A Small Victory

If you watch SportsCenter this morning they have a couple more incidents for you; one of them resulting in a day in jail for the offender.

In this case, I don't think jail time is necessary. Yes, it was a cheap shot and he should be suspended a hefty amount of time, but hits similar to this happen on a daily basis. The build up to this game and the subsequent injury to Moore is what is causing the media circus. Also, in most of the other cases that garnered legal attention the claim focused on the player using his stick as a weapon.

No Bob Probert examples?

I guess he just got busted for smuggling cocaine in his shorts from Canada. shrug

MAYBE HE THOUGHT IT WAS THE OTHER MICHEAL MOORE, IF HE BELIVED THAT MAYBE IT WAS JUSTIFIED

There's a book about the Tomjanovich-Washington incident, The Punch, reviewed here.

I don't follow sports at all, but I found the story very interesting.

"DO you have any kind of funny taste in your mouth?" the doctor asks, his voice soft...

Yes, Tomjanovich says. It's very bitter. What is it?

"Spinal fluid...You're leaking spinal fluid from your brain."

I think that that was Wayne Maki. Ron "Chico" Maki was his considerably older brother, who played primarily (perhaps entirely) for the Black Hawks.

I think that that was Wayne Maki. Ron "Chico" Maki was his considerably older brother, who played primarily (perhaps entirely) for the Black Hawks.

Mr. ALL CAPS, try to imagine that Michael Moore on ice skates.

There aren't enough Zambonies in the world.

Just out of curiosity, what is everyone's opinion of the worst cheap shot ever? I would vote that McSorley was worse then this one as: a) If I recall correctly, McSorley wasn't even yapping at him before he hit him; and b) He used his stick which is more likely to cause serious harm.

P.S. No need to make it hockey only, though those are the ones that come to mind most readily (unfortunately).

This was worse that the McSorley hit. Moore was skating away, Bertuzzi pulled at him and punched him from behind, and then drive him down onto the ice face first. The 235-245 pound Bertuzzi driving the unconscious Moore onto the ice was at least as dangerous as the stick.

I watch hockey a lot, and hits like this don't happen all the time. That's BS. This was cheap, cowardly, and wrong. He deserves the same punishment as McSorley, and the scorn of fans. Shit like that will ruin the sport.

Hockey is nothing but ruined. It's a completely ridiculous thing, and always has been.

As someone who played organized hockey (grade school through college with a few junior and semi-pro league stints) I say Bertuzzi should get suspended, fined and locked up. He had no "cause" for going after Moore since one of his teammates had already squared off with Moore earlier in the game in retaliation for the Naslund hit. His team was out of the game. He came up from behind, pulled Moore to slow him down and whomped him upside the jaw while still wearing his glove. Then he rode the guy into the ice head first like Moore was some calf at the rodeo.

I hope the Vancouver PD charge him with everything they can throw at him and some of it sticks.

Well, I'm an Av's fan, and I hope he gets suspended for a year and gets charged criminally as well. I like a good tough hockey game as much as the next guy (probably more) but I like it clean. This was the cheapest shot I've ever seen.

And over what? Last month Moore hit the Canucks captain and gave him a concussion. It was a legal hit, and Moore wasn't penalized. The Canucks wanted revenge. Fair enough, that's hockey. It's a tough game. Hell, we had one player finish a game with a lacerated spleen. Nothing happened in the next Avs / Canucks game, a 5-5 tie in Denver that the NHL commish attended. No big surprise there. In the beginning of this game, Moore took some tough hits, and got in one fight. Fine so far. Good tough hockey.

Bertuzzi crossed the line. He went so far over the line that the line is a dot to him. One year should be the minimum suspension.

Rudy T. did indeed play again, starting the next season, but never regainned his old All-Star form and retired soon after.

This was a fictitious attack perpetrated by a fictitious hockey player.

One reason to pursure criminal charges in cases like this is to avoid the escalating revenge violence. This shot was supposedly in retaliation for a previous cheap shot. If players feel like there's no penalty for extracurricular violence, they'll feel like they have to punish it on their own. I doubt that letting players punish violence with violence will do the game any good...

Bolie IV

So far (10AM Eastern), according to WABC radio, the league suspended him for the remainder of the season, and fined the team $250G.

Question: If the team got fined, how come the coach wasn't given suspension time? I remember NY Rangers' coach Brian Trottier getting hit with a suspension when he sent goons onto the ice with something like 5 seconds left in a game for the sole purpose of wreaking havoc.