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Last night, on Hockey Night in Canada's "Coach's Corner" segment, Don Cherry took a few minutes to reflect on Matt Cooke's injurious hit on Boston's Marc Savard, and the resultant lack of suspension. As you might imagine, Cherry was less than impressed (skip ahead to 1:55 for the relevant part):
(Video via Puck Daddy)
Say what you will about Don Cherry and his perpetually unusual sartorial decisions, but never doubt his pure, insistent love for the game of hockey, and his deeply-felt need to protect it from the perversion of poor rulings from up high. This Cooke case would most certainly qualify, and we're all still in a state of shock that Cooke didn't even get a game for extending his elbow into a defenseless player's head, causing a brain injury.
Perhaps, as has been pointed out numerous times, Cooke should have insulted Savard's wife instead; given the NHL's mangled set of precedents, that would have at least given him a few games off.
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the first time i have agreed with cherry’s coach corner in a long time. i might now actually listen and watch it instead of muting it
by Lancers25 on Mar 14, 2010 4:09 PM EDT reply actions
this should end
Hopefully, someone at NHL will finally see, that ANY blow to the head MUST become illigal. How great Olympic hockey was, but nobody learns… Hits are the part of the game, but not when players killing each other.
by Cynical dude on Mar 15, 2010 12:56 PM EDT reply actions
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