NO, not even close. No player is dumb enough to send the razor blades on their feet flinging back to try and hit someone. No player is trying to kill another player out there. **** happens, it was not on purpose, stop making Canadian fans look back with this post
TSN didn't have to say it. Anyone with eyes saw that, and they would've also seen the guy avoid a shoulder-to-shoulder hit, and pivot to hit Wotherspoon in the numbers.
Canada was the better team but shots are irrelevant when comparing the playing styles. Russia only takes high percentage shots and is out shot nearly every game, while Canada throws everything at the net.
TSN just said that Wotherspoon was cut by a skate, not by a hit by Nichushkin, so this 5 minute penalty was a total joke considering it was assessed as a 2 minute penalty originally.
Sad that one penal made the game. That's why not sad. Hope to see you in the final.
P. S. In Moscow in 3 hours 2013. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
How high exactly do you know?
I hope you are right and I am wrong. But this is something I am observing not with any single nationality, but with all of them. Therefore, please don't say I am making Canadian fans look bad. There is nothing "Canadian" about my observations. It is a hockey observation. I say this out of concern for all players of every nation. There is a lack of care taken with the balance leg in recent years.
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Man, all we can ask for is a Canada-Russia rematch in the finals.
Anything else would be a bit of a let down.
Pretty sure Canada's on top of the shooting % bub.
Sweet bub. Not my point, I didn't mean just this game but for the past few years.
Hi Bure, I don't have stats but I do know that a number of players have sustained broken necks or spines that have left them paralyzed for life.
Fortunately it hasn't happened often.
Nichushkin was given 2 minute but then based on Wotherspoon bleeding the refs decided to change to 5 minute. TSN even showed 2 minute penalty on the screen, that means the ruling was given by the ref at the time.
Nichushkin was given 2 minute but then based on Wotherspoon bleeding the refs decided to change to 5 minute. TSN even showed 2 minute penalty on the screen, that means the ruling was given by the ref at the time.
The Canadian player was hit on the numbers face first into the boards. That is a 5 min penalty anywhere in the world.
We will get proof when the Russian player gets suspended.
Hi Bure, I don't have stats but I do know that a number of players have sustained broken necks or spines that have left them paralyzed for life.
Fortunately it hasn't happened often.
OK I take the Canadian thing back, but you are way off base in concept.
In both cases, the American ref made the call. He gave Nichushkin the major, while he gave MacKinnon a minor. Each team has a right to expect consistency, and that the same offense be penalized at the same level.
So what Russia did 3 years ago has an affect on them being grossly outshot in this game? wow.
Nichushkin was given 2 minute but then based on Wotherspoon bleeding the refs decided to change to 5 minute. TSN even showed 2 minute penalty on the screen, that means the ruling was given by the ref at the time.