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<blockquote data-quote="admin" data-source="post: 2546232" data-attributes="member: 1">Another night, another pair of hits that have drawn the ire of fans and, one assumes, the attention of the NHL&#039;s secondary disciplinarians. And they both occurred in the <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/pit/" target="_blank">Pittsburgh Penguins</a>&#039; Game 3 at the <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/tam/" target="_blank">Tampa Bay Lightning</a> on Monday night.&nbsp;First up, <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/3806/" target="_blank">Steve Downie&#039;s</a> leaping hit into Pittsburgh&#039;s <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/4517/" target="_blank">Ben Lovejoy</a>, right before <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/3472/" target="_blank">Max Talbot</a> put the Penguins up 1-0 at 10:49 of the first:&nbsp; &nbsp;Brutal. Leaves the skates, leaves nothing up to debate on whether it was a charging penalty. Will it be something more? Well, as NHL discipline czar Colin Campbell ruled in his exoneration of <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/2427/" target="_blank">Raffi Torres</a> today:&quot;We distributed a video to all players and teams that showed a similar hit on a defenseman by an attacking forward coming from the opposite direction behind the net and stated that this is a &#039;legal play&#039;.

 &quot;This hit meets none of the criteria that would subject Torres to supplemental discipline, including an application of Rule 48: he did not charge his opponent or leave his feet to deliver this check. He did not deliver an elbow or extended forearm and this hit was not &#039;late&#039;.&quot;

Downie&#039;s, we&#039;re sure, will be judged differently, even if it happened in that Mad Max no-man&#039;s-land known as &quot;Behind the Net.&quot;&nbsp;At 10:49 of the first period, <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/3340/" target="_blank">Chris Kunitz</a> was given a 2-minute penalty for elbowing after this hit on <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/1920/" target="_blank">Simon Gagne</a> (via The Score):&nbsp;&nbsp;That was a blatant elbow to the back of the head, a tad Cooke-ian in its violent nonchalance. Gagne remained in the game and later assisted on both of Marty St. Louis&#039; power play goals.&nbsp;C&#039;mon, man: Everyone knows you stay down and wait for the stretcher if you want to job your opponent into a suspension. Or, at the very least, <a href="http://www.theprovince.com/sports/Seabrook+pipes+Torres+that+deserves+suspension/4635769/story.html?cid=megadrop_story" target="_blank">Brent Seabrook knows it now.</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="admin, post: 2546232, member: 1"] Another night, another pair of hits that have drawn the ire of fans and, one assumes, the attention of the NHL's secondary disciplinarians. And they both occurred in the [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/pit/"]Pittsburgh Penguins[/URL]' Game 3 at the [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/tam/"]Tampa Bay Lightning[/URL] on Monday night. First up, [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/3806/"]Steve Downie's[/URL] leaping hit into Pittsburgh's [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/4517/"]Ben Lovejoy[/URL], right before [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/3472/"]Max Talbot[/URL] put the Penguins up 1-0 at 10:49 of the first: Brutal. Leaves the skates, leaves nothing up to debate on whether it was a charging penalty. Will it be something more? Well, as NHL discipline czar Colin Campbell ruled in his exoneration of [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/2427/"]Raffi Torres[/URL] today: [INDENT]"We distributed a video to all players and teams that showed a similar hit on a defenseman by an attacking forward coming from the opposite direction behind the net and stated that this is a 'legal play'. "This hit meets none of the criteria that would subject Torres to supplemental discipline, including an application of Rule 48: he did not charge his opponent or leave his feet to deliver this check. He did not deliver an elbow or extended forearm and this hit was not 'late'." [/INDENT] Downie's, we're sure, will be judged differently, even if it happened in that Mad Max no-man's-land known as "Behind the Net." At 10:49 of the first period, [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/3340/"]Chris Kunitz[/URL] was given a 2-minute penalty for elbowing after this hit on [URL="http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/players/1920/"]Simon Gagne[/URL] (via The Score): That was a blatant elbow to the back of the head, a tad Cooke-ian in its violent nonchalance. Gagne remained in the game and later assisted on both of Marty St. Louis' power play goals. C'mon, man: Everyone knows you stay down and wait for the stretcher if you want to job your opponent into a suspension. Or, at the very least, [URL="http://www.theprovince.com/sports/Seabrook+pipes+Torres+that+deserves+suspension/4635769/story.html?cid=megadrop_story"]Brent Seabrook knows it now.[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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