Yanni Gourde Suspension Hearing (Suspended 2 games)

[HockeyGuy1964]

Stupid hit that also cost his team a chance to rally. The major was probably enough though.

I'm an Oilers fan & I agree.

He might get a game just because he was mad & it will be seen as a "revenge" hit when it was actually his own teammate that speared him in the face.

 

[McDNicks17]

I'd give him at least one game just because it's about as obvious as you can get for a premeditated/retaliatory intent to injure.

 

[McFlyingV]

Ekholm’s a tough guy, haha. Gourde is way smaller than him. Landy beat the piss out of his countryman.

Not that Ekholm is a good fighter, but the fight you're talking about he dropped his gloves and jumped Ekholm who was in a scrum and still had both his gloves on the entire time. Didn't really give him much of a chance to defend himself and was pretty cowardly.

 

[TheNumber4]

Not that Ekholm is a good fighter, but the fight you're talking about he dropped his gloves and jumped Ekholm who was in a scrum and still had both his gloves on the entire time. Didn't really give him much of a chance to defend himself and was pretty cowardly.

Haven’t see the fight. But that sounds exactly like Landeskog. Very dirty and dishonourable player. Fits his M.O.

 

[Chainshot]

Haven’t see the fight. But that sounds exactly like Landeskog. Very dirty and dishonourable player. Fits his M.O.

Ekholm never took his gloves off. It wasn't a fight.

 

[pbgoalie]

An impressive full house of
Stupidity
Lack of discipline
Lack of control
And selfishness

He really hit for the cycle here

 

[cc]

I don't like Gourde but the major seems good enough to me. Hit didn't look much worse than some of other hits we've seen that got nothing.

 

[TheNumber4]

Ekholm never took his gloves off. It wasn't a fight.

Wow. That whole sequence sums up that dirty POS Landeskog quite nicely.

He pretends to trip to run the Goalie in a game where the Avs need to get in the goalies head. I watched it in slow motion, he wasn’t tripped at all, he barrelled into the goalie and even did a slight hop to correct his trajectory.

Ekholm who’s always been an honorable player and one that will stick up for his teammates goes after him. Landeskog turtles like a bitch and looks scared doing it. Then he finds an opportune time out of the scrum to start wailing on him without giving Ekholm a chance to get off his gloves for a fair fight.

Seriously f*** Landeskog, and this is the play Avs fans are taking a victory lap over?

 

[Right Wing]

shame Ekholm had to pay for McDavids dirty plays that riled up Gourde

Yep if the refs would have caught the first act and McDavid penalized like he should of been the retaliation wouldn’t of happened

 

[Chainshot]

Wow. That whole sequence sums up that dirty POS Landeskog quite nicely.

He pretends to trip to run the Goalie in a game where the Avs need to get in the goalies head. I watched it in slow motion, he wasn’t tripped at all, he barrelled into the goalie and even did a slight hop to correct his trajectory.

Ekholm who’s always been an honorable player and one that will stick up for his teammates goes after him. Landeskog turtles like a bitch and looks scared doing it. Then he finds an opportune time out of the scrum to start wailing on him without giving Ekholm a chance to get off his gloves for a fair fight.

Seriously f*** Landeskog, and this is the play Avs fans are taking a victory lap over?

I thought it was more him trying to use his helmet on the goalie deliberately that had everyone, including the tender worked up. It goes down hill from there.

 

[Leonardo87]

 

[Chainshot]

Spin the wheel, spin the wheel...

 

[Czechboy]

Seems fair.. cost them the game, their winning streak and now his team is down a good player in a playoff race. Well done Yanni.

 

[McFlyingV]

Yep if the refs would have caught the first act and McDavid penalized like he should of been the retaliation wouldn’t of happened

What first act? McDavid gave him a light cross check and he went down because his own player high sticked him at the exact same time cutting him below his eye.

Gotta say I wasn't expecting that because they usually punish the result not the act/intention.

 

[BlackDogg]

What first act? McDavid gave him a light cross check and he went down because his own player high sticked him at the exact same time cutting him above his eye.


Gotta say I wasn't expecting that because they usually punish the result not the act/intention.

He's likely not that bright. Still has no idea what hit him.

 

[Dust]

I only really expected a fine considering he received a 5 on the play, they scored on the 5, and Ekholm seemed okay. Pleasantly surprised.

 

[wej20]

Good. There should be more suspensions. It is an 82 game season, 2 regular season games is nothing.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Seems kinda light for a blatant run with intent to injure, followed by going straight at the goalie to erase any doubt about what he was up to.

NHL loves to punish the outcome. You could pull a gun and shoot at someone, and if you miss it’s a fine.

 

[HockeyGuy1964]

Yep if the refs would have caught the first act and McDavid penalized like he should of been the retaliation wouldn’t of happened

Okay, I'll bite.
What first act?

 

[MessierII]

Kronwall did that every other game lol. Such a soft league.

What? No he didn’t. Kronwalls signature was the open ice reverse hit. I don’t recall him leaving his feet to elbow guys heads into the boards.

 

[McVespa99]

shame Ekholm had to pay for McDavids dirty plays that riled up Gourde

Thats a funny way to spell Tolvanen

 

[theMajor]

Wow. That whole sequence sums up that dirty POS Landeskog quite nicely.

He pretends to trip to run the Goalie in a game where the Avs need to get in the goalies head. I watched it in slow motion, he wasn’t tripped at all, he barrelled into the goalie and even did a slight hop to correct his trajectory.

Ekholm who’s always been an honorable player and one that will stick up for his teammates goes after him. Landeskog turtles like a bitch and looks scared doing it. Then he finds an opportune time out of the scrum to start wailing on him without giving Ekholm a chance to get off his gloves for a fair fight.

Seriously f*** Landeskog, and this is the play Avs fans are taking a victory lap over?

how can you watch this and call Ekholm an "honorable player" lmao
he deserved to get the shit kicked out of him, good on Landy for sticking up for his teammate

Gourde looked like he wanted to hurt him here but missed? it looks like he barely clipped him but the angle is terrible

 

[BlackDogg]

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

how can you watch this and call Ekholm an "honorable player" lmao
he deserved to get the shit kicked out of him, good on Landy for sticking up for his teammate

Gourde looked like he wanted to hurt him here but missed? it looks like he barely clipped him but the angle is terrible

How was Landeskog standing up for his teammate? Ekholm originally grabbed at Landeskog for running the goalie and Rantanen and Burakovsky both pulled Ekholm off. So Landeskog was protecting his two teammates that were double-teaming Ekholm as a result of Landeskog's accidentally-on-purpose fall into the goalie? They'll sing songs of his valour.

 

[snipes]

Stupid play by Gourde at the end of a massive divisional game.

12 straight