Cornell-Yale ECAC championship postgame

[KeithK]

[quote Jim Hyla][quote KeithK]
Apparently the referees agree with me that the rule is overkill because they very often call a boarding minor in situations that clearly qualify as hitting from behind.[/quote]
Likely the reason why they were not called is more in line with what Coach Schafer complained about, rather than them agreeing with you.:-O[/quote]
I don't see a functional difference between "Let 'em play" (don't want to disrupt/affect the game by handing out majors) and thinking that an automatic 5 is too much.  It's not like I think the officials listened to my opinion on this board and said "You know, KeithK is right!  Let's do it his way!"

[Cop at Lynah]

As a parent of a youth hockey player who was sent to a regional trauma center as a result of a hit from behind, I'm all for calling the hit from behind as it is written in the rule book.  My son and our family are well aware of the risk of injury while playing the sport of hockey, but that does not make it any less scary when one of your own is lying on the ice with no feeling in his/her extremities.  Luckily my son had no permanent injury and he continues to play hockey. My son and our family gained a new perspective and appreciation for avoiding that type of play, whether he is taking or delivering a hit.

[lynah80]

[quote Jim Hyla][quote BCrespi][quote lynah80][quote ugarte][quote Jim Hyla][quote KeithK][quote Jim Hyla]One thing I was very surprised about were that some of the boarding calls were not 5 min hitting from behind. Yale got 2 in second period. By the time Riley's came in the third I was glad none were called. His was quite blatant. Maybe they didn't want to eject anyone, but some were not so subtle.[/quote]
The league started the playoffs with a "let 'em play" philosophy (which sparked the Schafer outburst).  Not handing out misconducts and DQ's is in line with that.

Nash's hit late wasn't subtle but I didn't think it was vicious. He certainly deserved two minutes but that seemed like the right call to me.  But then I'm not much for automatic "protect the players" major penalties.[/quote]But I don't like concussions or cervical spine injuries either.[/quote]
It's always about the cervical spine with you doctors, isn't it?[/quote]

Not Funny.  Jim is making a very important point.  The rule was tightened up because of what happened at BC a number of years ago.  Have you ever met with a kid with a cervical spine injury?  

Hockey is only a game.[/quote]

Not Serious.  ugarte is making a very funny point.  People use humor to lighten the mood and bring happiness to the world.[/quote]That's expressly why there are emoticons. You can't always tell context from writing like you can face to face. Now I was not offended, as I considered the source,:-) but others might not be so sure. Just my statement "considered the source" can be interpreted with humor or sarcasm, a smiley helps.

elynah is only playful banter.

Not always.

Seriously though, I don't think anybody disagrees with you that it's a serious issue, and please forgive my snarky response.  Having a little fun of my own.

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Alright, sorry, I over reacted.  I "live" in a hospital.  

Ugarte is a funny guy and I appreciate his posts.

[Dpperk29]

I personally like the way USA Hockey handles the hitting from behind rule.

If you hit someone from behind, 2 minute minor and a 10 minute misconduct.

if you hit someone from behind and they go head first into the boards, 5 minute major and a game misconduct.

the beauty of the 10 minute misconduct is that it doesn't hurt the offending team any more than the minor, and losing that player for 10 minutes.

I had a coach when I played that sat you for a period if he thought you were turning away from checks to draw penalties, and I have also called penalties for unsportsmanlike conduct on players who blatantly turn away from checks trying to draw a penalty (usually it ends up as just a 10 minute misconduct on the offending player without a minor).