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Post by LostMyLogin on Nov 20, 2022 21:23:45 GMT
I thought it looked like just a collision of two players skating into each other and i'll need to see a replay to confirm but if Jonas has thrown that as a hit then it's a 5+Game for checking to the head all day long. Drew blood and it wasn't helped with the height difference between Yellow Horn and Jonas. It's still not a hit that should be thrown. The fact the refs didn't call a penalty on the play until they saw the injury and then Brown decided to award it on Kivi shows just how they have called a penalty on the resulting injury and not on the actual play. Brown and Ferguson were terrible for both teams tonight but that's par for the course. That these two are elite officials says a lot about the lack of officials we have in this country.
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Post by LostMyLogin on Nov 20, 2022 21:25:36 GMT
Also to add, expecting a suspension from DOPS on that play if it was thrown as a hit. Doesn't matter about Gagnon on Kivi, shots to the head have been acted on nearly every time by DOPS and I'd expect nothing less here
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Post by andi renson on Nov 20, 2022 21:27:44 GMT
Good even first period with nothing between the teams. Phillips got the first with a nice pass from Laakkonen. Lead only lasted about two minutes. 1-1 was fair after first.
Second was a bit scrappier. Laakkonen made it 2-1 after a good move involving Emmerdahl and C Lawrence. Great finish from Coventry with about five minutes to go made it all square after 40.
Flyers started third on a 5 on 3, lost the opening face off and Blaze got the first shot of the period short handed. After the powerplay killed it was all Blaze, who outshot Flyers 16-3 in the third. Looked like Flyers were going to get a point until Emmerdahl was sent off on a five plus game for checking to the head at 59.06. Looked to me that Emmerdahl checked Yellow Horn to win the puck. Ref Brown was much closer than me and called no penalty and neither did Ferguson. After a bit of pressure from Blaze and the sight of Yellow Horn’s bleeding nose, the four officials got together and unbelievably threw Kivilahti out.
Eventually Emmerdahl was identified and papped. Flyers killed 41 of the 54 seconds required to win a point, but Coventry got the winner. Blaze probably deserved the win after Flyers poor third period, but before the major Flyers looked as if one point was theirs.
D Lawrence looked as if he was playing hurt from the start and on two occasions needed treatment on the bench. Sandstrom didn’t finish the game following a check near the boards late on. Couldn’t see what happened exactly from where I sit.
Two competitive periods from Flyers, but the third was poor, but not as poor as the powerplay.
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niall
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Post by niall on Nov 20, 2022 21:45:02 GMT
I felt it was a game that neither team deserved to lose in regulation so it is a sore one to come away with nothing. I might be proved wrong by the highlights or the Department of Player Safety Review but I thought it looked like a coming together rather than a check to the head. I don't see how the officials can call that as a penalty with a minute to go in the game unless they are certain. However, if DOPS deem it to be a check to the head then Emmerdahl will be looking at a ban of between 1 and 3 games. They have been very inconsistent in length of bans this season.
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Post by coloradoflyer01 on Nov 20, 2022 21:51:48 GMT
Good even first period with nothing between the teams. Phillips got the first with a nice pass from Laakkonen. Lead only lasted about two minutes. 1-1 was fair after first. Second was a bit scrappier. Laakkonen made it 2-1 after a good move involving Emmerdahl and C Lawrence. Great finish from Coventry with about five minutes to go made it all square after 40. Flyers started third on a 5 on 3, lost the opening face off and Blaze got the first shot of the period short handed. After the powerplay killed it was all Blaze, who outshot Flyers 16-3 in the third. Looked like Flyers were going to get a point until Emmerdahl was sent off on a five plus game for checking to the head at 59.06. Looked to me that Emmerdahl checked Yellow Horn to win the puck. Ref Brown was much closer than me and called no penalty and neither did Ferguson. After a bit of pressure from Blaze and the sight of Yellow Horn’s bleeding nose, the four officials got together and unbelievably threw Kivilahti out. Eventually Emmerdahl was identified and papped. Flyers killed 41 of the 54 seconds required to win a point, but Coventry got the winner. Blaze probably deserved the win after Flyers poor third period, but before the major Flyers looked as if one point was theirs. D Lawrence looked as if he was playing hurt from the start and on two occasions needed treatment on the bench. Sandstrom didn’t finish the game following a check near the boards late on. Couldn’t see what happened exactly from where I sit. Two competitive periods from Flyers, but the third was poor, but not as poor as the powerplay. That was a bad hit as well blaze player should have got called for that sandstorm could have been seriously hurt from that
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Billkmc
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Post by Billkmc on Nov 20, 2022 22:01:58 GMT
The replay of the hit is on twitter
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Post by thebluewellies on Nov 20, 2022 22:06:47 GMT
That’s a one game ban and a fine going by what was dished out to Guildford and Coventry earlier in the week although I’m not convinced it was a check to the head
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Post by zamboni on Nov 21, 2022 8:54:04 GMT
Looks like an awkward coming together to me Emmerdal didn’t elevate himself or anything Poor call
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Post by greyhound on Nov 24, 2022 14:16:50 GMT
Take it no ban for Emmerdahl then, I found it hard to decide from the video if there was any head contact more just a blindside hit, so take it there maybe wasn't otherwise it surely would have meant a ban.
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Post by Marky on Nov 24, 2022 15:12:32 GMT
DOPS are that slow and stupid, they'll probably only let Fife know Emmer is banned whilst they are on the bus to Manchester.
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