Looks like the skate comes up and catches him in the side of the head. If he wasn't wearing a visor that might have been pretty awful.
It's awful, and there can be no place for it in the game, but in all honesty, I'm still trying to figure out how Orpik got injured. The slew foot is almost more offensive than two short (gloved) jabs to the head. Neal changing his path and extending his knee to a prone Marchand's head reveals far more intent to injure than this does. He should have gotten more than a phone hearing in my opinion. Thornton was incensed that Orpik wasn't accountable for causing a second concussion to a highly skilled, classy player—with a borderline hit that probably looked much more savage in real time than it does to some of us on replay. If that's how Thornton saw things, I can understand how he went a bit mental. I don't absolve his actions, I'm just saying, it's clear to me why he snapped. Neal's hit is garden variety douche-baggery, and by that I mean—slightly more unprovoked and thuggish. Minor postscript but Dupuis' slash of Kelly is getting no play at all. I don't think Kelly thought it was at all accidental—hence the three crosschecks to the back of Dupuis. When I want to keep a puck in at the blue line with a backhand, something I do a lot of as a D-Man, I generally keep my stick on the ice rather than at ankle level. And I don't have a fraction of the stick control these guys do.santadevil said:
.PedroSpecialK said:
It has one it P&G. Where I put it. 10 hours ago. Not in this thread which isn't NSFW.JimBoSox9 said:This needs a home: (slightly NSFW)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4bnsx5rgScTheStoryofYourRedRightAnkle said:Beat him like the puck was Varlamov and Varlamov was Varlamov's girlfriend.
TheStoryofYourRedRightAnkle said:Beat him like the puck was Varlamov and Varlamov was Varlamov's girlfriend.
ForceAtHome said:
Are you referring to the Giroux goal? Because that's Curtis McElhinney, is it not?
This is pretty cool. I love at about 3:40 while hashing out the penalties for fights:Pumpsie said:
An AHL ref wore a helmet cam for a recent game. Pretty cool to hear the conversations on the ice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEBoOr12BrI