GDT: Semi Final: Russia Vs Sweden | 9AM EST 1PM CET | RUS 5 - 4 SWE OT

[dombrova22]

Well. This got interesting

 

[Opak]

Tie Domi -esque. UGLY hit, well deserved major penalty.

 

[KrejciMVP]

what a dumb play

 

[Spender]

So f***ing dumb.

 

[hockey20000]

god I hate the iihf.. the kid saw him comng and braced himself for the hit unfortately his arms got up in the other gusys head.. penalty okay but game mis conduct? BS .. I say it everygame the refs are making this tournament unwatchable more then normal this year.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

***IIHF

 

[TheBeastCoast]

That was a blatant hit to the head and has been a game misconduct in international hockey....for as long as I can remember.

 

[JJTT]

WHAT!?!?!?! 5 AND A GAME FOR THAT **** OFF **** OFF **** OFF

Lol what, he hit nothing but Denisenko's head, learn to take the hit..

 

[Evanc23]

Agree it was a good call. Very undisciplined in my opinion

 

[bottomofthefoodchain]

Clearly he was trying to brace himself for the incoming hit. He just did it in a terrible way

 

[gretskidoo]

Sweden gooning it up early in the first period

Yeah, he should've just taken it up the ass(or the head, as the case would be there). That's the Finnish way, I assume?

 

[Todd Parchment]

Hoglander was the one who went out of the way to initiate head contact. The blindness here astounds me.

 

[Patman123and4]

Hoglander should know better.

 

[PG Canuck]

Clearly he was trying to brace himself for the incoming hit. He just did it in a terrible way

yep. Sucks for him and Sweden but that’s the right call.

 

[Macbanan]

Höglander is stupid apparantly. Just why...

I hope there is no suspension. Wasn't that clear of a head contact

 

[EK47]

Great boxplay. It has been overrated all tournament due to playing weak opponents. Now they're showing their true colors.

 

[tictactoe]

smh kicked out for that? penalty sure but come on..

No hits to the head.. At all.. Period. None!
What
don't
you
get?

 

[JustaFinnishGuy]

He directs the force of the contact upwards, probably didn't mean to, but it still is a 5 and a game, clear head contact. Both at fault but I've never seen bracing for contact like Höglander did, looked like a headhunting move, what a weird sequence

 

[ViewsFromThe6ix]

god I hate the iihf.. the kid saw him comng and braced himself for the hit unfortately his arms got up in the other gusys head.. penalty okay but game mis conduct? BS .. I say it everygame the refs are making this tournament unwatchable more then normal this year.

take the hit or brace for it without getting your arms up

 

[timmeh]

He’s just trying to defend himself. ****ing joke this.

Lol wow soft af. He was literally just bracing himself because Denisenko took a run at him. You can tell Denisenko is soft as butter

Nah. Höglander actually tried hit Denisenko. A clear hit to the head.

 

[hockey20000]

And drilled the guy in the head while doing it

he braced himself for the hit if you can't see that you are blind.. penalty okay but the game misconduct part is stupid.

 

[ZDH]

So Denisenko takes a 30' run at him and Hoglander elbows him in the head and gets ejected?

Yep.

 

[bottomofthefoodchain]

Get Ginning off the ice please

 

[Junohockeyfan]

god I hate the iihf.. the kid saw him comng and braced himself for the hit unfortately his arms got up in the other gusys head.. penalty okay but game mis conduct? BS .. I say it everygame the refs are making this tournament unwatchable more then normal this year.

You have to be responsible for your arms and elbows. You can't claim self defense when you elbow someone in the head. That was no accident.

He may have cost Sweden the tournament.

 

[Blueboy]

Hoglander was the one who went out of the way to initiate head contact. The blindness here astounds me.

Yeah, pretty obvious cheap shot.