Alex the Great Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 It's late July, and NHL players are either chilling in their lake cabins or listening to Gary Bettman explain how little they'll share in the League revenue under the next CBA. Getting a suspension for an on-ice incident probably isn't on their minds. And yet, Ryan Getzlaf just received one this week. Don't worry Anaheim Ducks fans — it only applies to international play. Please recall the IIHF world championship quarterfinal back in May, when Canada lost to Slovakia. Michal Handzus scored with 2:32 left in regulation and on the power-play — his team earning the man advantage after Getzlaf was given a controversial 5-minute major for kneeing Slovak forward Juraj Mikus. Said Getzlaf after the game: "He jumped inside on me," Getzlaf explained. "He's a smaller guy. All I tried to do was get a piece of him with my shoulder, which I did. It's a sick way to lose; it's a tough pill to swallow. It hurts. It hurts like hell right now." Apparently, the IIHF didn't feel that shame was enough punishment, handing down a 1-game suspension for Getzlaf on Friday. From the IIHF: The panel concluded that Getzlaf's action was not considered deliberate but potentially dangerous. It was taken into consideration that Mikus was lucky to be able to continue to play further on in the tournament. The panel also concluded that Getzlaf extended his knee and could have avoided making contact with his knee. As he did not, he therefore took the risk to injure his opponent. (You know, maybe Shanahan could do some freelance work, because we really need a video here …) The IIHF specified that the suspension was for "Canada's first game of the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Stockholm and Helsinki"; is that "time served" whether or not Getzlaf is on the team? In addition, Jannik Hansen of the Vancouver Canucks and Denmark was suspended for one game after he "was actively involved in attacking Norwegian players Ole-Kristian Tollefsen, Martin Røymark and Mats Rosseli Olsen in a scrum." On Hansen: The panel concluded that although the linesman tried to prevent Hansen from continuing his action, the player ignored these attempts and searched for new confrontations with his opponents. Hansen could not be calmed down. This resulted in sending the player off the ice and into the dressing room in order to prevent any further escalation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_P Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 That's our Jannik, he's an animal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sedin's 6th Sense Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Honey Badger for the win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brahma Bull Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 HONEY BADGER DONT CARE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Dont worry. Hansen won't be avaliable to play in next years World Championships anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etsen3 Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Took em a while. Also Hansen got suspended...for being involved in a scrum? I know it's international hockey and they're a lot tougher on these types of things, but the IIHF can be ridiculous sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksFanMike Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Atta boy Honey Badger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumquats Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 He got suspended for attacking 3 players? Good Lord, I love this man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Doctor Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbbyNucksFan Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 we need a video of hansen's incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grape Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 THE GREAT HONEY BADGER!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaunce Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Anyone have a video of Honey Badger activating beast mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucks+Cup+♥ Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 HONEY BADGER DON'T GIVE A @#!% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VancouverStyle Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 we need a video of hansen's incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*vInTaGe* Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Atta boy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aladeen Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 I feel so much pride welling up inside of me right now! Atta boy Jannik! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Jannik I want to see this against Boston or L.A. next year!!! Dustin Brown and Marchand won't know what hit them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossi Vaananen Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Atta boy Jannik, never liked Norwegians anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langdon Algur Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Wow! Good thing the IIHF didn't do this in a winter Olympic year. And yes I would love to see the Hansen video too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeanBeef Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Hansen must really hate other Europeans. He even attacked the mighty Lidstrom this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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