Ovech Misconduct (#3)
by Beantown Canuck on Mar 14, 2010 11:37 AM PDT
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So Alex Ovechkin got another game misconduct for a hit from behind on Brian Campbell today, back in the first period. That's his third game misconduct of the season (I believe no one else in the league has more than one). If it were anyone else, there's no question a suspension would ensue. A clear repeat offender in terms of dangerous play. However, it being Ovy, who knows, double standards and all. BUT... as a Henrik Sedin fan... I hope they suspend him big-time! Hank for scoring leader!
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Heh, I didn’t even think about the scoring race. It was a punishable hit but seemed over the top to toss him. Par for the course with NHL officiating really.
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It was a brutal play. He was clearly behind him and shoved him head first into the boards. Beantown is right. If this was any other player, the book would be thrown at him. Especially since this is his third misconduct this year. The league has been all talk about head shots but you can’t let hits from behind go unpunished either.
23.3 Fines and Suspensions – General Category – In regular League games, any player or goalkeeper who incurs a total of three (3) game misconduct penalties in the "General Category" and exclusive of other designated categories, shall be suspended for the next League game of his team
However, look for this to happen:
Any request by a Club to have a game misconduct reviewed and rescinded by the League must submit their request in writing to the League’s Hockey Operations Department within 48 hours of the conclusion of the game in which the game misconduct was assessed.
So don't get violent and don't get caught with your head down, the night she stole the moon.
Nice work on digging up the rule.
The next Caps game is Tuesday so let’s see how this plays out. They’ve pretty much locked up the #1 seed so maybe they won’t bother appealing and let Ovie sit a game.
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Rule 23.5 of the NHL rulebook states: “Any player or goalkeeper who incurs a total of two (2) game misconduct penalties for stick-related infractions, Boarding – Rule 42, or Checking from Behind – Rule 44, shall be suspended automatically for the next League game of his team.”
From puck daddy. And it is his second boarding misconduct.
So don't get violent and don't get caught with your head down, the night she stole the moon.
by thelastjohnny on Mar 14, 2010 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Go Hank! Get a 6 point game! That’ll teach Ovy.
by Beantown Canuck on Mar 14, 2010 2:02 PM PDT reply actions
And Ovechkin is non-apologetic for that hit:
"I respect everybody," Ovechkin told reporters after the game. "We respect everybody here in the locker-room and outside, but over there (on the ice), we play for our team, and we make some hard hits, and sometimes, you get hurt. That’s hockey."
You know, coming into this season, I was 100% team Ovechkin and thought Crosby was a whiny baby. How this season has changed things. Now I think Ovy is a dick, and Crosby is a god amongst men.
by Beantown Canuck on Mar 14, 2010 5:46 PM PDT reply actions
I think Ovechkin is a dick and Crosby is a whiny baby :)
by Sean Zandberg on Mar 14, 2010 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Ovie/Lapierre
In my humble opinion, the hit was clearly not as bad as Lapierre’s. Lapierre’s was much, much later, and much more of a “directly into the boards” hit. Ovie got the game misconduct, which I thought was right, but more seems a little ridiculous. Campbell had just barely released the puck. Reckless, yes, suspendable, no.
Knights, Canucks, Dolphins, Jays and Raptors all the way.
Really? I thought the fact that he was behind Campbell and shoved him hard into the boards from about 5 feet out made that an extremely dangerous “hit”. Just because he shoved or pushed him instead of hitting him from behind doesn’t make it less dangerous IMO
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by Section 312 on Mar 15, 2010 10:53 AM PDT up reply actions
Well… Dreger and McKenzie are both tweeting that they expect suspension is likely. So take that for what it’s worth (they tend to know their shit)
by Beantown Canuck on Mar 15, 2010 8:49 AM PDT reply actions
I just watched them both on a panel on the suspension.
The two of them said smart things…paraphrasing here…
Mac-“the two hits are quite different. Ovie’s hit felt more like a hockey play, and Lappierre’s most definitely did not….”
DoubleD- ’If Ovie takes one more stride, he makes that shoulder to shoulder, and we are not even having this discussion…he reached out and pushed instead…"
f the two, Dreger was most right, I think. I agree with Mac that they are totally different. The Nicholl’s hit, his arms were in the air celebrating what he thought was a goal. The definition of a helpless player.
Campbell had just dumped the puck, and Ovie was on him the whole way and getting closer, its why he dropped it. But Ovie should have just taken that last stride to get beside him, and the hit would have just been epic instead of dirty. Maybe a beat late, but it would not have been called.
Though, in today’s NHL, he probably would have still got boarding because a man was hurt…and it could be interpreted as boarding ( not by me…if he takes that last stride )…
But a push from behind is wrong there. Campbell knew he was going to get hit…and hard. He didn’t know he was going to get pushed.
Sorry Ovie. Two games is fair for you…and four is fair for Lapierre.
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has to be one of the dirtiest players in the game, Gonchar, Briere, Kaleta and now Campbell all felled by cheap"hits" in recent memory alone, if he wasn’t a star he’d be compared to Nichol, Downie, Tucker, etc, POS and remorseless.
He will put somebody in a wheelchair if he keeps this crap up.
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Well I got the pistols so I'll keep the Pesos
Yeah that seems fair
Yeah but yoata he is sooooo much better than Crosby cause Crosby whines……uh……what’s that? Being dirty is worse than whinging? Never mind.
"We love them, We mourn for them, Unlucky boys of Red" - Morrissey
"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Mar 15, 2010 6:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I forgot
the slewfoot on Peverly, the knee on Gleason, and the brutal HFB on Jamie Heward.
The guy is a fucking menace of the first order and obviously doesn’t give a rats ass about suspensions or what anybody thinks of his garbage play, I mean what will it take to get it through his fat head?
Everybody knows
That the world is full of stupid people
Well I got the pistols so I'll keep the Pesos
Yeah that seems fair
Rypien, Bieksa a back alley and 5 minutes alone?
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"Giggs gets past Viera, past Dixon, who comes back at him, it's a wonderful run from GIGGS!!!" - Martin Tyler
"He's got a man deep..wait, no that IS Mandeep!!" - Don Taylor
by Section 312 on Mar 15, 2010 10:29 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
rec;d dat...
Even if he is Ovie. Tou know it will turn the Caps bench into a beehive and their will be other fights, or someone trying to jump in.
But yeah…Rypper, et al would be a start. Ovie would probably wear the shiner like a badge of honor ( got to agree with the Y-man…I had forgotten the cumulative amount! )
But he would at least have gotten some retribution.
If the Caps bench ever lets him fight his own battle…looking at you Bradley.
Murphy ; "You finished with the Twins against Nashville, and AV elected to keep you guys together for today, were you happy with the decision?"
Mikael Samuelsson ; " I was happy with it...Oh yeah. Sure"
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