Fox gets 5 game ban

[ronniemac]

Well DOPS are as in-consistent as ever.

[forgetfuldan]

Have they taken this from the Nyquist ban and thought yep we'll just reduce it slightly? Have they thrown a dart at the board and decided that's how many games he'd get? Any why have they missed the Coventry game on the 11th from the banned games? Surely that counts meaning he'd return for the Clan game. EIHL your professional hockey league!

[Dirty Lyle]

I think corrupt is the word. Lefebvre is good friends with Sims and the Sheffield clique, not surprised in the slightest

[Billkmc]

I guessed six games was likely when we spoke about it at work so I was close. I'm assuming people are upset at the number of games he was given because there's no way anyone can complain he got some kind of ban.
If it happened to one of our guys and we saw the pictures of the injury like cescons we would be scream for the perpetrators head on a stick.

[waterboy]

Holy s**t that's a joke I hope.

I only saw the highlights and yeah it looks bad but no way was it anything other than accidental high sticks. I just watched it again including the slowmo and Foxy isn't looking at anything other than the puck. Its a bad one and Cescon clearly got hurt but now way that is a 5 game ban.

So Nielson throws punches at fan and gets 3, Peacock had a deliberate swing at Walser's head earlier this season and got nothing!!!

Dops are a disgrace.

[waterboy]

Feb 22, 2017 18:18:34 GMT Billkmc said:

I guessed six games was likely when we spoke about it at work so I was close. I'm assuming people are upset at the number of games he was given because there's no way anyone can complain he got some kind of ban.
If it happened to one of our guys and we saw the pictures of the injury like cescons we would be scream for the perpetrators head on a stick.

I wouldn't not for a minute, I honestly don't believe it was deliberate. He goes for a stick lift and misses, its terrible Cescon is hurt but you cant ban players because another player is injured.

Edit: I know the high sticking rule and at most he could have been thrown out on a 5+Match and sat a game but 5 games???

[waterboy]

Feb 22, 2017 18:35:25 GMT dundeestar said:

Have to say & not looking through my Stars Glasses I cant see how there can be any complaints about this. He knew exactly what he was doing & had it been the other way around I am 110% positive you would not be questioning the length of the ban. The Puck was gone & he lifted his stick up to Cescon's face, what is also hard to take was the fact Craig called it as accidental & he was looking straight at it. He did what he did & thats that. You have lost him for 5 games, we may have lost Cescon for the remainder of the Season. You cant do that & hope to get away with it & I take no pleasure in the 5 game ban but you just cant do that!

So your saying he targeted Cescon, and choose to stick him in the face!!

Sorry mate but that's just not accurate at all. Look at the highlights Fox isn't looking at anything but the puck. The puck is on Cescon's stick and Fox only just misses lifting the stick because Cescon is turning as he moves across in front of Fox.

[swarfiga]

It's a missed stick lift but he misses it by quite a bit, I'm not overly sure there's not a bit intent there to be honest. It just shows how inconsistent and corrupt dops is though, it's bad and deserves a few game ban when you look at it as an isolated incident BUT he's not a repeat offender, how many times has Bordeleau been done for checking to the head and served a minimal game ban, it's by no means the worst thing we've seen this year but I believe it's the highest ban handed out? Certainly 1 of the highest. It goes in with everything else though, the league will never ever get to that next level until there's an independent board running it and reviewing it.

[madthepirate]

You get the impression that DOPS make it up as they go along.

[RedBird]

Never intentional, DOPS proving yet again how inconsistent and incompetent they are.

We do seem to get the rough end of any suspensions going back to when Nickerson played.

[boschman76]

Swarfiga this isn't a new thing when nicker was here his first season keefe was done 3 times for elbows to the head and one off them was on Clarkson when he was at the devil's and he knocked him out yet he still got the same ban 4 games every time yet nicker was getting bigger bans for lesser offences.it should be same as nhl if you get done for same offence your ban should be doubled especially for offences connected to the head ie cross checking elbows boarding should be a minimum 4 game ban .like someone said earlier think they have looked at nyquist incident and used that as a benchmark the problem is as we all know consistency

[swarfiga]

Feb 22, 2017 19:15:49 GMT boschman76 said:

Swarfiga this isn't a new thing when nicker was here his first season keefe was done 3 times for elbows to the head and one off them was on Clarkson when he was at the devil's and he knocked him out yet he still got the same ban 4 games every time yet nicker was getting bigger bans for lesser offences.it should be same as nhl if you get done for same offence your ban should be doubled especially for offences connected to the head ie cross checking elbows boarding should be a minimum 4 game ban .like someone said earlier think they have looked at nyquist incident and used that as a benchmark the problem is as we all know consistency

Completely agree with everything you say, I just said looking at it as an isolated incident he deserves a ban, 3,4,5 games whatever, but looking at it comparatively to other incidents it's a horrendous decision

[boschman76]

Especially when you see repeat offenders getting thrown out off games for offences to the head getting the same number off games every time instead off which they should be getting double

[zamboni]

Fox isn't a dirty player
You can tell by his reaction it was accidental no intent to injure
final minutes of 3 games in three nights fatigue had set in
Don't know how bad Cescon is and hope his eye is ok
But 5 games
Hopefully the club will appeal 2 to 3 games is enough when you look at what else has went on this season
Neilson- 3 games, Cowick 6 games for hitting officials
We've had guys out with concussion and nobody banned
Lefebvre will have went greeting his face off wanting blood
Hope the appeal is drafted and ready to be sent

[nobabody]

you can tell by stars players reactions, missed stick lift, nothing more, has caused a pretty bad injury, maybe a match penalty but little else, but DOPeS roll a die and come up with 5 game ban, perplexing doesn't begin to describe this nonsense.

And no, to all you other teams fans out there, i wouldn't be howling for blood of other teams players if the roles were reversed