Here's the hit put on Boston's Marc Savard by Matt Cooke of the Penguins, as was mentioned earlier. The first 50 seconds are a little useless; the slow-motion replays don't begin until 0:50 or so.
It's plain to see that Cooke's elbow, while almost admirably surreptitious, was an intentional blow to the head, and one he's pulled before (see his hit on Artem Anisimov earlier this season). And while the league has long been accused of punishing the result rather than the act, the fact is that Cooke's elbow to the head resulted in exactly the type of outcome befitting the danger involved in a hit like that.
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matt 'coward' cooke at it again
this guy is such a piece of trash throwing cheap hits and hiding behind officials. One day someone’s gonna beat the crap out of him if he decides to stop running with his tail between his legs.
by Rafal Ladysz on Mar 7, 2010 8:16 PM EST reply actions
Blind-side arm-led headshot on a skill player late in a game by a guy with a rap sheet. Wisdom says 5+, personal expectation says 3, but the NHL’s wildly inconsistent rulings for this say somewhere between 0 and 11 games, with a 5% chance of going to the bonus round for cash and prizes.
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