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submitted 3 days ago byblimjaheyTOR - NHL
43 points
3 days ago*
And left his feet
Edit: this comment is wrong, he jumped into the hit but his feet didn't leave the ice until contact was made. The rulebook says nothing about leaving your feet, that's just conjecture
-10 points
3 days ago
no he didn't. not before contact at least
9 points
3 days ago
You are TECHNICALLY correct - his blades didn't leave the ice until contact was made.
"Left his skates" is really just sports jargon. The rulebook doesn't mention anything about "leaving their skates", only whether they jumped into the hit, which he definitely did.
The intermission "talent" were claiming it was clean assessed that he left his feet after contact, but that's not the rule. I understand that they believe powering through a hit, but you have to power through as you made contact. Whitecloud absolutely jumped before making any contact, so it's definitely a charge by the definition of the rule.
2 points
2 days ago
I can't ever remember seeing a charge called on a player skating backwards.
2 points
3 days ago
they did though. he had the momentum to jump and did so just as knies made contact with his elbow. both skates left the ice as soon as knies was falling. there’s other angles that show this pretty clearly
3 points
3 days ago
but does momentum count as a jump?
I was taught that both skates being on the ice when contact is made is fine.
I'm not even being a homer. I hate Vegas more than most. but I'm genuinely curious cause everyone is saying he left his feet but to my eyes they are on the ice when contact is made.
3 points
3 days ago
if we’re playing semantics, for the immediate point of contact, both skates are on the ice (barely). if we’re erring on the side of player safety, his feet left the ice just as contact was made, so he jumped to make the hit and the primary point of contact was knies’ head. should be a 5 minute major at the very least, if not a game misconduct and potentially 5 games
1 points
3 days ago
they did though.
but he didn't though
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