Matt Cooke's Dirty Hit on Marc Savard a Sign That Rules Need to Change in N
A solid effort and textbook road game by the Bruins ended in an unfortunate 2-1 loss to the Penguins on Sunday. But the result Sunday was secondary, because Bruins center Marc Savard was the victim of a vicious blindsided elbow by Penguins forward Matt Cooke and, according to team representative Eric Tosi, will remain in Pittsburgh Sunday night with a team physician.
“Marc lost consciousness briefly on the ice after being struck in the head,” Tosi told the media following the game. “He suffered a concussion from the hit. He was not transported to a hospital but will remain at the team hotel in Pittsburgh with a member of the Bruins’ medical staff tonight as a precaution. No further update on Marc’s condition is expected tonight.”
In the original clip on NESN, it is hard to tell if Cooke elbowed Savard, but this video clip posted by a Penguins fan clearly shows Cooke’s elbow hitting Savard’s head and, more importantly, intent to injure. Savard had just let a shot off and was clearly unaware of Cooke bearing down on him. Cooke has time to follow through cleanly or not use his elbow, but he does.
http://www.nesn.com/2010/03/matt-cookes-hit-on-marc-savard-a-sign-that-rules-need-to-change-in-nhl.html
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I hate Matt Cooke, he's dirty and never backs it up. But, in the video you can clearly tell it wasn't an elbow. Savards head was hit above the numbers on the arm right in the shoulder area. And seeing how he got knocked out it was probably one of the harder parts of the shoulder pad.
hahaha
excessive expansion and a complete lack of understanding to move with the times has created all these problems.
too many teams means too many marginal players playing in the NHL. Cooke is an ok player, but would he be an NHLer if we didnt expand from 21 to 30 teams? probably not. He has been a borderline dirty player who has made a living hurting others. His record speaks for itself.
Every team has these dirty, useless players at the bottom of their roster.
in the olympics we saw 2 dangerous plays, one resulting in a suspension to pitkanen in the 2 week tourney. the other was tollefsen on bartecko. in the NHL, we see probably 2 or 3 per night.
I think we can all live with clean hitting where headshots are deterred (a rule in international hockey which refs call with regularity), and no fighting.
but, we cant leave the dark ages it seems. this is why players like savard are vulnerable. not because shawn thornton or chara couldnt go and maim cooke for revenge, but just how it is where barbaric, dirty play is encouraged, not discouraged.
we need to rid ourselves of the headshots. and i think with no fighting we remove the cam janssens of the world and maybe add a more skilled player.
fighting will probably stay. i dont feel the league needs it to survive but they feel stuff like that and shootouts add entertainment.
headshots and seeing savard carted off on a stretcher do not. i would gladly love to see severe penalties for headshots over any other changes.
Great all the b*tching and moaning is going to reach critical mass and from now on you'll have to ask opponents before you can hit.
Exactly! Not only will you have to ask but they have to be within the right size dimensions too. So you can't hit someone who's 2 inches shorter or 2 inches taller and if they weigh 10 pounds more or less same thing.
they could make practise jerseys the newe game jerseys….lol…different colours for different groupings
crappy deal that he is gone for the season…tough break for sure. hope he has a good recovery
yeah that is a terrible way to end a season
regardless of my feelings towards the hit (i dont think its as dirty as every seems to think), its just terrible to see a player go down for any time after a hit like that.
on another note, how unlucky have Boston pivots been with concussions
first Bergeron, now Savard.
Ya it has not been good for them in that way for sure. i don't think was dirty or there was a clear intent to injure. I do however think was just another unecessary hit to the head.
aaaaaaaand no suspension. Colin Campbell sets a precedent for all the evil players.
lol yep. basically it's "hey guys, if you want to maliciously injure a player, by all means go right ahead. but could you just make it a headshot so i can come across as "consistent" with my suspensions? i've got a reputation to uphold you know…unless you're a star of course. then just do whatever the hell you want."