Other NHL games 2013-2014 season

[nocera]

In the Colorado/Anaheim game, a Ducks player blatantly removed his helmet prior to a fight. No penalty called. At least they're consistent in calling the helmet rule same as the other infractions.

[offsides]

The pens laughing on the bench were cited as an insigator. Ban that, too?

The bad stuff was punished. The fights all involved willing participants. It wasn't pretty, but it wasn't disgusting either.

But as I said, if the fights never happened, neither would have the laughing and no assaults would have been necessary. The fights started all the other nonsense.

[MRandall25]

No, Rick DiPietro going after Matt Cooke started the nonsense.

[mikey287]

In the Colorado/Anaheim game, a Ducks player blatantly removed his helmet prior to a fight. No penalty called. At least they're consistent in calling the helmet rule same as the other infractions.

I wouldn't have called that either. The player in question (Pat Maroon) has a visor and is engaged with a player who has no helmet (lost previously in the scrum). It's a nonsense call and I hope it's ignored. The only time they'll probably really call it is when both players do it prior to a fight in "broad daylight" so to speak, and even then, just matching minors...like cursing, it's not a penalty worth calling.

[nocera]

In the Colorado/Anaheim game, a Ducks player blatantly removed his helmet prior to a fight. No penalty called. At least they're consistent in calling the helmet rule same as the other infractions.

I wouldn't have called that either. The player in question (Pat Maroon) has a visor and is engaged with a player who has no helmet (lost previously in the scrum). It's a nonsense call and I hope it's ignored. The only time they'll probably really call it is when both players do it prior to a fight in "broad daylight" so to speak, and even then, just matching minors...like cursing, it's not a penalty worth calling.

I'm whatever on the rule, but man it's annoying that there's a big stink about it and it's not even properly enforced.

[mikey287]

Yeah, it's perplexing. I think it was one of those ideas that sounded good at the desk, but once you saw it in action you realized how a) silly it was b) how it accomplished nothing that you desired. So it'll get passed over, hopefully they'll just pull it off the books all together by the end of the year...

[mikey287]

Anyone that sat through the entire 6-0 finish to the Avs/Ducks game saw Varlamov lose his shutout bid with just seconds left unfortunately, as he was awesome yet again for the Avs, picked up right where he left off last season. And Roy puts out the goon squad with six seconds and a bruhaha starts...and it finishes with Roy trying to shove the glass between the benches onto Bruce Boudreau...

I was gonna turn it off after Silfverberg scored and something told me to just watch the puck drop at the end...interesting finish to Roy's first game behind an NHL bench, expect the unexpected...

[Rylan]

Anyone that sat through the entire 6-0 finish to the Avs/Ducks game saw Varlamov lose his shutout bid with just seconds left unfortunately, as he was awesome yet again for the Avs, picked up right where he left off last season. And Roy puts out the goon squad with six seconds and a bruhaha starts...and it finishes with Roy trying to shove the glass between the benches onto Bruce Boudreau...

I was gonna turn it off after Silfverberg scored and something told me to just watch the puck drop at the end...interesting finish to Roy's first game behind an NHL bench, expect the unexpected...

You left out why the goal was scored, why the goon squad was out, and why Roy was pissed. This is a biased piece of work from a journalist major to paint Roy as a crazy

[Rylan]

In the Colorado/Anaheim game, a Ducks player blatantly removed his helmet prior to a fight. No penalty called. At least they're consistent in calling the helmet rule same as the other infractions.

I wouldn't have called that either. The player in question (Pat Maroon) has a visor and is engaged with a player who has no helmet (lost previously in the scrum). It's a nonsense call and I hope it's ignored. The only time they'll probably really call it is when both players do it prior to a fight in "broad daylight" so to speak, and even then, just matching minors...like cursing, it's not a penalty worth calling.

Isn't the rule "removal of helmet prior to engagement" and not a general removal?

[Beveridge]

I had a man crush on Roy as a player, I think I have it again for Roy as a coach. That was outstanding. I want Colorado and Vancouver in a playoff series. Roy vs Torts please.

[Idoit40fans]

Yeah, he didn't waste any time confirming for everyone that the Avs were going to be entertaining this year, no matter what happens on the ice.

[nocera]

[youtube][/youtube]

[Gaucho]

Roy: "Arf arf arf."
Perry: "C'mon man..."
Roy: "Arf arf arf."

Idiot.

[shmenguin]

[youtube][/youtube]

i saw guys tugging on jerseys. the paros incident could have happened again. ban everything.

but anyways...i hope hockey never loses this sort of stuff. you can't find it anywhere else.

[mikey287]

Anyone that sat through the entire 6-0 finish to the Avs/Ducks game saw Varlamov lose his shutout bid with just seconds left unfortunately, as he was awesome yet again for the Avs, picked up right where he left off last season. And Roy puts out the goon squad with six seconds and a bruhaha starts...and it finishes with Roy trying to shove the glass between the benches onto Bruce Boudreau...

I was gonna turn it off after Silfverberg scored and something told me to just watch the puck drop at the end...interesting finish to Roy's first game behind an NHL bench, expect the unexpected...

You left out why the goal was scored, why the goon squad was out, and why Roy was pissed. This is a biased piece of work from a journalist major to paint Roy as a crazy

That's fair. Ben Lovejoy looked like he went for a pretty questionable hit on Nathan MacKinnon (who looked very good with Jamie McGinn and PAP smear last night, namely the former)...got a piece of him, McGinn came to his aid but not much was done...they took a number though...

[mikey287]

In the Colorado/Anaheim game, a Ducks player blatantly removed his helmet prior to a fight. No penalty called. At least they're consistent in calling the helmet rule same as the other infractions.

I wouldn't have called that either. The player in question (Pat Maroon) has a visor and is engaged with a player who has no helmet (lost previously in the scrum). It's a nonsense call and I hope it's ignored. The only time they'll probably really call it is when both players do it prior to a fight in "broad daylight" so to speak, and even then, just matching minors...like cursing, it's not a penalty worth calling.

Isn't the rule "removal of helmet prior to engagement" and not a general removal?

Oh is it? I don't even know, I just knew it sounded silly so I don't even know the language...

Indeed. "Prior to the fight" Good call. So as long as both players are gripping each other up, you can remove your own, no big deal.

[Idoit40fans]

Isn't there already a rule in place for removal of a helmet?

[nocera]

Speaking of Roy, he was fined 10k for the incident.

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Boudreau explained after the game that he confronted Roy between the benches because the rookie NHL coach was yelling at his players.

"I didn't expect that," Boudreau told reporters Wednesday night. "It's not our job to go back and forth with their players. All of a sudden, I told him, 'That's bull, that's bush league,' and he did what he did."

Roy fired back at Boudreau's comments after the Avalanche held practice on Thursday.

"What Boudreau said was all lies," Roy told reporters. "I don't talk to players, I respect all the players. I'm certainly not going to get too involved in this one, but when you talk about classless - when you're lying, this is classless."

I hope this is just the first of many instances of Roy being awesome.

[GSdrums87]

Wait til they play Vancouver, oh god...

[penny lane]

I hope Coach Roy makes it to the 10/21 game in Pittsburgh.

[SolidSnake]

Wait til they play Vancouver, oh god...

[SolidSnake]

Caps down 1-0 to Calgary

[SolidSnake]

2-0 Calgary

[Beveridge]

Make it 2.

[SolidSnake]

3-0 Calgary lol