head-shots Stories - Canes Country
Then again, it is an incident involving the Habs
On Sunday I noted that I was rather impressed with what NHL VP Brendan Shanahan has been doing of late, though questioning how receptive players and the league will be to what appeared to be a zero-tolerance level of discipline. So today many of us, and pretty much every MSM hockey expert out...
Are the NHL players getting Shanny's message?
Last night, we saw yet another head shot as the Tampa Bay Lightning's Ryan Malone laid an elbow into Chris Campoli. There is no question that the head was targeted, but there will be those who will argue that there was no actual intent by the Lightning winger. They would be wrong in doing so. For...
Dallas Stars Daily Links: Stars Prospects Open With Rout Of Carolina
[Note by BW: Don't forget, we'll have a game thread up for today's game between the Stars and NY Rangers today at 5pm CD] First, a confession. I am very skeptical of reading too much into where a prospect is at any particular point of his development. I'm a firm believer that the vast majority of...
If You Ban Head Shots, Does Fighting Go?
In discussing the Rome-Horton hit, we came back to the hit by Scott Stevens on Eric Lindros. The question was, what's different between the two hits that leads to Rome being suspended? I think most of us agreed that it was a different time, before the long term effects of multiple concussions were...
A must see video for all hockey fans & other morning #Habs links
For any hockey fan, or those who have kids in hockey, this is a real good step in the right direction. Keith Primeau and his Think First organization presented their Smart Hockey video to the public, on Tuesday in Torontowhich they hope becomes madatory in all minor hockey organizations. There is...
Will the NHL's new approach to concussions really solve things?
So I'm guessing that the NHL asked themselves the same question that Ken Dryden did, "How could be be so stupid?" The league decided Wednesday afternoon to put a new protocol on dealing with concussions. The policy went into effect immediately beginning with tonight's games. The program goes into...
Tom Benjamin is Wise -- headache remedies, etc.
Dialing It Back : Tom Benjamin's NHL Blog :: CanucksCorner.comMore than a few pundits have suggested that a violence tipping point has been reached in the aftermath of the Max Pacioretty injury. I’m far from convinced, but its possible.[...] Those that consume the NHL product – and...
Ken Dryden Speaks the Truth
Must read. Follow the link. I clipped a lot out. Ken Dryden on hockey violence: How could we be so stupid? - The Globe and MailThe brain weighs about three pounds. It floats [...], surrounded by spinal fluid, not quite in contact with the skull. Except when the head is jarred. Then, the brain...
NHL: I wrote a head-shots rule fer ya; feel free to cut/paste
When I played, which was a long time ago, my shoulder pads were little pieces of plastic and cardboard. At least, they seemed like cardboard. There was a little cup of plastic on each shoulder, and some soft material in between. I took ten years off before my first beer league game, and I couldn't...
From Down Goes Brown: The NHL's top secret flow chart
Down Goes Brown: The NHL's top secret flow chart for handing out suspensions - Toronto Maple Leafs Blog - Humor. Commentary. Despair..
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