Parker Kelly suspended 2 games for hit on Andreas Englund

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[Chairman Maouth]

Video needed.

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https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2024/03/08/parker-kelly-sera-suspendu-par-la-lnh

 

[Il Stugotz]

Video needed.

Here. Paste it in the OP. 0:53

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2024/03/08/parker-kelly-sera-suspendu-par-la-lnh

Thanks! I was looking for this on Twitter but couldn't find it

Everyone should watch it for Englund's reaction

 

[Divine]

That's about a clean a headshot as you're going to see.

I think if Englund laid on the ice it would have got a lot more media attention.

 

[Chairman Maouth]

Thanks! I was looking for this on Twitter but couldn't find it

Everyone should watch it for Englund's reaction

I had to do some digging but managed to find it using Google.

 

[Sensatauro]

It's clear Kelly had no intent to hit his head, as immediately he was apologetic but Englund was already fired up from the night and ragdolled Kelly there,

Not sure that warrants a dops call, but sure, whatever.

 

[ATdaisuki]

Direct hit to the head. It doesn't matter if it was intentional or not, that's a suspension. I'll be interested in seeing how many games.

 

[andora]

Yeah pretty stupid hit to make.englund should have fed him atleast one after the takedown

 

[Neil Racki]

Does Kelly close his eyes 2 steps before making hits?

Odd

 

[v00d00daddy]

It's clear Kelly had no intent to hit his head, as immediately he was apologetic but Englund was already fired up from the night and ragdolled Kelly there,

Not sure that warrants a dops call, but sure, whatever.

Not sure how you know what his intent was.

If the nhl is serious about preventing headshots then intent is irrelevant. You do it..you get penalised accordingly

I wish a two pronged approach would happen.

1. League penalise the guy who delivers the hit to the head.

2. Player that gets the obvious headshot (and is well enough to do it) gets up and knocks out the guy who delivered the hit. Give him the same amount of time to protect himself as the dirty hit guy gave the guy who got the shoulder to the head. Zero. Drop a glove and knock him out.

Then suspend both equally.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

That's about a clean a headshot as you're going to see.

I think if Englund laid on the ice it would have got a lot more media attention.

Yup unfortunately Englund doesn't even have a single braincell so it didn't even stun him

Any actual human would be flattened out and it would be a likely major instead of a caveman grunt, captain insano body slam, and matching minors

 

[Korpse]

Looked like Kelly mis timed his hit and caught him clean in the head as a result. Worthy of a suspension for sure.

 

[tny760]

It's clear Kelly had no intent to hit his head, as immediately he was apologetic but Englund was already fired up from the night and ragdolled Kelly there,

Not sure that warrants a dops call, but sure, whatever.

not sure i could disagree any more

he altered his direction while gliding in to ensure he caught nothing but head and exploded upwards into it to boot

i'll give you that it looked like he was trying to talk to englund immediately but socking someone in the face then apologizing rings pretty hollow

"onus is on the hitter" etc etc that's easily a game or two

 

[BlueDream]

Thanks! I was looking for this on Twitter but couldn't find it

Everyone should watch it for Englund's reaction

That was hilarious live.

 

[bland]

The game was better off when the players policed each other instead of waiting for a hearing. Good on Englund for standing up for himself instead of milking it for a powerplay.

 

[CanadianHockey]

Should be a suspension. Don't think Kelly intended to head hunt but he's got to line that hit up better.

 

[robsenz]

I've lost interest in watching my teams games this season, so I'm behind on this one, but reading the Thread I had a really hard time picturing Kelly crushing Englund, that went how I figured it should have went. Defintely Suspendable.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

2 games

 

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[mouser]

2 games seems reasonable to me. The head contact was not as forceful as other illegal check to the head suspensions we’ve seen, but Kelly did clearly mess up his approach angle and hit nearly all head.

 

[Pandaman11]

Serious rule question. Everytime I read the expression "illegal check to the head", I ask myself: is there something like a legal check to the head, and if yes, what does it look like?

 

[Larionov]

As a Sens fan, I'll freely admit that this was a direct head shot, and I understand all the reasons why they want to get this out of the game. If the standard on this kind of hit is now two games, fair enough. What I will be curious to see, though, is what happens when it is a star player whose team is in a playoff chase as opposed to a fourth liner on a losing small market Canadian team. Hitting Parker Kelly for two games was like shooting fish in a barrel - let's see if they maintain this standard going forward. I'm not holding my breath...

 

[SensontheRush]

Englund DOES have a lot of head to hit tbh.

 

[bland]

Englund DOES have a lot of head to hit tbh.

But he has a massive amount of legal body to hit and Kelly didn't leap into any of it.

They were both fortunate that Englund's skull appears to be made out of concrete.