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No Suspension For Kunitz

by Paul on 05/05/09 at 02:17 PM ET
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from Dan Rosen of NHL.com,

Alex Ovechkin was hoping for more, but Pittsburgh Penguins wing Chris Kunitz will not be suspended by the NHL for his late-game hit to the neck area of Capitals goalie Simeon Varlamov seconds before Sidney Crosby scored his third goal of Game 2 with 30.4 seconds left in the third period.

League officials confirmed that the tape has been reviewed.

Tuesday morning Ovechkin called the play “dirty” and said, “I think the League has to do something about it. It’s a cheap shot and it’s not good for hockey.”

continued and if you missed the incident, watch it here…

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Your View On The Incident

by Paul on 05/05/09 at 06:51 AM ET
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Chris Kunitz of the Pittsburgh Penguins with a stick to the throat of Capitals goaltender Simeon Varlamov last night…

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Flyers Still Talking About The Kunitz Hit

by Paul on 04/21/09 at 08:03 AM ET
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from Ed Moran of the Philadelphia Daily News,

But the play seemed to justify the Flyers’ belief that at times there is a different level of justice for them compared to their opponents. Daniel Carcillo’s hit to the back of Max Talbot’s head in Game 1 deserved the one-game suspension, but the Kunitz hit looked like a direct attempt to injure another player - and Kunitz was left undisciplined.

The league has talked about eliminating headshots from the game, and Kunitz went very high on Timonen.

Flyers coach John Stevens said he had no doubt of the intent....

“The angle I saw, there were three guys all together and it was a hard, hard hit, and my only concern is if there was a hit to the head there.

“It didn’t look like he left his feet and I didn’t hear from anybody else that there was an elbow or anything, but it was a hard, hard hit.”

more & if you missed or want to watch the hit again, see it here.

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The Kunitz Hit

by Paul on 04/19/09 at 10:29 PM ET
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from Scott Burnside of ESPN,

At the time, Chris Kunitz’s flying hit on Kimmo Timonen early in the game looked like it had the potential to be a controversial part of the day’s proceedings. But by the end of the afternoon, no one seemed all that interested in making a big deal of it.

Kunitz flew into Timonen just behind the Flyers’ net in the first six minutes of the game, and the initial look suggested he had either hit or grazed Timonen’s head with his forearm or elbow....

“Man, it’s a hard hit,” Philadelphia coach John Stevens said. It was kind of an odd game. This Kunitz, he plays hard. Originally, I thought he left his feet. Now, I’m not sure if he left his feet or he just went in the air when he went through the hit.”

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Ryan Whitney A Duck

by Paul on 02/26/09 at 12:03 PM ET
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from TSN,

The Pittsburgh Penguins have cleared up a bit of their log jam along the blue line as they have sent Ryan Whitney to the Anaheim Ducks for Chris Kunitz and Eric Tangradi.

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added 2:45pm, More on the trade from a Pens point of view from Empty Netters.

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