3 Phoenix Coyotes vs 6 Chicago Blackhawks

[Sucker Punch]

Ooh, Mike Smith just got taken out with a shoulder to the face.  5 minute power play for Phoenix.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Hawks tie it again with 5.5 seconds left.  Seabrook again after a crazy sequence of pressure.

EDIT: It was tipped by Sharp.

 

[hockeyfan1]

'Hawks win in OT 4-3.  Bryan Bickell scores the winner (his second of the game).

 

[Derk]

Did Andrew Shaw get anything for running Smith? I was just reading that he was supposed to have a hearing today, but didn't see anything about it.

 

[Sucker Punch]

Did Andrew Shaw get anything for running Smith? I was just reading that he was supposed to have a hearing today, but didn't see anything about it.

MacLean said on HNIC that a ruling on that will come down tomorrow.

 

[seahawk]

Shaw got a major at the time. Shanny has just released the ruling and it sounds like 3 games.

 

[NdeJonge]

Blackhawks will light it up tonight at home.  I expect Hossa to wake up in this one big time.

 

[LittleHockeyFan]

  I have to work tonight and will miss this game.

Can I ask that somebody here give me a report on how My Jonathan does tonight?

thanks!

 

[Bates]

Looks like this series could go up a notch thanks to Raffi.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

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Good ol' fashion hockey folks, fans love it!

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[Kin]

Blackhawks will light it up tonight at home.  I expect Hossa to wake up in this one big time.

Well, that was a unfortunate choice of words.

 

[LittleHockeyFan]

>:-|

not a Hossa fan (in fact, I still hate him because of the whole Berard thing) but I don't like to see that happen to anyone. Whoever that was took a couple strides and his feet left the ice to impact Hossa. Somebody needs a lengthy suspension for that one.

This is getting out of hand.

 

[Kin]

Whoever that was took a couple strides and his feet left the ice to impact Hossa.

That would be all-around class act Raffi Torres.

 

[L K]

>:-|

not a Hossa fan (in fact, I still hate him because of the whole Berard thing) but I don't like to see that happen to anyone. Whoever that was took a couple strides and his feet left the ice to impact Hossa. Somebody needs a lengthy suspension for that one.

This is getting out of hand.

Raffi Torres.  He's a clown.  And hilariously that somehow didn't end up with a penalty.  The refs have been absurdly incompetent in the postseason.

 

[L K]

Came at him from the side.  Left his feet.  Led the shoulder into his head.
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[Bates]

Have not been a Torres fan all season as he didn't seem to be playing with any emotion for the Coyotes.  He started to win me over in first 2 games with his hard work and grit.  Then tonight he pulls this bonehead move???  Oh well, I probably don't have to worry about watching him anymore this year.  Hope Hossa is not seriously injured and this was mostly a precaution.  Sounds like it could be serious??

 

[Kin]

This is going to be one of the situations that reveals just how fundamentally impotent the NHL's suspension policy is. Torres is a marginal player who left his feet to intentionally target the other team's star's head. Even if you suspend Torres for the whole playoffs it's a trade-off that absolutely favours the Coyotes. Why not goon it up if there's no real consequences for the team as a whole?

 

[Bates]

I think the NHL set a precedent with the Shaw hit on Smith.  As a player with history I would expect Torres suspension to be a multiple of Shaw's and would not be surprised to see rest of the season.

 

[Tigger]

Back in the day Stevens would have been lauded for that.

We'll see what BS has to say about it.

 

[Bates]

I was very surprised when the Coyotes signed Torres.  They are mostly about players who play well in the system and represent the team well.  Torres does not fit the mold of the typical Coyote.