From where I sat, the initial flop was definitely a dive. I guess I can't comment on any injury that might of happened after that as I didn't see any contact on the way down or after he hit the ice. I even commented at the time that I wondered if he hit his own head when he feel backwards. I would love to watch a replay of the incident. Would Hockey East post a video off the play along with the suspension announcement similar to what the NHL does?
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From: james acheson <[log in to unmask]>
Date:02/18/2014 4:40 PM (GMT-04:00)
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: CHN News Alert: MAINE'S LOMBERG SUSPENDED 1 GAME
I've seen it written up as the neck injury that Marotta suffered after being elbowed by Lomberg.
Marotta was not acting. I thought that Lomberg should have been called for a lot on that play, but not for the elbow, rather for the following chop down onto the collarbone/neck of a goaltender who was lieing face down and defenseless.
I spoke with Ryan after the game and he said that he never touched Marotta... and the whole team said that they never saw a thing from their angle.
I was very high up, near center ice and ALL of the people around me thought we all saw a vicious chop down on the collar bone area after Marotta was lieing face down. Maybe Lomberg was just trying to keep his balance and never made contact with his stick, but from our angle it looked really bad
All that said, Hersey had his arm up to call the "dive" even before Marotta hit the ice... so the diving motion was more than obvious, whether it was caused by an elbow or not was determined by the league. I cannot imagine that the league handed down a suspension if there had been no elbow-head contact.
Let's hope that a rested Lomberg will feel like he has a lot to prove on Saturday...
and I personally hope to see Byron play on Shore's line... that combo could be the best since Leveille-Purcell
On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 2:39 PM, Brent <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I think u'll find Lomberg's suspension came from the play where he laid out the Merrimack player just inside our blue line in the second period. (He got a penalty for interference on the play). I don't think his suspension had anything to do with his "bump" of Marotta.
That was a pathetic bit of acting. If anything he may have hurt himself when he flopped to the ice. If not he was doing his best to look "groggy" as he skated off.
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From: Acheson
Date:02/18/2014 3:22 PM (GMT-04:00)
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: CHN News Alert: MAINE'S LOMBERG SUSPENDED 1 GAME
I saw this "arguably best goalie" against umass a couple weeks ago and umass's mastalerz in that game made many far better saves... Witt was very beatable high glove side, iirc.
Granted nu's defense was standing around that game.
And for my money, providence has an even better goalie than Witt
All that said... Did anyone else think they saw Lemberg chop down on Marorra's collarbone after the "dive"?
On Feb 18, 2014, at 1:03 PM, Wayne Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
So much for the embellishment call on Marotta. You'll never get a referee to admit he calls what he thinks sees, not what happened. Embellishment is a call better left uncalled IMHO.
The rest of the story is that Ryan's absence Friday at Matthews Arena will be significant. Arguably, NU has the best goalie in the country and a number of dangerous forwards. Maine will have to be better in all areas than the MC series to have a chance to win. Changing lines may make us better in the playoffs, but will make this series very tough.
Cheers, Wayne
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Deron Treadwell <[log in to unmask]> wrote, in part:
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> MAINE'S LOMBERG SUSPENDED 1 GAME
> http://www.collegehockeynews.com/news/2014/02/18_maines_lomberg_suspended.php...
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