Refs rob us all by stopping a goalie fight

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Refs are just crap in the NHL and AHL, which is bad as the AHL refs go up to the NHL refs to bring their suckiness.

 

[tarheelhockey]

didn't some study come out recently that states that hockey players were just as likely to get CTE from taking and receiving hits over the course of their career than from fighting?

That would make sense, as CTE comes from a large number of sub-concussive impacts over a period of time. It’s like water on a stone. Collision sports like hockey and football are inherently dangerous when it comes to this level of impact.

The special danger for fighters is that they’re already taking all those hits, then adding on a bunch of other impacts in the form of fists bouncing off their noggin. And in a lot of cases, they’re also practicing their fighting skills off-ice through boxing or similar. So they’re accumulating a very high number of small impacts… like a steady flowing stream on the stone instead of a trickle.

Goalies are in a similar spot, given that they regularly take shots off the head, and also occasionally get into large collisions when they’re in a vulnerable position.

This is why it’s goofy for the refs to break up two goalies for “safety”. One career fight isn’t giving anybody CTE. The danger is in everything else those guys do during the game.

 

[bland]

Definitely a helmet thing. In both the Kuemper and Copley videos they don't grab anyone until their helmet comes off.

Could be why Kuemper didn't take his lid off. Swayman didn't exactly look to get away from the ref either, he stood flat footed just a few feet away from him the whole time Kuemper slowly skated up ice . This was more bluster than anything.

 

[NVious]

"Have you seen the money he's making and the job he's doing? He better start doing other things outside of his "goaltending" with how it's going" is what I read into it.

 

[rfournier103]

Another shining example of the NHL doing the exact opposite of what hockey fans want.

And they wonder why they’re a distant fourth in the American sports pecking order. Eventually, the NHL will be overtaken by MLS and nestle into fifth place.

 

[StrBender]

Seeing the kind of season Swayman is having, it was probably a good thing that it was stopped before it started. Swayman's season might have become even more regretful.

 

[Gregor Samsa]

What if the goalies just pull up their masks and rest them on top of their head?
I get the safety aspect but sports make money by entertainment.

 

[kingsholygrail]

The NHL thinks fighting is bad for hockey. Next they're going to remove ice.

Removing the ice would make it more accessible.

 

[shakes the clown]

Fighting is illegal in the NHL and the only reason linesmen don't step in right away is they might worsen the situation for themselves or the 2 fighters. It's different here considering both goalies wasted too much time preparing to fight, giving the linesmen the time and justification to stop it. If you're going to have a goalie fight, you need to start running at each other.

Tripping is also illegal in the NHL. Should the refs grab guys before they can do that too?

 

[Chinaski89]

This isn’t nearly as egregious as when the refs stopped Fleury from dismantling Bennington either last year or the one before.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

It’s like the refs think they are the stars.

Trying to make it all about them.

Incompetent losers.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

That would make sense, as CTE comes from a large number of sub-concussive impacts over a period of time. It’s like water on a stone. Collision sports like hockey and football are inherently dangerous when it comes to this level of impact.

The special danger for fighters is that they’re already taking all those hits, then adding on a bunch of other impacts in the form of fists bouncing off their noggin. And in a lot of cases, they’re also practicing their fighting skills off-ice through boxing or similar. So they’re accumulating a very high number of small impacts… like a steady flowing stream on the stone instead of a trickle.

Goalies are in a similar spot, given that they regularly take shots off the head, and also occasionally get into large collisions when they’re in a vulnerable position.

This is why it’s goofy for the refs to break up two goalies for “safety”. One career fight isn’t giving anybody CTE. The danger is in everything else those guys do during the game.

It's not that one career fight will give someone CTE. It's that a fight without a helmet has a pretty good chance of having a player's head slamming against the ice.