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06-07-2011, 07:17 PM
What do you guys think of the headshots in Hockey?
Video: Bruins' Horton victim of late headshot hit [UPDATED]by BEER on Jun 7, 2011 376 Comments
One look and even the biggest Rock'em Sock'em fanboy will say that Vancouver's Aaron Rome was more than a little late with this hit on Boston's Nathan Horton. From there the debate will be about just how much of a headshot the hit was, whether Rome jumped or not, and all the other arguments that have become commonplace this season after any such mid-ice hit. Rome has a disciplinary hearing today at 11 a.m. and chances are he'll be gone for at least Game 4.
Nine goals and two hits. Well, two hits that really defined the game. The first, sending Horton to the hospital, was something we've seen all too much of lately. The second was something I've never seen before, let alone in the Stanley Cup Finals. Bruins' goalie Tim Thomas, already playing brilliantly, stepped up lacrosse-style and flattened Henrik Sedin as the Canucks forward tried to get at the puck in front of the net. And people were expecting him to change his style? Ridiculous.
With Horton out for the season, Vancouver's going to need some serious help to deal with Thomas and the Bruins' intensity tomorrow night. And even if, and right now it's a significant if, the Canucks win the Cup, between the Horton hit and the Seabrook hit, they'll be one of the most unpopular champs in recent memory.
Update: Aaron Rome has been given a four game suspension for his hit on Horton. That puts Rome out of the rest of the Cup Finals. What do you guys think? Too harsh? Proper punishment? Sound off in the comments below...
More on Rome's suspension here...
Video: Bruins' Horton victim of late headshot hit [UPDATED]by BEER on Jun 7, 2011 376 Comments
One look and even the biggest Rock'em Sock'em fanboy will say that Vancouver's Aaron Rome was more than a little late with this hit on Boston's Nathan Horton. From there the debate will be about just how much of a headshot the hit was, whether Rome jumped or not, and all the other arguments that have become commonplace this season after any such mid-ice hit. Rome has a disciplinary hearing today at 11 a.m. and chances are he'll be gone for at least Game 4.
Nine goals and two hits. Well, two hits that really defined the game. The first, sending Horton to the hospital, was something we've seen all too much of lately. The second was something I've never seen before, let alone in the Stanley Cup Finals. Bruins' goalie Tim Thomas, already playing brilliantly, stepped up lacrosse-style and flattened Henrik Sedin as the Canucks forward tried to get at the puck in front of the net. And people were expecting him to change his style? Ridiculous.
With Horton out for the season, Vancouver's going to need some serious help to deal with Thomas and the Bruins' intensity tomorrow night. And even if, and right now it's a significant if, the Canucks win the Cup, between the Horton hit and the Seabrook hit, they'll be one of the most unpopular champs in recent memory.
Update: Aaron Rome has been given a four game suspension for his hit on Horton. That puts Rome out of the rest of the Cup Finals. What do you guys think? Too harsh? Proper punishment? Sound off in the comments below...
More on Rome's suspension here...