nazzy said:
I was just going to mention that. Stafford took a pretty big swing at him as well and if that connected, it could've done some damage.
Looked like he was trying to free his stick out of Perezhogin's legs to me. Didn't think Staff was attempting to hit Perezhogin in the face, let at all. But when you have a player on the ice, bleeding, lose of many teeth, a broken cheekbone, a third-degree concussion, a seizure, and convulsing, none of you can tell me that something's not right there. Our head coach, Roy Sommer, had this to say:
``I've been doing hockey my whole life and I've never seen anything like it,'' said enraged Barons coach Roy Sommer, who talked about an NHL incident in 2000 when Marty McSorley hit Donald Brashear in the head with his stick.
``That makes the McSorley-Brashear thing look like girl scouts.''
Sommer said he hopes Perezhogin is punished to the full extent possible.
``I don't think this guy should ever play again in North America,'' he said. ``That's a travesty.
``I saw it on tape ... and it's even worse on tape.''
I'm going to stand behind our coach, that was a terrible act. I just saw the clip on ESPN and my heart is still in my throat. From what I witnessed, Perezhogin turned and swung, you don't do that right in front of the net or anywhere with that two-handed swing. He knew Staff was there, they were just getting up off of the ice right after both went down in front. I personally found it appalling. I'm surprised people on this board are calling it laughable that this Perezhogin story is getting out of hand. You call it "not as bad as some" but still, look at what we're left with either way... we got one guy down for the rest of the season, hell, his career might never be the same again, and right now, we have no punishment yet (as expected, not dishing it against the league for slow actions). If that punishment isn't at least indefinitely for now, that's ridiculous. Not that I'm picking on Perezhogin personally because he's the opponent, because I'd be on the case of one of my own boys just as quick if any of them had the low quality of class to do that as well.
Also, if anyone is looking for a clip, I did not find one on the internet, but it is on just before SportsCentre's Top 10 tonight.