Pronger…
Today in my Calculus class I was taking a test and when I was finished I realized that my foot had become tangled with my backpack. I kicked around until it was free and then I kicked down again to make sure it was free then looked down Why this is important is cause it’s human nature not to try to make yourself look stupid.
a) Tomas Holmstrom
| 42.1 Boarding – A boarding penalty shall be imposed on any player or goalkeeper who checks an opponent in such a manner that causes the opponent to be thrown violently in the boards. The severity of the penalty, based upon the degree of violence of the impact with the boards, shall be at the discretion of the Referee. 44.1 Checking from Behind – A check from behind is a check delivered on a player who is not aware of the impending hit, therefore unable to protect or defend himself, and contact is made on the back part of the body. When a player intentionally turns his body to create contact with his back, no penalty shall be assessed. |
Pronger: Height: 6′ 6″ Weight: 213
Holmstrom: Height: 6′ 0″ Weight: 203
The Height difference may not be a factor but it is a big difference between hitting someone in the head or in the shoulders. Now if your Chris Pronger do you want to readjust how you hit just because your playing with shorter people. I cannot fault pronger for being an oaf or for hitting Holmstrom into the boards because Rob Niedermayer pinballed Tomas Holmstrom into the boards Holmstrom clearly sees both players around 43 seconds into that video so Check from Behind does not hurt Pronger or Niedermayer. But what does is the Boarding penalty. Rob insert into the formula made the hit alot worse that it could have been but it is an awesome hit and I can say this because Holmstrom is fine. Kinda
b) Dean McAmmond
| 46.1 Elbowing - Elbowing shall mean the use of an extended elbow in a manner that may or may not cause injury. |
Pronger: Height: 6′ 6″ Weight: 213
McAmmond: Height: 5′ 11″Weight: 195
Dean McAmmond came in very fast and very low ever increaseing his chance for hard hit to his own head during the Stanley Cup Final between Ottawa and Anaheim last year.
Now Pronger appears to thrust his elbows toward Dean McAmmond’s head.
McAmmond has a history of concussions so he was bound to have one again. If this play deserves a suspension because a player got a concussion in the Stanley Cup Finals so does another hit that wasn’t very dirty. There was another play during the Cup Finals last year that also needed a suspension by a certain Swede with a puck. Was the intention not there?
c) Ryan Kelser
| 49.1 Kicking – The action of a player or goalkeeper deliberately using his skate(s) with a kicking motion to propel the puck or to contact an opponent. |
Today in my Calculus class I was taking a test and when I was finished I realized that my foot had become tangled with my backpack. I kicked around until it was free and then I kicked down again to make sure it was free then looked down Why this is important is cause it’s human nature not to try to make yourself look stupid. Just imagine I’m Pronger and my stupid backpack is CP’s *****.
You would all do the same. I check so I would look stupid and trip and fall so I could continue my domination of Calculus and Pronger did it to continue his domination of the Canucks.
Good article, thanks.