coming to a head
TSN; Bruins' Savard carried off the ice following blindside hit
From the Rink; Marc Savard Taken Off On Stretcher
Stanley Cup of Chowder; Marc Savard diagnosed with concussion
NESN.COM; James Murphy Dishes on Marc Savard Hit, Lack of Retaliation Against Matt Cooke (Video)