Hockey player hits ref

[DenverSooner]

Have you guys seen this. It is bad. I lack the skill to link it with my phone but an NHL guy clearly assaults a ref. It makes me rethink my position on the college player tripping that official. We just can't have this behavior. It is criminal. Those officials have not consented to being hit.

It will be interesting to see what happens. If I were commissioner I think I would issue a lifetime ban but that is a huge penalty so I would have to think about it a while.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

http://youtu.be/Nj4PoDrqv-E

Looks bad but don't think it was intentional


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[Max Power]

http://youtu.be/Nj4PoDrqv-E

Looks bad but don't think it was intentional


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Watch closely as he gets close to the ref he extends both arms and the stick and checks the ref

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Watch closely as he gets close to the ref he extends both arms and the stick and checks the ref

Yeah but I think he was out of it. I don't think he realized it was a ref


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[OUhoopsfan]

The hell it wasn't intentional. He obviously knew somebody was in front of him. Who did he think it was.......in the black and white striped shirt?

 

[OklahomaLibertarian]

Obviously intentional.

He extended his arms into his back and slammed him.

If it were not intentional, he'd probably have turned around to help the Ref up and instead he just kept going because he was pissed.

 

[inoref]

just like the WWE the ref was looking the other way

 

[SoonerBounce13]

He just had his bell ring. Obviously the hit was intentional but I think he was out of it and didn't know it was a ref


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[DenverSooner]

http://youtu.be/Nj4PoDrqv-E

Looks bad but don't think it was intentional


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I played a lot of hockey. You will never convince me that was not intentional. If he wasn't looking and bumped the official he would have caught him not cross checked him. Guys in the NHL can prett much do anything on skates.

 

[DenverSooner]

He just had his bell ring. Obviously the hit was intentional but I think he was out of it and didn't know it was a ref


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I call bull on that. You don't get your bell rung from a routine check, he looked fine and his excuse was his head was down and he didn't see him not I as half out of it and thought it was an opposing player.

Plus you can not check someone in that situation. It was from behind and behind the play.

 

[slappy in OP]

Has any punishment been decided on this yet? That was 100% on purpose. Totally bush league move.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

I call bull on that. You don't get your bell rung from a routine check, he looked fine and his excuse was his head was down and he didn't see him not I as half out of it and thought it was an opposing player.



Plus you can not check someone in that situation. It was from behind and behind the play.

He wasn't fine. That was obvious. Even the announcers that watch hockey every night said he was out of it


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