GDT: WJC, NYE, Canada vs Germany, 1:30 EST

[Pieck]

I’d call 2 on both personally

 

[TimeZone]

Lack of creativity on the PP is laughable

 

[Angry Hockey Dad]

comedy hour. Both hits directly the result of puck carrier putting themselves into bad situation one is a game one is 2 mins.

 

[SupremeTeam16]

really dumb turn by Poitras

this is what happens when you take contact out of minor hockey

Yeah this is becoming a thing and it’s really annoying how guys aren’t protecting themselves.

You know that guys right there and he’s coming to check you. Turning at that time is such a dumb move.

 

[LastOne2100]

You missed a part - the head was hit. That's literal textbook in IIHF rules.

Your post I was replying to was about expecting players to make better hits.

I was just saying that hit was perfect in North America so it couldn't be taught any better.

For a one time tournament, it's completely understandable that a player wouldn't want to change his game away from what would be considered ideal in North America.

Still a penalty though in this tournament though. Surprised at the 5 minutes though.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Yeah, he was hit in the face with a stick. But he acted as though he was shot with a rifle, that's the issue.

Have you been hit with a stick in the face?

 

[HabSgt]

They should both be in the stands eating nachos.

Together? That would be strange.

 

[TonsofPuppies]

Then perhaps NA hockey is just outdated and stupid, as opposed to European hockey being soft?

You missed a part - the head was hit. That's literal textbook in IIHF rules.

Hip check. Or go back to the play since the puck was already moved.

And here's the thing, with the Hauf hit on Poitras, that also should have been a 5 - even though Poitras turned last second.

We should be doing a better job protecting the ****ing head in North America.

The puck was already moved? The puck was literally leaving his stick as the hit was being laid. The only way he could have avoided that hit at that point would be if he could bend the rules of physics, space and time. You sound very Californian. lol

 

[Blender]

really dumb turn by Poitras

this is what happens when you take contact out of minor hockey

Hopefully wherever you played was different, but as a kid with contact starting fairly early there was little to nothing in the way of teaching kids how to throw proper hits or receive hits properly. All it did was lead to people getting hurt fairly often because kids would take runs at other kids with neither knowing how do do it properly, plus the size differentials you get at youth ages.

 

[HabSgt]

Quite the high event first period. Will the second be even more eventful or will it settle down?

 

[Nineteen67]

The player that turns to the boards to avoid a hit should be given A misconduct for being reckless

 

[All the Answers]

See where Wood was on the 2nd half of the pp? That's where Rehkopf needs to be on PP1. Not in a foreign position in front of the net. On the high LW where his shot has blindingly beaten all opposition goaltenders all year. Letang is clueless.

 

[therealdeal]

Boys I’m all riled up. This game has waaay more emotion that I thought it would!!

 

[sepHF]

Hopefully wherever you played was different, but as a kid with contact starting fairly early there was little to nothing in the way of teaching kids how to throw proper hits or receive hits properly. All it did was lead to people getting hurt fairly often because kids would take runs at other kids with neither knowing how do do it properly, plus the size differentials you get at youth ages.

i played pre-novice to bantam

we had hitting drills all the time, both giving hits and receieving them


we used to do the gauntlet where the entire team would line up 2 feet away from the boards and you'd have to skate through and absorb hits while maintaining control of a puck. Also did other drills where the whole team would make a circle at center ice and one player would enter the circle at a time, pick a palyer and throw a hit. Coaches would critique our form and give pointers to avoid getting hurt

 

[Alerion]

Quite the high event first period. Will the second be even more eventful or will it settle down?

It will settle down but we have enough content to argue for days.

 

[TonsofPuppies]

See where Wood was on the 2nd half of the pp? That's where Rehkopf needs to be on PP1. Not in a foreign position in front of the net. On the high LW where his shot has blindingly beaten all opposition goaltenders all year. Letang is clueless.

Canada has this dumb communist philosophy when it comes to the coaching in that every year, someone else needs a chance to coach, regardless of their qualifications for the job. Hockey Canada is a joke. That's how we end up with bellends like Steve Spott, Dave Lowry, Dave Cameron, Dominic Ducharme, etc. behind the bench.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

It's a shame players don't have a slapshot anymore, other wise yelling "Yager bomb" after a big slapshot would be a solid shirt.

 

[nbwingsfan]

So, if you're responsible for not making contact with the head when players are moving, you should be responsible for not hitting a player from behind.

That should be on Poitras and not a penalty, Geekie's shouldn't have been a penalty, but yet there's officials with no consistency.

Can't have good hockey anymore with beyond incompetent refs.

100% this.

If you have to avoid head contact under all circumstances with no exception, then why isn’t that applied to hits from behind?

 

[Czechboy]

Together? That would be strange.

Looks like there are a few empty seats for him to sit in.lol

 

[Leaf Fans]

See where Wood was on the 2nd half of the pp? That's where Rehkopf needs to be on PP1. Not in a foreign position in front of the net. On the high LW where his shot has blindingly beaten all opposition goaltenders all year. Letang is clueless.

He is a quadruple gold medal winner in the last 4 iihf tournaments two as a head coach and two as an assistant. He knows what he is doing.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

100% this.

If you have to avoid head contact under all circumstances with no exception, then why isn’t that applied to hits from behind?

Yeah it's this weird thing where if you make any hint of head contact in a open ice hit...your done. Drive a guys head into the boards from behind? Ehhh maybe a minor.

 

[Alerion]

Yager is a nice interview, always happy to see players that aren't total hockey culture robots.

 

[Blender]

i played pre-novice to bantam

we had hitting drills all the time, both giving hits and receieving them


we used to do the gauntlet where the entire team would line up 2 feet away from the boards and you'd have to skate through and absorb hits while maintaining control of a puck. Also did other drills where the whole team would make a circle at center ice and one player would enter the circle at a time, pick a palyer and throw a hit. Coaches would critique our form and give pointers to avoid getting hurt

Well you had way more coaching on hitting than I ever did. We had like one practice where it was done and consisted mostly of coaches yelling to hit harder.

Neither of the drills you describe are very good though, they are actually terrible ways to teach hitting or receiving hits because they don't represent actual situations. Also important to teach people how to do things before getting them to do it, rather than running drills and only giving "pointers" afterwards.

 

[RedHawkDown]

Maybe I’m just a homer but Danielson should probably also get some better minutes. Looks somewhat dangerous.

 

[hockey20000]

o dog making sense for one