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WJC: Golyshev suspended for blindside hit at World Juniors

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Godlyshev rushed a bit with his hit, but i don't think it was a dirty one and if there was no injury, it would've been a non issue. Initially the refs also gave just a 2 minute penalty and when the guy couldn't get up, they increased it.
 
Puts us is n a position, wheresomeonehasto doubleshift in a second game in as many days... The hit itself, looked worse than it was.
 
Yup, you cant do that. Not sure why the announcers thought it was a somewhat of a clean hit when it was a textbook blindside headshot away from the puck.
 
MOGiLNY said:
Godlyshev rushed a bit with his hit, but i don't think it was a dirty one and if there was no injury, it would've been a non issue. Initially the refs also gave just a 2 minute penalty and when the guy couldn't get up, they increased it.
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It was also a late call. The refs don't know what they're doing.
 
IIHF explanation: http://www.worldjunior2015.com/en/news/golyshev/

Following a formal hearing with the player, the Disciplinary Panel determined that Baltisberger in attempting to receive the pass was not eligible to be hit as he did not have possession of the puck, and that Golyshev skated into the path of Baltisberger initiating body contact in an effort to prevent him from gaining possession of the puck. Although the video evidence is inconclusive as to whether contact to the head was made, Golyshev took advantage of an unsuspecting opponent, who was in a vulnerable position with no opportunity to defend himself.
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Why do people keep on talking about "blindside hits."

The NHL didn't have the balls to outright ban headshots, so they banned blindside headshots.

This isn't a suspension in the NHL and it shouldn't of even been one in the IIHF, players hit other players going for the puck all the time.
 
SimplySensational said:
Why do people keep on talking about "blindside hits."

The NHL didn't have the balls to outright ban headshots, so they banned blindside headshots.

This isn't a suspension in the NHL and it shouldn't of even been one in the IIHF, players hit other players going for the puck all the time.
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Probably because it is an obvious declaration that is easy to understand.

This most definately should be a suspension, and it is completely right that it is under IIHF rules. This was clear cut interference, making a mockery out of the concept of a hit, which is to seperate an opponent from the puck. You cannot seperate an opponent from the puck who doesn't even have it. There hasn't been a time where a player who didn't have the puck could be hit, it has always been intereference. There may be occasional battles between players going into the boards, but that is in no way comparable to hitting an unsuspecting player who isn't allowed to be hit.

The injury makes it an automatic 5+game or match penalty, and the players are fully aware of that.

It's funny how people try their best to change the way hits can be made. First they turned "finishing your check" into hitting an opponent way after the puck is gone, regardless of whether the hitting motion had even started. Now people try let players get away with hitting anybody as long as there is a theoretic chance the puck might reach him. Here's a hint: if the player isn't considered to be in control of the puck, he cannot be hit. Nor does the possibility of the player maybe being able to get to the puck allow for him to be hit. It's on the player who wants to make a hit to make sure that he is allowed to hit the opponent, he can't just assume that everything will fall in line exactly the way he wants it to. If he goes along with a hit that he cannot be sure will be legal, he has to live with the consequences: putting his team down a man and a possible suspension.
 
Judge based on the result and not by the play itself. Hate this logic, the play itself was a borderline 2 min penalty.
 
It genuinely doesn't look that bad but as soon as someone's hurt the IIHF freaks out and bases the call entirely on the severity of the injury.

Hopefully the Swiss player recovers quickly and didn't just stay down to sell the call.
 
According to swiss news Baltisberger got to the hospital where they did further examination. According to team manager Bruno Suri, Baltisberger has some neck pain, but is fine apart from that. He's back with the team and considered day-to-day.
 
I dont mind the rule one bit. If you illegally hit a player(boarding, interference, slash, high stick, etc) injuries should have a barring on extra discipline. If you didint hit the player illegally, the player likely wouldn't of been injured.

Completely against disciplining players for legal hits that cause injury.
 
remember the environment

This is not the NHL in the 70s- a blindside hit on an unsuspecting player without the puck is a penalty. And if an injury results there will be a suspension.
 
FLYLine24 said:
Yup, you cant do that. Not sure why the announcers thought it was a somewhat of a clean hit when it was a textbook blindside headshot away from the puck.
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I've looked at it several times, and I just don't agree that it was a head shot. There is no sign that he raised his shoulder, and he certainly did not head butt the guy. The announcers said that it was very close to not being a penalty at all because it was a clean hit, and he tried to time it so that it wasn't interference. The announcers also say that the injury occurred because the guy leaned his head forward into the oncoming Golyshev, rather than any attempt to injure on Golyshev's part. Because if was a serious injury, the officials caved in to the pressure to give him a suspension. And yes, it will hurt Russia. It looked to me like one of those things that happen in hockey.
 
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