Crosby and Kyle Connor fight after reverse hit

[elmaco]

So much juice left in Crosby but he knows he's never tasting the cup again. As a rival fan, I love he's going to be a Penguin forever, but kinda sad he's fading away on a team that ran out of gas.

Who knows, maybe he'll waive if things get too awful.

 

[ZJuice]

This is not a reverse hit.
Literally my first penalty ever in contact hockey was by doing this, I got called for interference

 

[Grifter3511]

Yeah Sid pick a fight with the guy who was voted to be the most civil and gentlemanly player in the league. The guy who gets like 4 penalty minutes per season. And you didn't even win the fight. The sequence was: get dumped on your ass by a clean play by a soft player because you weren't paying attention, throw hissy fit, get ass kicked.

I don't thing those words mean what you think they mean.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

This is not a reverse hit.
Literally my first penalty ever in contact hockey was by doing this, I got called for interference

This is a common play in hockey, two guys going in for a loose puck, someone bumps the other, and it is commonly referred to as a 'Reverse Hit'. Whether it's interference depends on a other factors, how far away was the puck, did the hitter change course, how forceful was bump etc. This is pretty borderline and mild, I'm leaning toward no interference.

 

[Midnight Judges]

Glad Sid lost his balance he would have smoked KFC

Crosby got punched in the face and went down. The next player who gets "smoked" by Crosby will be the first.

Puck is right there. If this is interference, then there are many interference calls per game that aren't being called.

 

[qc14]

Sid starting a fight over a clean hit, can't say I'm not surprised

 

[Coffey]

if Crosby goes to Colorado with Mack, the spazzing/60 will reach astronomical levels.

 

[ijuka]

Yeah, that's interference, not reverse hitting. Reverse hitting is, as the name suggests, done against hits.

 

[Romang67]

Moving in the same direction and block.
There's nothing there saying you can stop and hit someone.

That's a player skating and slowly down, thus slowing down the opposing player

Everyone knows you can't hit a player who doesn't have the puck that's 100% interference.

NHL let's it go because they let other shit go and sometimes it causes a nice little scrum, or something.

You're making assumptions that aren't supported by the rulebook. Again, the interference rule is saying you have the right to your ice. It additionally says this:

A player is always entitled to use his body position to
lengthen an opponent’s path to the puck, provided
his stick is not utilized (to make himself “bigger” and
therefore considerably lengthening the distance his
opponent must travel to get where he is going); his
free hand is not used and he does not take
advantage of his body position to deliver an
otherwise illegal check.

That section of the interference rule is specifically saying that you can't take advantage of your body position to "deliver an otherwise illegal check." There is no reason to have the word "illegal" in the rule if you aren't allowed to deliver a check.

You can deliver a check to protect the ice you're on. Because you have ultimate right to that ice (again, unless you're setting a pick).

Correct me if I'm wrong but it really does seem like you're allowed to the ice at your own feet at virtually any time, even if you're doing things that are unexpected and perhaps even go against the flow of the game.

It seems like he's trying to set up and read for a bounce but even if he were just refusing to play the puck out of some kind of general protest or outstandingly poor strategy he's still allowed to be there. You'd have to prove that the act of him stopping involves intentionally interfering with the player coming in behind him which seems like a tough ask to call a penalty there, even if you can infer that he should know somebody is coming.

players who are irresponsible with this "currency" won't last long in the league but the spirit of this seems to protect players' rights and subsequent safety in 50/50 battles and insulate against bad actors cutting corners to draw penalties. Ultimately this is a physical sport and nobody should be dissuaded from literally standing their ground, whether that contact is expected or not.

Yep. I don't think people generally actually read the rules they talk about. The only time a player doesn't have the ultimate right to the space they occupy is in when they're in the opponent's crease.

 

[JetsFan815]

I am a firm believer that these "reverse hits" should be interference penalties no matter what, not just his hit but every single "reverse hit". Dangerous and blindsiding.

 

[Bradely]

Me think Sidney is getting old! Lol....

I am a firm believer that these "reverse hits" should be interference penalties no matter what, not just his hit but every single "reverse hit". Dangerous and blindsiding.

Florida 19 would be sitting all game

 

[HTFN]

I am a firm believer that these "reverse hits" should be interference penalties no matter what, not just his hit but every single "reverse hit". Dangerous and blindsiding.

The alternative is a lot more people going into the boards. It’s a reaction to counter pressure and this game 100% allows pressure in those zones, variations of staying sturdy like this is literally how they make it to the NHL in the first place.

The only reason it’s “blindsiding” is because the conventions of the game allow the hitter to expect to throw contact and not really pay for it, and stopping short sucks that momentum away. Crosby’s not protecting himself, he expected some weak contact and got popped for going through the motions. That’s much better than the other way around.