This is a good thread...The Badger's Dustin Kuk cross-checked a Michigan
Tech player in the head back in October. He received the major and game dq
and sat out the following game. This week the WCHA also slapped him with an
extra game suspension for the hit. Now, Jeff Sauer doesn't necessarily feel
this is wrong, but he feels that the league should have acted more quickly.
Kraig, who was the referee up there on the Commodore call?
My personal feeling is that "referees discretion" is foolish. If the
league, teams, and the NCAA really mean what they say about no-tolerance for
head shots, then they have to be more agressive and consistent with their
calls, no mercy as it were. I suggest that if a player is cross-checked
high and injured, or hit from behind into the boards, it should be a
mandatory 5 minute major/DQ. And if the injured player misses games due to
the injury, the attacking player should miss those games as well.
Trying to measure intent is difficult, even with video, and if there is a
no-exception rule about hits to the head and hits from behind, players might
come around.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Fenwick [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 4:01 PM
Subject: (Fwd) 5 minute majors
Originally submitted by Kraig Ehm <[log in to unmask]>
Forwarded to Hockey-L by Bill Fenwick <[log in to unmask]>
I have a question for any and all. Would you consider a crosscheck to the
head worthy of a 5 minute major call? At Michigan Tech, we're in the WCHA
and one of our guys was crosschecked to the head last weekend by a player
from North Dakota. The North Dakota player (Mike Commodore) only received
a 2 minute penalty. Our player was on laying the ice 10 -15 minutes before
having to be helped off.
What do officials in the other leagues call? This is the second time one
of our players has been crossechecked to the head.
Is it a question of how flagrant? A shot to the head should be considered
flagrant shouldn't it? I have some video of the hit up on my web site if
you're interested in checking it out. You'll need QuickTime 4.0, which is
free. The address is:
http://www.admin.mtu.edu/urel/videoreport/athletics/hockey/und1/index.html
I'm curious to how other leagues would have handled the situation.
Thanks,
Kraig Ehm
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