GDT: WJC, NYE, Canada vs Germany, 1:30 EST

[llwyd]

Game misconduct for running over a smaller player. IIHF rules are fun

Like having some respect and avoiding effing brain damage? Are you guys for real?

 

[TheBeastCoast]

Just for the chaos it would be somewhat hilarious if Germany won this.

 

[Czechboy]

What can a player 1 foot taller than his opponent do, crouch?

Tall players crush smaller players all the time.

 

[Petes2424]

Geekie needed to know better… Nothing wrong with his hit in most NA games, but we know how they call it over there.

 

[Master P]

Germany scores.

1-0

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Whenever a Euro does it.. dirty prick. When a Canuck does it.. gets a penalty for being 'too strong'.

Has a TSN commentator every used that expression for a Euro penalty?

FTR. .right call. I hope the NHL adopts that rule too.

the coach swearing at the ref was hillarious too...

Didn't leave his feet.. correct
He's 6 foot f***en 5.. correct

He hit his head first.. also correct.

At some point people being hit stopped skating with their head up.

Just can’t hit smaller players anymore.

It’ll be fun watching Germany get relegated this year

 

[Leafidelity]

Hit them with your hip or drive through their chest or body.

It’s not hard to learn the rules.

Judging from your comment, apparently it's hard to learn physics

 

[Jukurit]

People think hits to the head are okay?

 

[Alerion]

Whenever a Euro does it.. dirty prick. When a Canuck does it.. gets a penalty for being 'too strong'.

Has a TSN commentator every used that expression for a Euro penalty?

FTR. .right call. I hope the NHL adopts that rule too.

the coach swearing at the ref was hillarious too...

Didn't leave his feet.. correct
He's 6 foot f***en 5.. correct

He hit his head first.. also correct.

So Chara could never hit anyone, right?

If they're taking back boarding calls because players turn at the last moment, some logic needs to be applied to a player falling over backwards to avoid a hit at the last moment too. If the German player stays upright and takes the hit there is no head contact, because his head isn't at Geekie's torso. It's inconsistent.

 

[LastOne2100]

It’ll be fun watching Germany get relegated this year

This is a terrible take. It is not the German players' fault for terrible officiating.

 

[TheBeastCoast]

People think hits to the head are okay?

That wasn't a hit to the head. Right through the chest.

 

[Czechboy]

People think hits to the head are okay?

as long as your feet are on the ice and your shoulder is tucked.lol

 

[TonsofPuppies]

This Canada team isn’t serious

That was obvious awhile ago. The amount of players they're missing this year already playing in the show + injuries is wild. Probably the biggest loss in that regard that I can recall in recent memory.

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

This is why Europe isn't taken seriously

 

[Korpse]

Yes.

Feet down, shoulder tucked, coasted into the hit.

Never, in a hitting league, should simply skating with your head down make you ineligible to be hit

Wasn’t a result of a player having his head down. Wasn’t a player just finishing his check, Geekie wanted to blow him up. That kind of hit isn’t necessary off the opening face off when you are Canada playing Germany. Played with fire and he got burnt.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

5 minute major for being too tall

That was dead center, arm tucked, feet planted

thats a bullshit penalty my guy

It is NOT a clean hit. It doesn't matter how perfect it was or what the opponent did. A HEAD HIT IS A HRAD HIT.

 

[Tiki10]

What can a player 1 foot taller than his opponent do, crouch?

Play smart. You can hit, just don't aim to the head.

 

[CoSi]

Keeps elbow tucked and drives through the chest, euro players aren't used to being hit open ice

 

[LastOne2100]

Wasn’t a result of a player having his head down. Wasn’t a player just finishing his check, Geekie wanted to blow him up. That kind of hit isn’t necessary off the opening face off when you are Canada playing Germany. Played with fire and he got burnt.

What the clock reads and who your opponent is shouldn't change the rules.

 

[novisor]

Soft as baby sh*t. What has happened to hockey? Penalty for hitting.

 

[Barrie22]

Wasn’t a result of a player having his head down. Wasn’t a player just finishing his check, Geekie wanted to blow him up. That kind of hit isn’t necessary off the opening face off when you are Canada playing Germany.

Hitting hard at any point in a game is necessary. Wimpy European hockey just needs to catch up to normal standards.

 

[nbwingsfan]

Just hand the puck over to a small player, apparently they cannot be hit in IIHF

Better yet, just skate with your head down at all times because it makes you ineligible to be hit apparently

People think hits to the head are okay?

People think it’s fine to just skate with your head down?

 

[Czechboy]

So Chara could never hit anyone, right?

If they're taking back boarding calls because players turn at the last moment, some logic needs to be applied to a player falling over backwards to avoid a hit at the last moment too. If the German player stays upright and takes the hit there is no head contact, because his head isn't at Geekie's torso. It's inconsistent.

Chara is my argument.. crushed guys all the time without hitting them in the head. It's very possible. His career is a great example of a very strong and very tall man hitting people without hitting the head first.

This whole 'only way to hit a short guy is to hit his head argument' is crazy to me.lol

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Like having some respect and avoiding effing brain damage? Are you guys for real?

German player should have some respect for his own brain. Don’t skate with your head hunched over and it would hit you there

 

[Korpse]

What the clock reads and who your opponent is shouldn't change the rules.

It doesn’t.