You’re allowed to battle for a puck no? It was a 50/50 puck battle. Hughes will learn that you can’t be that soft there, if he engaged physically with Colton there then it’s a nothing play.
Ross Colton gets 2 + 5 (7 minute PP) and a game for boarding and cross check
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Hischier and Hughes
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most guys nowadays only meet bodies that close to the boards; especially in the regular season
its too dangerous for injuries when you can simply meet on the boards vs a few feet from them
by todays standards thats boarding and should be called as such for the saety of the game; Colton can simply meet him on the boards a half-second later
coolboarder
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That is a wrong message to send. This is not a hockey play, period. This is going to be phrasing out of this type of hits. Hope that DOPS sends a message that this is not acceptable. Beside the puck has passed Hughes and did not even touch the puck and there is no need to make a hit.
pretty perfectly stated, young guy learning the league. honestly don't even think this is a penalty, hughes gives every indication he's going to throw a shoulder into colton, colton is trying to get to the outside so he hits him shoulder to shoulder...then at the very last second hughes turns his back and doesn't brace himself at all for the contact he knows is coming. colton can't do anything at that point.
the high stick yea i mean ultimately he gets what he deserves. think 5 is fine but from this video seems more like his hands sorta climbed higher than expected the way they continue to rise through contact. personally would have that be the end of it, wouldn't be surprised if he gets a game or 2 tho.
I didn't think the initial hit was that bad. Colton and Hughes were shoulder to shoulder, parallel to each other, a second before the hit. When they get to the corner, Hughes turns away which turned what would have been fairly normal shoulder to shoulder contact in the corner into boarding. Fine that's a penalty, but it's also exactly why a 2 min minor exists for boarding.
The follow up cross check obviously was brain dead. It's not at all a hockey play and an easy major to call. I think that's the part of this that could earn him a call from DoPS, though the boarding happening right before wouldn't help his case.
It was an odd sequencing of penalties. I don't think I've ever seen that before. 2 and a 10, sure. 2 and a 5? Nope. Don't believe I've ever seen a 7min PP before.
The follow up cross check obviously was brain dead. It's not at all a hockey play and an easy major to call. I think that's the part of this that could earn him a call from DoPS, though the boarding happening right before wouldn't help his case.
It was an odd sequencing of penalties. I don't think I've ever seen that before. 2 and a 10, sure. 2 and a 5? Nope. Don't believe I've ever seen a 7min PP before.
GirardSpinorama
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Hughes will learn from that hit, players need to protect themselves. This happens to a lot of young dmen. Colton hit shoulder to shoulder.
The cross check was stupid. Intent should always get punished. You cant have players intentionally trying to dish out pain.
The cross check was stupid. Intent should always get punished. You cant have players intentionally trying to dish out pain.
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If I was having fun at a live NHL game and still posting on HF during it, I'd probably have to do some deep reflection.
To me that looks like a hit in the back. Colton is trailing and Hughes change of direction is minor. We've seen worse but that hit should come out of the game in my view. It's dangerous.
LOFIN
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According to the rulebook, yes. That's not how the rulebook has been applied in the NHL though, never has been. Unlike in Europe and international hockey, NHL basically allows boarding as it described in the rulebook. The way refs actually call boarding is basically using it as a substitute for "checking from behind".
zizbuka
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Lol, hit on Hughes is clean this is the NHL got to be prepared to be hit if you are going into the corners. Hughes let up for some reason and assumed he wouldn't get hit. If you don't want to get hurt in the NHL you need to brace for contract and asume it's coming.
Byram took a hard hit similar to this in preseason, I didn't like it, but it was clean.
And for the cross-check to the face, all I can say is Meier should have his agent call up Hollywood and see if he can get some work because was some solid acting. Aggressively skates after Colton, then barely gets hit, acts like he is severely hurt which convinced the refs for a major, there was no blood, no injury, doesn't even miss a shift and scores on the PP.
Solid job NHL it should have been 2 mins for cross checking. Instead it was turned into a 7 mins PP for one team that seems about right.
Byram took a hard hit similar to this in preseason, I didn't like it, but it was clean.
And for the cross-check to the face, all I can say is Meier should have his agent call up Hollywood and see if he can get some work because was some solid acting. Aggressively skates after Colton, then barely gets hit, acts like he is severely hurt which convinced the refs for a major, there was no blood, no injury, doesn't even miss a shift and scores on the PP.
Solid job NHL it should have been 2 mins for cross checking. Instead it was turned into a 7 mins PP for one team that seems about right.
a mangy Meowth
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I think the first hit shouldn't even have been a penalty. Hughes played that very foolishly, Colton was going to hit him the entire time and he just played it like he wasn't even going to touch him. The crosscheck was idiotic though, hard to deny that.
Man that's just not how people in the world operate these days. For better or worse, probably worse tbh, it's not abnormal behavior at all to be on your phone while at an event or something.
Yea? It was a loose puck battle. Players engage physically going for those all the time, is this your first day watching hockey?
I think that's a clean playoff style hit. But in the regular season, that's going to be called more times than not.
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The first one is a penalty. I think he got a little unlucky with how Hughes was turning, and it actually could have been much worse since Luke almost has his leg taken out. It's unfortunate, but I still don't have a problem with that being a penalty. It wasn't a battle where the stronger player won.
The second one is just dumb. I'm assuming this is where the 5 came from?
The second one is just dumb. I'm assuming this is where the 5 came from?
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Meier was coming in with his stick up high as well, Colton put his up to protect himself. If Colton actually cross checked Meier in the face trust me he wouldn't be standing up still.
I think the hit happens no matter what thug is sitting on the bench. These hits happen all the time. If he hadn't cross checked Meier it's just another in a long line of borderline hits that get penalized. Colton didn't go into that hit hoping to hit Hughes in the back it just turned out that way. If the play ends and he says something vaguely apologetic to Hughes and skates to the box it's not noteworthy.
HugeInTheShire
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The hit on Hughes looked way worse in real time, so I can see why they called it a major and I agree with knocking it down to a minor.
The cross-check is completely unnecessary and reckless, Av fans can say all they want about how aggressively Meier came at him, it doesn't change the fact that he doesn't touch him and gets a stick across his jaw for it. Absolutely a major, intentional cross-checks to the face should always be a major.
Refs don't usually get it so right, but they nailed this one.
The cross-check is completely unnecessary and reckless, Av fans can say all they want about how aggressively Meier came at him, it doesn't change the fact that he doesn't touch him and gets a stick across his jaw for it. Absolutely a major, intentional cross-checks to the face should always be a major.
Refs don't usually get it so right, but they nailed this one.
SI90
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Lined him up and saw the numbers and distance from the boards. That’s an ugly hit. Can’t do that. Dangerous.
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I think the boarding is dumb/dangerous, but the league generally gives those 2 or 5 depending on the weather. I have a bigger problem with the crosscheck. Ref is right there and Colton comes with momentum, just really reckless and dumb. Butt-end looks exposed and its not a very controlled crosscheck, those can go poorly- maybe just don’t allow crosschecks to the head in general.
Give him 5+ games. He hit another dude in the head with his stick. Can’t believe I know this will be controversial, but the league shouldn’t allow that at all. League needs more Hughes, and fewer unskilled goons, but unfortunately dinosaurs in high positions..
Give him 5+ games. He hit another dude in the head with his stick. Can’t believe I know this will be controversial, but the league shouldn’t allow that at all. League needs more Hughes, and fewer unskilled goons, but unfortunately dinosaurs in high positions..
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Oh, I'm sorry. He gave him a warning shot. What are you even saying? He could have hurt him more but didn't really want to? He still did what he did.
