Vatrano cross-checks Kostin and gets knocked down with a left hook

[Boo Boo]

Only penalty should go against Vatrano. No penalty for defending yourself

To be clear the cross check was a response to kostin running a fly by elbow to Vatrano face a half second earlier so the cross check was Vatrano defending himself

 

[BLNY]

I'll take "shit that doesn't happen if the benches are on opposite sides of the ice for $200."

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

This year Cousins?

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Street justice.

Don't know how dumb you can be to cross check someone and then not expect to get popped for it?

I would expect to be cross checked back, not punched in the face

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Good stuff from Kostin, embarrassing dive by Vatrano

 

[The Macho King]

I would expect to be cross checked back, not punched in the face

Then you are going to get dropped.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Then you are going to get dropped.

You shouldn’t just be able to punch someone in the face, even in hockey, unless the gloves are off and you’re squaring up

 

[The Macho King]

You shouldn’t just be able to punch someone in the face, even in hockey, unless the gloves are off and you’re squaring up

That's f***ing dumb. Act like a rat and you should expect to get popped.

This idiotic "code" is childish nonsense. Hey I hit you with my stick how dare you punch me! You must also hit me with your stick!

 

[tny760]

Don't think it was embellished at all. He caught a player much smaller than him and who wasn't expecting a gloved punch to the jaw in that situation.

yeah you don't go airborne with both knees bent back when you get punched.. outside of the movies that is

 

[Soul Assumption]

I would expect to be cross checked back, not punched in the face

I would rather be punched in the face than hit with a stick.

 

[Anglesmith]

Street justice.

Don't know how dumb you can be to cross check someone and then not expect to get popped for it?

Unless it's McDavid, according to the hockey community last year.

 

[CanadienShark]

Totally deserved it.

 

[Anglesmith]

So the full sequence is elbow-crosscheck-sucker punch, which clearly makes Vatrano the victim here especially with the refs apparently missing the first infraction.

Pretty amazing how a cropping of the sequence has people falling hook, line and sinker for the opposite narrative.

 

[Stealth1616]

That honestly looks like a massive dive

 

[josra33]

I’d be embarrassed to be Vatrano for that embellishment. That’s soccer level… why did his legs crumble like that from a hit to the chin?

 

[Vinegar Strokes]

That's f***ing dumb. Act like a rat and you should expect to get popped.

This idiotic "code" is childish nonsense. Hey I hit you with my stick how dare you punch me! You must also hit me with your stick!

But it was Kostin that acted like the rat, threw an elbow/chicken wing up high on Vatrano. The crosscheck was retaliation.

 

[Fixed to Ruin]

Pow! Right in the kisser

 

[Fatass]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1845302053255438802

That was a rat move dive. Good he got two as well.

You shouldn’t just be able to punch someone in the face, even in hockey, unless the gloves are off and you’re squaring up

Yes, bare knuckle punches to the head are so much safer than having gloves on.

 

[ohcomeonref]

So the full sequence is elbow-crosscheck-sucker punch, which clearly makes Vatrano the victim here especially with the refs apparently missing the first infraction.

Pretty amazing how a cropping of the sequence has people falling hook, line and sinker for the opposite narrative.

Even more amazing us how most in the thread won't do a tiny amount of reading to see how stupid their takes are.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

I would rather be punched in the face than hit with a stick.

In the face yeah, but he just gave him a light shot in the arm