Hornqvist hit on McAvoy | No supplemental discipline
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Duke749
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I’m not completely familiar with the rule but I don’t like aiming your shoulder straight into his face. JMO though.
BruinLVGA
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I fully agree with this. Had he hit him in the chest, a whole different & legal hit. Simply put Hornqvist should not have hit him (the onus to make sure that the head is not hit is on the player delivering the hit).
Dirty hit. I can see him getting a fine but doubt he gets a suspension.
Unfortunate hit, but McAvoy needs to keep his head up instead of watching the puck. Glad he wasn't badly injured.
Looks bad and intentional. Mcavoy is an up and coming star dman in this league and shouldnt be hit in the head like that. I like Hornquist and all but has to take responsibility there and should see a game or two
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BruinsFanSince94
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Dirty hit. That POS should be suspended but the NHL picks and chooses who has histories in this league and he plays on the favored Penguins so I expect nothing.
Keep your head up and it doesn’t happen. This is exactly like the bullshit that happens in the NFL. How can a defender running full speed determine if a guy is going to turtle at the last possible second? Hornqvist would have hit him in the chest if McAvoy wouldn’t have turtled/was looking up ice.
Can’t really say something like that is intentional. The reactionary time to change what happened is not possible. It’s not like he purposely jumped/aimed for his head.
Can’t really say something like that is intentional. The reactionary time to change what happened is not possible. It’s not like he purposely jumped/aimed for his head.
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GloryDaze4877
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“Unfortunate” makes it seem like it was just an accident and legal. It was neither.
N o o d l e s
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The outcry if this was Crosby on the receiving end would have crashed this ancient server
BruinLVGA
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But how about the principal point of impact? He caught nothing but head.
By the way, it doesn't matter what part of the body one hits with, it's the part of the body that gets hit that matters, rules-wise.
LSCII
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He made contact with nothing but McAvoy's face. If Marchand threw a hit that was half of what Honrqvist threw last night, people here would be screaming for him to be suspended.
MattySnipes
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It's such a fast game and hard to change your angle/area where you're targeting at the last second. I don't think Hornqvist is a dirty player but at the same time you can see McAvoy is under pressure to make a play, his head is a bit down focused on making a play - he'll take the hit. Unfortunately for him he did get rocked in the head. Hopefully he will okay going forward, terrific defenceman - can't believe he went so late in the first round. Bruins got a great one!
GloryDaze4877
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This is not accurate. Here is the rule (and the last change in language):
Report: Rule regarding hits to head modified to remove 'targeting'
The head was absolutely the main point of contact and it makes no difference if it was the elbow or shoulder.
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SImpelton
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McAvoy needs to keep his head up, but would anyone care to deny that Hornqvist had a pretty accurate idea of exactly where McAvoy's head was when he threw that elbow? Dirty and intentional.
I think it's kind of a coin toss whether he gets more than a fine, but the league really needs to do something about this kind of casual disregard of opposing players' health, so I doubt Hornqvist gets nothing out of this.
Hornqvist didn't need to throw the elbow like that, most players seeing a guy along the boards like that line up for a hip check or push them into the boards with the forearm or shoulder. The elbow was dirty, and even if it wasn't deliberate intent to injure (and I'll give Hornqvist the benefit of the doubt here and assume it wasn't) it's still clearly disregard for the health and safety of another player, and he should get something for that.
I think it's kind of a coin toss whether he gets more than a fine, but the league really needs to do something about this kind of casual disregard of opposing players' health, so I doubt Hornqvist gets nothing out of this.
Hornqvist didn't need to throw the elbow like that, most players seeing a guy along the boards like that line up for a hip check or push them into the boards with the forearm or shoulder. The elbow was dirty, and even if it wasn't deliberate intent to injure (and I'll give Hornqvist the benefit of the doubt here and assume it wasn't) it's still clearly disregard for the health and safety of another player, and he should get something for that.
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That should mean 0%, so if a 4th liner, or 6th depth D takes that hit and it should be viewed differently?
You must be new to HFBoards.
Hornqvist can pay for McAvoys plastic surgery because it looked like part of his nose was just hanging there after the hit.
Would that make everyone happy?
Would that make everyone happy?
BruinLVGA
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Re bolded... I hope you are right. This in my opinion deserves a couple of games.
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This hit is more about McAvoy than Hornvqist. Awful job protecting himself
GloryDaze4877
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That hit was illegal regardless of who was on the receiving end.
