From my vantage it was clearly an intentional headshot. Shankar's upper arm was lifted to a horizontal plane, and his elbow made contact with Bourque's jaw . Players need to realize as soon as they lift their shoulder and extend their elbow it will be called no matter what position the other player is in .
This was not a shoulder down and tucked in type of hit.
Thank God Bourque returned, however as we know eith head trauma, who's to say he's not feeling the effects today ?
Shankar will likely sit one game while the league waits on Bourques health report.
Would NHL draft picks Maksimov and Jones be considered major moves?
Would NHL draft picks Maksimov and Jones be considered major moves?
I figured as much. It was a predatory hit.Shankar five game suspension tomorrow night Ottawa comes to town followed by Missy on Saturday night maybe home cooking will get the team going.
"oh, this could be the start of something great"Two big home wins this weekend 3 to 2 over Ottawa and a gusty 5 to 3 win over Missy before 4,675 loud fans next up is Erie Thursday night .
Zach Shanker has completed his 5 game suspension.
Hats Off to the Ice Dogs. When you got beat in the OHL Final with all those “Veterans” by London it didn’t look like a quick turn around of fortunes would be occurring. A full on rebuild was on the Agenda with a whole bunch of kids due to come in.
Now the level of play in the OHL East has not hurt the success of the team assuredly but they have bounced back much quicker to respectability than I ever thought they would. Congrats and continued success......
We'll be waiting, hopefully with a good crowd, love to see the Dogs Wolves with a great effort in Barrie, step for step and could have easily won. Still missing key players, haven't been healthy all year. Second half will be better for sure.The Dogs rally to steal that one in North Bay three to two in overtime now three and five in extra time off to Sudbury tomorrow night.
And they were down 2 - 0 when Shankar left for the night. He was on the wrong end of one of his big open ice hits.The Dogs rally to steal that one in North Bay three to two in overtime now three and five in extra time off to Sudbury tomorrow night.