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Cooke Hit On Cole
by Paul on 05/19/09 at 07:46 AM ET
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from Luke DeCock of the News & Observer,
The Hurricanes lost Erik Cole midway through the third period after Pittsburgh’s Matt Cooke caught him knee-on-knee in front of the Pittsburgh net. Cole played only one shift after that, and an angry Paul Maurice wasn’t happy about the hit afterward.
Asked if he thought it was a knee-on-knee hit, with the implication that it was an illegal one, a curt Maurice said, “Yes, I did. I felt that was, yeah.”
Cole officially has a “lower body” injury, but he clearly hurt his left knee in the collision. Cooke said the contact was accidental.
“He was cutting across the middle,” Cooke said. “I turned sideways to hit him, and he turned the other way. I almost fell over, too.”
continued and watch the hit (1:15 mark) within the video highlights below…
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That, Pens fans, is what a dirty knee on knee hit looks like.
Use it for reference when you have future questions about such matters.
Posted by HockeyinHD on 05/19/09 at 08:08 AM ET
Cooke is a cheapshot artist....but I’m glad it happened. Cole runs at goalies all the time. Ruutu is a scumbag so that’s another bonus as far as I’m concerned.
Posted by kevin from boston on 05/19/09 at 08:47 AM ET
If Ovechkin didn’t even get a fine for his on Gonchar, Cooke shouldn’t get anything either. If he gets suspended, the NHL is a joke.
Posted by Jimmy from Windsor on 05/19/09 at 09:08 AM ET
Look at the Wings fans come out of the woodwork to say something bad about the Pens!
You guys are the best!
Posted by Jimmy from Windsor on 05/19/09 at 09:11 AM ET
Only injuries to Montreal Canadiens are punishable...with everyone else its anything goes. Its always been that way..............
Posted by kevin from boston on 05/19/09 at 09:50 AM ET
I’m pulling for the Pens but I thought that was dirty the minute I saw it.
Posted by dip on 05/19/09 at 10:09 AM ET
Wow. This looks similar to some of the other Cooke hits I’ve seen in the past couple years.
Look at the Wings fans come out of the woodwork to say something bad about the Pens!
I’m just wondering when all the Pens fans are going to regroup and say this was a clean, shoulder to shoulder hit.
Stay classy!
Posted by Alan from Atlanta on 05/19/09 at 10:09 AM ET
“If Ovechkin didn’t even get a fine for his on Gonchar, Cooke shouldn’t get anything either. If he gets suspended, the NHL is a joke.”
I thought the Ovechkin play was reckless, but not necessarily dirty. Reckless behavior used to be one of the things that players policed themselves through retribution, but that doesn’t happen anymore. The Cooke hit was dirty, cheap and suspendable. It also puts his own players in jeopardy of retaliation. If that hit was Ruutu on Malkin, we’d be going crazy.
Posted by dip on 05/19/09 at 10:33 AM ET
Cole should keep his head up, plain and simple. Anybody who feels otherwise should switch to watching baseball.
Posted by auxlepli on 05/19/09 at 10:51 AM ET
Drilling him in the chest is keep your head up. Sticking your leg out like a f-ing pansy is cowardly. Good comment full of deep thought though, auxlepil.
Posted by dip on 05/19/09 at 11:14 AM ET
Sure it was dirty, but he wasn’t suspended for his hit on Bogosian, Ovechkin wasn’t suspended for his hit on Gonchar, and Cooke won’t be suspended for this.
They all should have been, but since when is it the NHL’s policy to do the right thing?
Posted by Kstewy16 on 05/19/09 at 12:39 PM ET
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Cooke deserves a suspension for that.
Posted by WingsFanInBeanLand from Earth. on 05/19/09 at 07:46 AM ET