Worst Match penalty/Major ever called (Cizikas NYI)

[MattMartin]

He literally shouldered him in the head, and now Bischel is getting checked for a concussion. That usually doesn’t happen for a hit to the chest.

This makes a lot of sense....well...if you don't understand the rules.

It's about "main point of contact" of contact, which obviously, you completely missed.

ALSO

You can get a concussion by not getting struck in the head also, not that you were paying attention or anything...



I'm not saying he didn't get in the head at some point, my argument it WASN'T the principal point of contact!

 

[ML19]

Playing the puck in the corner is reckless, not the guy ignoring the puck and hitting his head?

Interesting ananalysis.

Who ignored the puck? He's hitting the player playing the puck. This wasn't an interference call... Bischel put himself in a dangerous vulnerable position when a hit is clearly coming.

 

[Junohockeyfan]

A clean hit with an unfortunate outcome. The angle Bischel was at when hit resulted in contact to the head. But the principle hit location was to the chest .

 

[Crazy Cizikas]

I mean the clip you show has “eh” “kind of clean” and “maybe a little bit of head” to describe the hit. By that player’s broadcast team…in a 5 second clip.

To call this “the worst major ever called” is among the most hyperbolic statements ever.

Intentional irony, I hope!

 

[NYI365]

Even a rangers guy agreed it was a bullshit call

 

[MrHeiskanen]

This makes a lot of sense....well...if you don't understand the rules.

It's about principal point of contact, which obviously, you completely missed.

ALSO

You can get a concussion by not getting struck in the head also, not that you were paying attention or anything...



I'm not saying he didn't get in the head at some point, my argument it WASN'T the principal point of contact!

If we are talking about not understanding the rules, principal point of contact hasn't been in the rule book since 2013.

lmfao

 

[MattMartin]

Islanders fans: it's a chest hit
Dallas fans: it's a head hit
Video says: both are true

Yeah, you're right. After he hit him in the chest the follow through lead to a head hit which is not the "main point of contact"

 

[Chaos]

You can get a concussion without head contact from his head snapping. The hit was shoulder on chest/shoulder you are blind. Ftr I hope it’s not a concussion and he is ok.

And what causes his head to snap straight back? A hit to the chest does not do that

 

[saintunspecified]

Playing the puck in the corner is reckless, not the guy ignoring the puck and hitting his head?

Interesting analysis.

Say what u will, but don't ever coach a contact sport. Players know better than that, because they are drilled to protect themselves.

 

[NVious]

Just sent this to my buddy Raffi, he used to play pro and he said it was one of the most disgusting hits he's ever seen.

 

[miscs75]

And what causes his head to snap straight back? A hit to the chest does not do that

A hit to the chest will force someone’s head to snap back. It depends on the force itself. To say a hit to the chest doesn’t do that means you either have never watched hockey before or have never played the sport at any form of competitive level.

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

worst ever is almost certainly hyperbole but yeah that was a terrible call. shouldn't even have been a 2min penalty. soft league

 

[Three On Zero]

Hit head, good call

 

[End of Line]

I hate the Isles but

 

[Chaos]

A hit to the chest will force someone’s head to snap back. It depends on the force itself. To say a hit to the chest doesn’t do that means you either have never watched hockey before or have never played the sport at any form of competitive level.

So a hit to the chest has the head snap directly back, without going forward first? Do physics no longer apply?

 

[Mattb124]

He literally shouldered him in the head, and now Bischel is getting checked for a concussion. That usually doesn’t happen for a hit to the chest.

Read NHL rule 48.1(i) and then report back.

 

[miscs75]

So a hit to the chest has the head snap directly back, without going forward first? Do physics no longer apply?

Once again, look up some large hit. Heads will snap back on clean hits. They don’t have to go forward to go back. This wasn’t a direct head shot with intent to kill Bischel no matter what angle you try to look at it. The refs did this out of panic for retaliation from an idiot like Dumba trying to intentionally injure someone as retaliation.

 

[gstommylee]

They might as well eliminate body checking from the NHL. That was as clean as can be.

NHL and NHLPA will never ban body checking.

 

[JeffP]

Yeah, you're right. After he hit him in the chest the follow through lead to a head hit which is not the "main point of contact"

i disagree but i recognize we both wear certain colors here

 

[islesmb]

NHL and NHLPA will never ban body checking.

Of course not, that was mostly tongue in cheek.

 

[MattMartin]

One of my least favorite things about this site is people who get indignant about what they think the rules “should” say, while they have no idea what the rules actually do say. SMH

I bet 50$ he went to look up the rule and thinks he's a NHL rulebook Czar after watching the same two minute video I posted.

 

[Magic Mittens]

They missed a couple obvious penalties on the Islanders in the first, and then they call a 5 on that. You never know with the refs anymore

 

[boredmale]

If the defenseman was lik 5'11 and standing up i could see it being a penalty but the guy Cizikas hit was bending over a good 8-9 inches and in the motion of going down when hit

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Eakin/Pavelski in part led to video review of major penalties.

 

[Chaos]

Once again, look up some large hit. Heads will snap back on clean hits. They don’t have to go forward to go back. This wasn’t a direct head shot with intent to kill Bischel no matter what angle you try to look at it. The refs did this out of panic for retaliation from an idiot like Dumba trying to intentionally injure someone as retaliation.

It definitely was a direct headshot. Of course they aren’t perfect, but I’ll trust the professionals who officiate for a living over random fan on the internet.