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Sticking Up For A Teammate
by Paul on 12/04/08 at 08:12 AM ET
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from Drew Rememda of the Seagate Broadcaster Blog,
You people in the chatrooms make me laugh. Not like you’re a clown, here to amuse me.. but I’m just saying…All I did last night (Tuesday) was opine that the NHL culture of defending a teammate that has been dropped by a perfectly clean bodycheck, 100% within the rules of the game is curious even ridiculous. The incident that was my jumping off point was Luke Schenn hammering Tomas Plihall right at the end of the game with a perfectly clean hit. A hit that Tomas called “great”. Marcel Goc rushed to confront Schenn and a small pushing and shoving match ensued. I questioned the legitimacy of Goc’s reaction.
I had the debate with Jeremy Roenick this morning at Sharks Ice. Just a note we didn’t yell, insult or question each others manhood. My basic question. Do you need to confront or fight every player who delivers a clean hit to a teammate?
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I agree with Drew Remenda on this issue; I think confrontations following legal body checks are ridiculous. Case in point: Rene Bourque dropping the gloves earlier this year after a body check to one of his teammates (anyone know what team they were playing?). Now, if there is anything suspect about the hit, that’s different, but clean checks within the rules (that aren’t headshots) are fair at any point in the game. However, I can see why a player would take the guy’s number and return the favor (with a check of his own) later in the game, but fighting/pushing/shoving afterwards is a little silly.
Posted by PDXWing on 12/04/08 at 02:24 PM ET