- Feb 15, 2005
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Fuggin clown Panther broadcasters - "Gudbranson finishes his check", my arse. Erat passes the puck, the puck is on the D guy's stick at the blue line, and then Gudbranson gives him a completely unnecessary and impermissble hit in the back of the numbers.
I've grown to loathe the term "finishing your check," since it's too often a hockey dinosaur's way of justifying a hit that's way too late. Gudbranson there did not even begin to initiate contact on Erat until after the puck left Erat's stick and the contact doesn't take place until it's on the D guy's stick. Hitting guys who have long ago released the puck is not hockey -- since there is no puck to separate the player from -- and it's not "finishing your check."