[Report] Casey Cizikas suspended 1 game

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[Dekey Pete]

shouldn't be making that turn against the end boards, puts yourself in a horrible position to get hurt when the obvious check comes.  It's 1 game so whatever, but players need to be smarter on the ice when they are chasing down loose pucks

[Dekey Pete]

hell, he even let up at the last second.  What a dumb suspension.

Edited April 9, 2022 by Dekey Pete

[elvis15]

1 hour ago, Dekey Pete said:

shouldn't be making that turn against the end boards, puts yourself in a horrible position to get hurt when the obvious check comes.  It's 1 game so whatever, but players need to be smarter on the ice when they are chasing down loose pucks

So, you're saying the player who already has position on the puck also has to find the time to put themselves in a better spot so they're facing anyone coming to hit them while maintaining control and making a play on the puck? And the player coming in off the puck should just be allowed to hit them? Got it.

 

That might not be going full throttle into the hit, but Cizikas has to be smarter there knowing it's not going to be a legal hit. Totally fine with the suspension.

[Pears]

2 hours ago, Dekey Pete said:

shouldn't be making that turn against the end boards, puts yourself in a horrible position to get hurt when the obvious check comes.  It's 1 game so whatever, but players need to be smarter on the ice when they are chasing down loose pucks

 

2 hours ago, Dekey Pete said:

hell, he even let up at the last second.  What a dumb suspension.

I’ve seen our guys take worse hits and there’s not even a penalty on the play let alone a suspension 

Edited April 9, 2022 by Pears

[Dekey Pete]

1 hour ago, elvis15 said:

So, you're saying the player who already has position on the puck also has to find the time to put themselves in a better spot so they're facing anyone coming to hit them while maintaining control and making a play on the puck? And the player coming in off the puck should just be allowed to hit them? Got it.

 

That might not be going full throttle into the hit, but Cizikas has to be smarter there knowing it's not going to be a legal hit. Totally fine with the suspension.

Yes, that's pretty much what I'm saying.  It's a contact sport.

 

It's not that he has to be facing him when the hit is delivered, but a hockey player chasing a puck towards the end boards should know that there is someone tailing them trying to take the puck away or make a hit.  He did know this, he looked behind himself and made a quick turn at the last second to try and avoid the check.  The problem is he ended up leaning over and putting himself in a really bad position to take a hit.  in fact if he just continued skating in the same direction and wrapped around the net he probably wouldn't have got hurt.  He tried to dodge a hit and it backfired on him. 

 

It seems like nowadays anytime there is an injury on a play there has to be a suspension.  There are much worse infractions that get let off with next to no punishment that the NHL could go after instead of borderline checks like this one.

Edited April 9, 2022 by Dekey Pete