...and the beat goes on.

Give him ten to fifteen games; this is getting out of hand.

Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 03/17/10 at 10:44 PM ET

I was watching the Ducks feed and wanted to point out Ducks color analyst did apologize about his remarks on Seabrook after realizing Seabrook was hurt.

Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 03/17/10 at 10:48 PM ET

You only have yourself to blame now, Paul.

Because all the complainers and whiners are gonna be chompin’ at the bit with this one.

Posted by mike from austin on 03/17/10 at 10:49 PM ET

Those Ducks announcers are unbelievable..not sure if he is selling it??? Give your head a shake.

Posted by JD on 03/17/10 at 10:49 PM ET

Geez Mike, just got an email- my story is under investigation, I may be suspended tomorrow.

Posted by Paul from Motown Area on 03/17/10 at 10:52 PM ET

I thought a charging penalty that caused a head injury was a five minute major with a game misconduct.

Posted by Mark on 03/17/10 at 10:55 PM ET

The hit on Seabrook could be seen as on-ice justice; Seabrook hits Perry in the head from behind into the boards, and then Wisniewski goes after Seabrook when the refs don’t do anything about it.  Seabrook doesn’t get hit if the refs blow the play dead on his original hit against Perry, and if there was a rule against blows to the head they could.  Seems like the same story over and over again, ad infinitum.

Posted by Dan from Pittsburgh, PA on 03/17/10 at 10:56 PM ET

I’m pretty sure Seabrook was selling it like many other players would.  He did have the presence of mind to break his fall with his elbow, so I’m not buying his whole close-my-eyes-to-feign-losing-consciousness-before-I-fall bit.

Paul:

Sorry to hear.  But, if Colin Campbell is responsible for delegating punishment, you should be unconcerned.  ‘Cause my goodness he’s awful….let me tell how MANY times he’s failed to blah blah blah blah blah….

Sound familiar?

Posted by mike from austin on 03/17/10 at 11:00 PM ET

Agreed on the hit, Paul. Cheap shot. And to make matters even worse, Ducks TV color commmentator Brian Hayward’s first comment about the hit was to question whether or not Seabrook was faking an injury.

Regardless of whether Seabrook was injured or not, there’s no way anyone could’ve known at that time. As such, in that case, the comment was entirely inappropriate, whether Seabrook was hurt or not.

Bush league comment by Hayward. Totally uncalled for and highly unprofessiional. Like Wisniewski, Hayward should be disciplined too.

Posted by Gann Matsuda from Los Angeles on 03/17/10 at 11:00 PM ET

Dan -

Couldn’t agree more.  That elbow to Perry’s head was the first crime.  The second was Wisniewski’s hit.  But the Oscar goes to Seabrook…

None of it is right on.  Guess that the “A-Team” is already in Boston awaiting the Chara Destroys Crosby match, so dolt referees are headed to Anaheim for “safe”  league matches…  Solid work Bettman. 

Reminds me of the Maginot Line…

Posted by Unicorn Force from DC (but like everyone here, I'm not a local) on 03/17/10 at 11:24 PM ET

Dan, on the one replay on the Perry hit it sure looked shoulder to shoulder. He just got smoked.

Posted by Moocat on 03/17/10 at 11:29 PM ET

Faking that???!

Wiz ran full force, left his feet. Seabs didn’t go out of his way to hit Perry and at least Perry had the puck!

Posted by KB on 03/17/10 at 11:31 PM ET

Seabrook had it coming with that shot on Perry, but Wisnewski was definitely charging. Wisnewski could have put a clean shot on him, but had to be stupid. But Seabrook is hilarious. What a flop.

Posted by cs6687 on 03/17/10 at 11:42 PM ET

If there’s anything I’ve learned from watching NHL center ice, it’s that the ducks have some of the worst play by play guys in the league.  I dread getting anaheim feeds.  They’re so boring to listen to and would rather banter with each other than actually call the game. 

I downloaded a ducks/wings torrent a while back that had the audio drift so that it didn’t match up to the video.  I didn’t even realize it for half a period because they weren’t actually calling the game they were watching

Posted by DetroitNick on 03/17/10 at 11:44 PM ET

Moocat, you may have seen a different replay than I did.  But on the video feed from Anaheim, it sure looked to me like Perry came around behind the net and turned to play the puck, at which point Seabrook hit him high from behind, which drove his head down into the boards.  I’m referring here specifically to the first three seconds of the video.  Didn’t look overtly dirty, but could have been a penalty for boarding or something similar.  If the refs had made that call, they could have pre-empted everything that came afterwards.  Doesn’t justify what Wisniewski did, of course, but if the league won’t do anything about these types of hits they’re just begging for vigilantiism.

Posted by Dan from Pittsburgh, PA on 03/17/10 at 11:46 PM ET

If you watched the end of the first period Wiz was jawing with Seabrook then. The whole point of the play was Wiz gave a premediatated head shot to Seabrook, he left the blueline, left his skates,left his elbows up, and hit a defenseless player. The play is stand alone like all head shots should be. Seabrook ‘s hit on Perry was clean and Perry had the puck, what came after was a hack play and is gutless.

Posted by derby1 on 03/18/10 at 12:00 AM ET

Wisnewski is a repeat offender he’s done this to several other players Sean Doan for one, the guys just don’t have respect for other players . He is just a dirty player and its time the league got rid of these players for the good of the game

Posted by jerry from canada on 03/18/10 at 12:18 AM ET

Blatant intent to injure by Wisnewski. Ducks announcer (s) classless as ever.

Posted by jmiller on 03/18/10 at 12:20 AM ET

Seabrook had it coming with that shot on Perry, but Wisnewski was definitely charging. Wisnewski could have put a clean shot on him, but had to be stupid. But Seabrook is hilarious. What a flop.

You can’t be serious. You do know Seabrook left the game and did not return, don’t you?

Posted by nik from dallas on 03/18/10 at 12:22 AM ET

Thanks Paul,
Now you need to go back to the vault and post a video of the Ducks goal at the end of the game.

Posted by HockeyTownTodd on 03/18/10 at 12:25 AM ET

WOW a Ducks player threw a cheap shot??? Inconceivable!!

Posted by christpuncher from Detroit, MI on 03/18/10 at 12:34 AM ET

that hit was SOOOOOOO much dirtier than ovechkin’s baby push. absolutely intent to injure. vicious. doesn’t matter what instigated it, doesn’t matter who did it and it doesn’t matter what the result was… despite the fact that the NHL usually bases their punitive judgments more on these things than on the simple act in and of itself. that was NOT a hockey play. if the players feel the need to “police” because the refs aren’t doing it, you challenge the dude to a showdown. that’s exactly why fighting is still allowed in the NHL, to prevent gutless BS plays like this. typical duck.

and i have to concur that the Ducks announcers are truly HORRIBLE. i have learned the hard way through my center ice package which feeds to avoid. the ducks are definitely up there.

Posted by perfection from LaLaLand on 03/18/10 at 12:40 AM ET

If that was Ovechkin giving the hit on Seabrook, he gets a two game suspension.

Posted by Bo from FL. on 03/18/10 at 12:44 AM ET

Both hits were gutless and seabrook’s hit was just as bad because perry had his back to him and he shoved him head first into the boards.

Seabrook was totally selling the hit as he stands up and is fine afterwards. Players leaving the game doesnt mean anything seeing as how that is a tactic some teams use to make the incident worse than it really is in hopes of the player getting in more serious trouble.

Posted by Johnny from Michigan on 03/18/10 at 01:17 AM ET

Johnny…I’m sorry but I repeatedly watched that replay and Seabrook’s hit was shoulder to shoulder right from the side.  Perry gets the puck, takes it behind the net, skating backwards, just as he passes the puck up the boards and Seabrook comes in and hits him with his shoulders.  He was in Perry’s side view.  Dude…that’s a good hit…it was just a lot of power that threw him off.

There was no way Seabrook was selling that.  If you look at anyone’s face when they get knocked out they all look like that and fall limp.  Maybe he was only unconscious for a second…but he definitely was.

Posted by Flannman on 03/18/10 at 01:35 AM ET

I just got home from the game and was really curious what happened on this play because they never showed a replay at the Honda Center. I watched the video a couple of times and was pretty sure it was a dirty hit, but I just watched Wiz’s video reaction on the ocregister.com website and he said that it was their heads that collided.

At 1:10 of the video you can actually see their faces collide. I am pretty sure it was Wiz’s helmet/visor that knocked out Seabrook and not an elbow to the head.

Posted by IcePyrate from OC on 03/18/10 at 01:43 AM ET

The best part about this hit…. the fact that the rest of North America will get a chance to see just how horrible a broadcasting team John Ahlers and Brian Hayward are. Thanks, James Wisniewski, best play you’ve made all year.

Posted by ChrisKontos from Los Angeles, CA on 03/18/10 at 01:48 AM ET

Wow…I hate the ducks announcers.  Hayward blows!  Cheap shot by Wiza.  Suspension.  He was faking it…what are you people watching?

Posted by Bill F*cking Murray from St. Pierret on 03/18/10 at 01:56 AM ET

If you call Wisniewski’s hit an intent to injure, the same could be called for Seabrook’s hit on Perry. I don’t believe that Seabrook was selling anything, I believe that Wisniewski was trying to protect the important player on his team. If you watch your own teammate get hit from behind like that, it looks good to step up and make the opponent pay. Unfortunately, Wiz’s hit was in the head and I cannot deny that it was dangerous. Things like this happen in hockey and Seabrook’s hit on Perry could have easily done the same damage. The hit was from behind AFTER Perry has lost the puck and gone in the opposite direction as the puck. He had turned his back to Seabrook, Seabrook then hit him near the head toward the boards. In my opinion, Wiz should get a minor suspension to show other players that they need to be more careful. There is no need to call this a “cheap shot” or a “gutless” play.
For those who say that the Hayward is unprofessional, in his words he never said “he is/was selling it.” He specifically said “there he looks hurt,” and only questioned the idea about selling the penalty. Unfortunately, people have been caught many times trying to sell a penalty and it’s not unusual for anyone to question it. Apparently, we find out that Seabrook was not selling it, but at the moment it could have been a possibility.

Posted by Jeremy from California on 03/18/10 at 02:04 AM ET

Seabrook’s hit on Perry wasn’t nice, but the retalition was unnecessary and absolutely ugly. Should be suspended, but I doubt it. Absolute bullshit hit. Just the kind of dirty stuff you would expect from the Ducks.

And even before this we all knew that the Ducks broadcast team are among the least knowledgeable, most boring and worst broadcast teams in the league. Which I guess says ALOT when a team including a drunken Larry Murphy is one of the best.

Posted by Andy from FightNight on 03/18/10 at 03:49 AM ET

I was at the game.  Wizo left his feet, AND Seabrook didn’t have the puck.  Wizo gets a 2 minute minor?  This was a huge mis-call by the refs.  Wizo should have been sent off the ice for the rest of the game.

Posted by Paul from Anaheim on 03/18/10 at 03:49 AM ET

What the *#$%@& is wrong with the refs this season - he should have been kicked out. And now he should be looking for 10-15 games suspension.

This is getting out of hand Gary. But as long as your golden pony stays golden you don’t care do you?

Posted by Lucce on 03/18/10 at 04:31 AM ET

Wasn’t much of an apology by Hayward. After the game he said Seabrook left the ice with an upper body injury which “means he wasn’t feeling good”.  He said it with that smug, almost laughing tone. Living in Vegas I have to put up with the Ducks feed any time I want to watch there opponents. As a Kings fan I dread the 3 games a year that are only on the Ducks feed. BTW Earlier this year he was voted 3rd worst color person in the area.

Posted by Kris from Las Vegas on 03/18/10 at 04:42 AM ET

This is what Ron Borges wants- ”...old fashioned hockey.”

Posted by Lindas1st from New England on 03/18/10 at 06:38 AM ET

You know what’s funny?

All those Hawk fans that have been clamoring for tit-for-tat in the wake of the Campbell hit… how do you feel about that right now?

Oops.  Big difference when you’re on the other end of it, right?

Posted by Primis on 03/18/10 at 06:57 AM ET

How is anyone surprised? This is the DUCKS we’re talking about. This is the Western Conference’s answer to the Flyers. Seabrook likely drew some retribution for taking out Perry, but the headshots have to stop.

It really is hard for me to get upset about these injuries except in the abstract principle of the matter. Brian Campbell and Steve Seabrook are two players I really dislike. If only Steve Ott were among the injured. No, wait. Classless. I can think it, but not say it. I take it back.

I am curious to hear what Ted Lindsay would say about these head shots.

Posted by redxblack from Akron Ohio on 03/18/10 at 07:01 AM ET

that was a great ending. I guess chris pronger has put hawks in a serious funk.

Posted by FlyersFan on 03/18/10 at 07:02 AM ET

It really is hard for me to get upset about these injuries except in the abstract principle of the matter. Brian Campbell and Steve Seabrook are two players I really dislike. If only Steve Ott were among the injured. No, wait. Classless. I can think it, but not say it. I take it back.

Posted by redxblack from Akron Ohio on 03/18/10 at 08:01 AM ET

I keep waiting for Tootoo to take one of these.

Guys you’d have to play more than 2 shifts a game though to be at risk…

Posted by Primis on 03/18/10 at 07:14 AM ET

Seabrook’s hit on Perry was borderline dirty, Wisniewski’s hit was a payback shot for Seabrook’s and was a definite Charge, but Seabrook Laimbeer’d it quite a bit, too.

Then again, as has been mentioned, these are the Ducks.  Anaheim’s probably one of the few teams in the NHL that is absolutely willing to stab you if you punch them, or shoot you if you stab them.  They have plenty of guys who are more than willing to go the extra mile to extract on-ice vengeance for anything, real or perceived.

Posted by HockeyinHD on 03/18/10 at 07:30 AM ET

Seabrook was totally selling the hit as he stands up and is fine afterwards. Players leaving the game doesnt mean anything seeing as how that is a tactic some teams use to make the incident worse than it really is in hopes of the player getting in more serious trouble.

Posted by Johnny from Michigan on 03/18/10 at 02:17 AM ET

Yes, I could see how the Blackhawks would keep their 2nd best defender off the ice for the remainder of the game in hopes of getting James Wisniewski suspended.  I mean, the Ducks and Hawks are in such a tight race, this is sure to make a difference.  Genius move by Seabrook and Quenneville to have number 7 fake it and then take the rest of the night off.

Perry saw Seabrook coming and turned away from that contact.  I’m not saying Seabrook’s hit was completely clean, but if Perry had such a huge problem with it, he’s the kind of guy who would have gone after Seabrook himself.

Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 03/18/10 at 07:50 AM ET

Ducks announcer (s) classless as ever.

Couldn’t agree more.
First they attack Seabrook for his hit on Perry (which wasn’t shoulder to head, but shoulder to shoulder - AND Perry turned at the last minute) but then they have the audacity to say that Seabrook was ‘selling it’ after taking a flying forearm hit to the head from Wiznewski who cam flying in from 50 feet away?

Completely classless.
I hope the NHL throws the book at Wiznewski. But by the NHL’s definition, ‘throwing the book’ means to hand out a stern talking to and maybe a back rub.

Posted by Hank1974 on 03/18/10 at 07:51 AM ET

Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 03/18/10 at 08:50 AM ET

What he said.

Posted by MOWingsfan19 on 03/18/10 at 08:53 AM ET

Posted by Hank1974 on 03/18/10 at 08:51 AM ET

Awesome.

To say that Seabrook was selling the hit or faking is ludicrous.  He was KO’d on his feet and fell to the ice accordingly.  It’s hard to see with skates, but I bet his toes were pointed too.  Punch someone in the jaw like that really hard, and that’s how they will fall when KO’s standing up.

Posted by VooX from Behind the Bar in the Hasek Club Car on 03/18/10 at 09:01 AM ET

Do we need to threaten to make NHL hockey illegal, like cockfighting and dogfighting, in order to knock some sense into people’s heads about why this kind of hit should earn a suspension?

Posted by Shtikl on 03/18/10 at 09:05 AM ET

Do we need to threaten to make NHL hockey illegal, like cockfighting and dogfighting, in order to knock some sense into people’s heads about why this kind of hit should earn a suspension?

Probably so.
The league is run, and played, by idiots.
Only the NHL could shoot itself in the foot (or check itself to the brain) after coming out of such an awesome Olympic tournament.

The PA and league should both be taken to task for allowing the game to turn into what it is. It’s never been more dangerous to play hockey - especially in the NHL.

What are the 5 players on the competition committee waiting for? All they have to do is sign off on the head-hits rule and it goes in place immediately. It will save careers and maybe even a life.

And the NHL needs a kick in the pants too. How about it grows a pair and actually hand out a stiff penalty for these kinds of transgressions. 20 games to Wiznewski is a good start. Then again, Downie’s suspension didn’t do anything to stop the insanity that plagues the NHL these days.

I love my hockey rough and tumble. But there’s a clear difference between rough and dangerous.

Posted by Hank1974 on 03/18/10 at 09:18 AM ET

As expected, Hawk fan reaction so far in other places has been one of trying to defend Seabrook’s hit as clean.

Funny how much a fuss they made over Ovechkin’s hit, but when Seabrook is the one making that hit, it suddenly is absolutely fine.

Wisniewski will probably get hit hard.  He’s not a marquee player after all…  I bet Seabrook gets nothing.  Because he *is* a marquee player for a team the league desperately wants to win this season…

Posted by Primis on 03/18/10 at 09:23 AM ET

The hit by Seabrook on Perry looked okay to me, and it looked more dramatic than it was due to Perry’s movement. Perhaps not entirely textbook, but hardly a vicious assault. Wisniewski’s retaliation on the contrary is as moronic as they come, which should result in a lengthy suspension if justice is to be served.

NHL’s current version of toughness is staged fighting, blindside hits, fighting after clean hits, and targeting unsuspecting players as retalition. North American (or probably Neanderthal Canadian) hockey at its finest. No one takes responsibility for anything and talk endlessly on about keeping the game physical. Who gives a toss about respect and fairness as long as there’s body contact and the exciting promise of injury. Let’s keep appealing to the lowest denominator, because we don’t want to lose the most simpleminded part of the hockey audience.

No wonder the Olympics are out of favour. It illuminates all the shortcomings of the league product in full HD. I’m just tired of celebrating stupidity in hockey.

Posted by Moq from Denmark on 03/18/10 at 09:38 AM ET

let’s treat every hit as an spendable offense

Posted by FlyersFan on 03/18/10 at 09:48 AM ET

I’m getting awful sick of seeing things like this wisniewski hit. Hopefully campbell realizes message-sending time is long overdue.

Posted by steve on 03/18/10 at 10:09 AM ET

Let’s keep appealing to the lowest denominator, because we don’t want to lose the most simpleminded part of the hockey audience.

Posted by Moq from Denmark on 03/18/10 at 10:38 AM ET

let’s treat every hit as an spendable offense

Posted by FlyersFan on 03/18/10 at 10:48 AM ET

I can’t be the only person who laughed.

Posted by J.J. from Kansas on 03/18/10 at 10:23 AM ET

I’m ok with the Perry hit he new the hit was coming and by accident or not he turned his back.  Wiz should have just drove Seabrook through the boards cleanly and it would be an issue.  I hate both teams and both players but Wiz should be suspended.

Posted by hiero4life on 03/18/10 at 11:00 AM ET

lulz.

Why does it seem plausible to hear a Flyer fan slur the words “I’ve had six concussions and I turned out fine. Let the headshots continue!”

Posted by redxblack from Akron Ohio on 03/18/10 at 11:01 AM ET

Wiz should be suspended at least 5 days. There is nothing there to defend him against charges that there was a total intent to injure and nothing else. He clearly telegraphed him across the ice, charged him, went airborne, stuffed his elbows against seabrook’s face and drove him headfirst into the boards. He broke about every rule there is and could be sentenced with 2 game suspensions for at least 2 or 3 of the infractions - taken as a whole, he needs to be made an example of. And likely will be given the recent bad PR the NHL has gotten themselves.

Also, the Ducks are the dirtiest team of the past ten years and their announcers are classless homers who clearly don’t get what HOCKEY is about, they’ve been warped by watching their goons commit cheapshots for the past decade.

Posted by awould on 03/18/10 at 11:26 AM ET

Seabrook’s hit on Perry was a hockey play. It was borderline dirty because Perry turned a bit right before taking the hit. Borderline dirty. But at least Perry had the puck. There is absolutely no comparison between the two hits. One was a hockey play, the other was classless goonery (aka Ducks hockey).

Posted by awould on 03/18/10 at 11:30 AM ET

Seabrooks hit looked like bad timing and caught Perry off balance, Wiznieski’s hit was a complete attempt to extract revenge and injure. Spin the wheel and see what happens.

Posted by hockey1919 from montreal on 03/18/10 at 12:14 PM ET

That elbow to Perry’s head was the first crime.  The second was Wisniewski’s hit.  But the Oscar goes to Seabrook…

Posted by Unicorn Force from DC (but like everyone here, I’m not a local) on 03/18/10 at 12:24 AM ET

Huh? Elbow on Perry? Seabrook faking a KO against from a high/charge/board?

Is everyone who says they’re “from DC” a plant trying to make that city’s hockey fans look silly? This is the second guy so far.

Posted by steve on 03/18/10 at 12:48 PM ET

Wisniewski Physics:
“It probably will get looked at, but the result wasn’t because of a shot to the head,” he said. “I’m 5-foot-11 and he’s 6-3. What happened was that my face hit his face. The visor came down and cut up my nose. I was shocked when I saw the result of it on the replay.”

“I didn’t do anything wrong,”

Nothing wrong, other than smashing a guy that never touched the puck with a high hit

Posted by Chris in A^2 from Nyquist Puck Control on 03/18/10 at 02:01 PM ET

Wow, I don’t know who the color guy on the ducks broadcast team is , but what a D-bag. Seabrook was “selling” the hit?????

There is a time for being a homer, but that clearly wasn’t it. Seabrook was “out” on his skates.

Unreal.

Posted by Down River Dan on 03/18/10 at 06:11 PM ET

Seabrook had it coming with that shot on Perry, but Wisnewski was definitely charging. Wisnewski could have put a clean shot on him, but had to be stupid. But Seabrook is hilarious. What a flop.

You can’t be serious. You do know Seabrook left the game and did not return, don’t you?

If Seabrook was actually hurt, I retract my statement. But that looked like a flop the first time I saw it. And this is the same type of play where Ovechkin hits a guy and then fakes injury to avoid retaliation, so it is understandable to be skeptical.

As for whoever said AO just made a little push, that person has obviously never been on skates. It doesn’t take much to send a guy flying when Campbell was moving at that speed.

Posted by cs6687 on 03/18/10 at 06:18 PM ET

For all of you who thought Seabrook was faking injury, he is not in tonight’s lineup vs. LA. Quenneville said it is “too early to tell” if it is a short or long-term injury.

Happy?

Posted by nik from dallas on 03/18/10 at 09:28 PM ET

BOTH BRIAN HAYWARD AND BOB MURRAY ARE MORONS. “SELLIN IT”. jUST LOOK AT SEABROOKS EYES. DEFINATELY ONE OF THE MOST STUPID COMMENTS I HAVE HEARD IN 50 YEARS OF WATCHING HOCKEY. BOB MURRAY SHOULD KNOW WHEN TO ” SHUT HIS YAP”.

Posted by DENNIS ARNOLD on 03/19/10 at 10:27 AM ET

Bob Murray is just envious, cause he couldn’t hand out a good check in his playing days.  As a Hawks fan growing up in the 80’s, one of our favourite chants was ...“GET OFF THE ICE MURRAY!”.............. and he was on our team!  rofl
Bob Murray is living vicariously thru Wizzo.  Glad to see Wizzo sent to the golf course for 8 games, and love the news that Seabrook is practicing again.

Posted by Paul from Anaheim on 03/22/10 at 01:53 AM ET