thestonedkoala
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- Aug 27, 2004
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From what I could gather from other sites and message boards, his injury went something like this.
So what do you think of this situation? The word is Harding has a grade 3 concussion but that is unconfirmed at the moment.
I say Taffe has to at least get half a season for this assault.
Aero's Boards said:The puck was dumped into the Aero's zone and Josh Harding went out to play the puck. There was 4.3 or 4.7 seconds left in the game and the game was out of reach for the Utah Grizzlies. Houston was up 5-2 and unless by some miracle they got three goals in the last 4 seconds of the game, then they would have lost. So Harding turns his back toward Eric Reitz who is skating in, to go retrieve the puck and dump it off to him. Jeff Taffe is coming in also, pressuring Reitz, for no reason whatsoever. Harding now feels Taffe coming after him and doesn't dump the puck off toward Reitz and is hit by Taffe behind, ramming Harding into the boards. Reitz immediately jumps Taffe and beats him bloody. Penalties are assessed and Harding is taken off the ice by his teammates and later is taken out with a neck brace. The game was chippy from the beginning and Taffe was itching to fight the entire game.
So what do you think of this situation? The word is Harding has a grade 3 concussion but that is unconfirmed at the moment.
I say Taffe has to at least get half a season for this assault.