Media Brought Attention To The Head Shots Issue
from William Houston of Truth & Rumours, My sense of this is that neither the general managers, certainly not the NHL and most certainly not vice-president Colin Campbell, the guy who suspends players, wanted anything to do with this. Some NHL players are beginning to speak out now, but for months they?ve parroted the league?s line: We don?t want to take the physicality out of the game (Ottawa?s Jason Spezza this week). Or, you have to be aware of who?s on the ice. Or, well, it was a tough hit, but it was a good hockey play, too. No, what was needed to bring a degree of sanity to the NHL?s thought process was the media, or at least some in the media. Stu Hackel, who blogs for The New York Times, has been writing about head hits for a long time. Damien Cox of The Toronto Star has as well. TSN?s Bob McKenzie has done some good work on it. more
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Canadiens general manager Pierre Gauthier met the Montreal media before tonight's game to discuss the issue of head shots, a prime topic of conversation at the GMs' meetings in Florida. Here's the audio of his comments.
from Lance Hornby of the Toronto Sun, Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller, a member of the competition committee and a proponent of taking action on head shots, wasn?t too hopeful when the league announced it would create a study group on the issue to report back in March. ?It?s been the slowest reaction I?ve ever seen to anything,? Miller said. ?This was brought up years ago. We asked for something, and we asked for their respect in looking into it. Players have asked for it to be taken
from Mike Zeisberger of the Toronto Sun, Ron Wilson feels head shots should be banned, even if contact is made with the shoulder. And that goes for the hit delivered by Andrew Ladd of the Chicago Blackhawks, who flattened an unaware Matt D?Agostini of the Montreal Canadiens during the Hawks? 3-2 victory Friday. ?(Ladd) was trying to rip his head off,? Wilson, the Maple Leafs coach, said yesterday. ?You should not be allowed to target the head. That?s not a clean hit.? con
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