Posts About "Suspension"
Radko Gudas in Midseason Form, Unfortunately
October 4th, 2016 Monday's preseason tilt at the Wells Fargo Center between the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers was a rather entertaining contest in which the visitors erased a 3-0 deficit before surrendering a goal in the opening minute of overtime to end up on the wrong side of a 4-3 final score. However, despite a strong preseason debut by...
Maple Leafs News: First Round Picks and Kadri Suspension
April 4th, 2016 Entering April, the NHL season is nearly complete for the Toronto Maple Leafs. It has been a campaign filled with pain, which was exactly what was promised to the fans this year. Then the rebuild started to kick in and players were shipped off in exchange for draft picks and prospects. The kids were called up and made a lasting...
Incidental or intentional? Jake Muzzin’s hip check to Boyd Gordon’s head
December 28th, 2015 Boyd Gordon left the game for the Coyotes after the hit, and did not return. But the hit from Jake Muzzin altered the game. Recap Up 3-1 in the 3rd with under ten minutes remaining Arizona forward Boyd Gordon went down to block a shot just inside the blue line. Kings defenseman Jake Muzzin came across and hip checked Gordon in the...
A Whale of a Suspension
December 11th, 2015 Today the NWHL handed out their first suspension in the history of the organization. Connecticut Whale defenseman, Molly Engstrom, was suspended for one game for a hit to the head of Buffalo Beauts defenseman, Meghan Duggan. On December 6th, Engstrom was initially given a game misconduct for an illegal check to the head. She...
Raffi Torres Needs to be Released Immediately
October 6th, 2015 At what point do we stop giving Raffi Torres the benefit of the doubt? Maybe he'll change, maybe some day. If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result, consider the NHL certifiably deranged. 41 games. That's deserved. Let's get that out of the way now. Torres has been...
Nazem Kadri: Hard Worker or Reckless Player?
March 18th, 2015 There’s no arguing that the 2014-15 season has been a dismal one for the Toronto Maple Leafs. On Wednesday, it became apparent that the team would be hit with yet another blow as second-line centre Nazem Kadri was handed a four-game suspension for his illegal check to the head of Oilers’ Matt...
