Orpicks hit on Erik Cole

[mack 44]

So get off your lazy ass and search for it.

[DeI 18 0]

I am still waiting for a video...please

Here ya go.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=cSvxSHviWAU&search=erik%20cole

[crutesie 0]

i reckon if cole hadnt slipped it would just be the usual rub against the boards

SACK THAT SKATES SHARPENER :)

[Fire0nIce228 1]

10 games my ass-- thats hockey, in my most humble opinion.

[Chadd 916]

10 games my ass-- thats hockey, in my most humble opinion.

Cheap shots = hockey?

[QandA 0]

It's obvious a judgement play. Some think it's dirty, other's think it was accidental. It's judgement, we will never really know what Orpick's real intent was...

[Jbone 0]

It looks like he couldn't stop in time. He could of let up but otherwise I think it was accidental.

[Chadd 916]

It looks like he couldn't stop in time. He could of let up but otherwise I think it was accidental.

I'm not buying that. Orpik got both hands on him inside the circle and drove him into the boards head first. He wanted to hit him hard and he did.

[Langenbrunner15 0]

It looks like he couldn't stop in time. He could of let up but otherwise I think it was accidental.

I'm not buying that. Orpik got both hands on him inside the circle and drove him into the boards head first. He wanted to hit him hard and he did.

I agree but I don't think he wanted him to go head first..

[Chadd 916]

It looks like he couldn't stop in time. He could of let up but otherwise I think it was accidental.

I'm not buying that. Orpik got both hands on him inside the circle and drove him into the boards head first. He wanted to hit him hard and he did.

I agree but I don't think he wanted him to go head first..

Orpik obviously didn't care about it or he wouldn't have has his forearm on the back of Cole's neck

[Langenbrunner15 0]

Now that I looked at it about 5 times, I am going to say that he intentionally hit him from behind and wanted to leave a mark, atleast throw yourself to the ice instead of throwing him intho the board, do something BUT throw the guy into the boards especially while you see his number...

[MDE3 0]

That's as "classic" a hit from behind as you will see, and exactly what the rules comittee wanted players to let up on this year.

Cole fought the inertia of Orpiks initial push as you can see from his skates, but Orpik continues to use his momentum and leg drive to overcome Coles resistance and drive him into the boards head first. It really looks like Orpik just wanted to prove he was stronger than Cole in spite of any consequences of his actions.

While you can never be sure of the deliberate intentions of a player in the heat of a game, and so calling this hit "an intent to injure" would be difficult, there is not much doubt it was an intent to create havoc and send a message to a guy who had already scored two goals in the game, and at the very least showed intentional gross negligence..particularily given the emphasis on avoiding this kind of hit that the NHL has called for this year.

[mack 44]

Maybe I missed it, but along the lines of cheapshots where's Theo blasting away at Hollweg's elbow?

[mack 44]

If anything, I'm hoping the cheap-ass retalition prompts the league to just abolish the instigator rule. That'd be the only good in all this crap.

[MDE3 0]

I feel like an idiot, but can someone explain that rule a little better for me?

Thanks

An additional minor penalty is assessed to someone goes out of his way to start a fight with an otherwise unwilling participant. Hence there is an addional penalty for anyone who aggressively seeks to start a fight....as when someone wants to avenge a "cheap shot"..see "instigator" under "Brashear.... in the dictionary.

[MDE3 0]

Well Brooks loves the controversy....

However other sports have limited "rules of engagement" too, and within the context of being even more violent than hockey....In football you cannot spear a player with your helmet, cannot deliberately aim for his head with yours, cannot cut block an opponent below his waist unless in front of that opponent.

In boxing you are not allowed to "rabbit punch" someone in the back of the head while clinching, nor try to hit him in the back of the head while he has stumbled ot turned a way.....

How is holding up a check from behind when it could result in an injury like Cole's in any way a detriment to the game of hockey???...or is this just more of the same moronic mentality that some have had over the years which has helped participation in the sport decline???

[CardinalHcky19 0]

that looks like orpick did it on purpose

thats horrible

good thing cole didnt get seriously hurt

[warrior37 0]

that looks like orpick did it on purpose

thats horrible

good thing cole didnt get seriously hurt

yeah like the way he just kind of stopped after it happend and had a horrible look on his face, really looks like it was on purpose...

[Langenbrunner15 0]

that looks like orpick did it on purpose

thats horrible

good thing cole didnt get seriously hurt

What do you mean not seriously hurt!?

He got a compression fracture in a vertebra in his neck..out for atleast 6-8 weeks.....how isn't that a serious injury!!?

[akhockeyplaya 0]

Because rather than being paralyzed or dead, he's only out 6-8 weeks? I'm really high on Cole, he was one of the most exciting players for America during the Olympics. That said it was one of those unfortunate plays. Cole put himself in that position. Orpick could have held up on the hit. That's the difference between close calls and injuries...

[stevoc 0]

To me, it looks like Orpik steers directly into Cole...he had intentions from the beginning.

Listen to the pop the impact makes....there's some serious force behind that.

Just my opinion.

[Chadd 916]

Just for the record; The Holloweg hit on Umberger should be punished even more severely than the one on Cole. In other words more than 10 games in my opinion. That hit is the definistion of intent to injure. Factor in his history already this season and it shows a pattern.

[ryno 0]

Just for the record; The Holloweg hit on Umberger should be punished even more severely than the one on Cole. In other words more than 10 games in my opinion. That hit is the definistion of intent to injure. Factor in his history already this season and it shows a pattern.

Looked like Hollweg came from halfway across the ice, Umberger's back to him the entire time, and Hollweg proceded to lay a heavy hit into him anyway. If he gets any less than 10 then the league obviusly could care less about these dangerous hits they claimed they were going to crack down on.

[troy 12]

Hollweg got 3 games. Hollweg suspension

[Chadd 916]

Just for the record; The Holloweg hit on Umberger should be punished even more severely than the one on Cole. In other words more than 10 games in my opinion. That hit is the definistion of intent to injure. Factor in his history already this season and it shows a pattern.

Looked like Hollweg came from halfway across the ice, Umberger's back to him the entire time, and Hollweg proceded to lay a heavy hit into him anyway. If he gets any less than 10 then the league obviusly could care less about these dangerous hits they claimed they were going to crack down on.

He wasn't that far away but I couldn't agree with you more. New rules, new strict enforcement, same weak suspension standards.