D Brandt Clarke - Ontario Reign, AHL (2021, 8th, LAK)

[kilowatt]

Suspended indefinitely for a hit.

How much does hockey canada hate this kid?

Here's the (clean) hit in question:



Can't f***ing wait for this kid to come to LA.

 

[ConnorMcMullet]

Suspended indefinitely for a hit.

How much does hockey canada hate this kid?

What am I missing here? Seems clean to me.

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

What am I missing here? Seems clean to me.

We are all questioning that ourselves over on the Kings board, how the hell does that warrant an indefinite suspension?

 

[bsu]

That's odd.... 2 minute penalty at most.

 

[LAKings88]

Guy's own team didn't even react to it. Strange suspension.

 

[kilowatt]

That's odd.... 2 minute penalty at most.

For what? What's the penalty?

 

[bsu]

For what? What's the penalty?

It's juniors dude. They always call stuff like that. No idea why he is suspended...and indefinitely? f***.

 

[Osprey]

I wouldn't call it clean, since the player didn't see it coming. The OHL has rules against blindside hits.

At its annual league meeting, the Ontario Hockey League Board of Governors took further steps in addressing player safety through the adoption of a "Blindside Hit Rule" whereby there will be a penalty assessed for those players who check an opponent from the blindside. Based on the discretion of the referee, a minor, major and game misconduct or match penalty may be assessed. Such infraction would also be subject to review and possible supplementary discipline by the league.

It seems like it still should've been a penalty, but I agree that this punishment feels harsh based solely on that clip. Maybe the player has concussion symptions, though, so the league assessed it as a hit to the head and that called for a suspension. Who knows.

 

[canuck2010]

Someone was asking in another thread why scoring has gone up in the NHL. Not so long ago that was a good hit. Just sayin'

 

[bsu]

I wouldn't call it clean, since the player didn't see it coming. The OHL has rules against blindside hits.



It seems like it still should've been a penalty. This seems pretty harsh, though. Maybe the player has concussion symptions, so they assessed it as a hit to the head and upgraded the punishment. Who knows.

Exactly. It's a 2 min penalty maybe a major if you wanna chill a junior game out... It was against a star player but a suspension is straight ridiculous.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I'm trying really hard to give them the benefit of the doubt. Maybe they have another angle? If so, I could see it being direct head contact maybe, but impossible to tell from this side.

Regardless, it's been 4 days? It's not that hard to investigate. I hate to don the tinfoil hat but

 

[SaltyElkHunter]

That’s a clean hit. Clarke needs to just abandon Canada all together

 

[kilowatt]

Not official, but Hoven is relatively connected. If true, five games for that is wild.

Clarke would look good on Team USA.

 

[Dominance]

Not official, but Hoven is relatively connected. If true, five games for that is wild.

Clarke would look good on Team USA.

Clarke has no eligibility for Team USA, where did this even come from?

 

[KapG]

What am I missing here? Seems clean to me.

Come on…

Why are these hockey leagues such a complete joke? This is pathetic. Wow.

 

[simonedvinsson]

Principle point of contact was the chin of Mysak. If it was the chin of Yoursak, you all might be singing a different tune.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Clarke should declare war on Canada, found his own island nation, and compete under that banner.

 

[Reaper45]

Damn at this point leave the OHL and have the Kings call him up.

 

[ponder]

Crazy for that to be a suspension. No ill intent, a normal hit that’s almost all shoulder to shoulder, with a bit of incidental head contact.

It’s definitely not even a penalty at the NHL level, and IMO shouldn’t be a penalty at the stricter OHL level. An ~5 game suspension though … insane.

 

[ponder]

Ah, just found another angle:



Here it looks completely different - that does look like a headshot, and an ~5 game suspension at the OHL level, especially since Mysak was hurt. Honestly not sure what to think here, the two angles tell very different stories.

 

[bsu]

Ah, just found another angle:



Here it looks completely different - that does look like a headshot, and an ~5 game suspension at the OHL level, especially since Mysak was hurt. Honestly not sure what to think here, the two angles tell very different stories.

Nice find, still don't know about indefinite suspension but this view is definitely worse than the other.

 

[ponder]

Nice find, still don't know about indefinite suspension but this view is definitely worse than the other.

Indefinite suspension is actually pretty common in the OHL, it just means they haven’t come to a final decision on the number of games yet.

First angle, I thought it was crazy to suspend at all. Second angle … that does look like an ~5 game OHL suspension. I don’t think there was any malicious intent, but there was a lot of head contact, and Mysak was hurt.

 

[bsu]

Indefinite suspension is actually pretty common in the OHL, it just means they haven’t come to a final decision on the number of games yet.

I know that but that hit should be an easy call.

 

[ponder]

I know that but that hit should be an easy call.

That’s pretty subjective - personally, that hit looks so different from the 2 different angles that I’d have trouble deciding on a suspension.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

That’s pretty subjective - personally, that hit looks so different from the 2 different angles that I’d have trouble deciding on a suspension.

Thanks for finding the other angle, figured it would tell a different story

I'm not sure I can confidently say either way because the footage isn't great quality and I also don't know what Clarke could have done differently but I'm much more accepting of the thought that it was a headshot with the 2nd view