From: epritcha@s.psych.uiuc.edu (EVAN pritchard)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: HOUSLEY's streak ends after 2 handed slash by Roenick
Date: 24 Jan 93 22:32:31 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.C1DqM7.ByA
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Organization: UIUC Department of Psychology

ejn@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (ed.j.nemetz) writes:

>You're excused for apparantly being in the bathroom when Selanne left his
>feet to throw an elbow at Cam Russell's face. But I guess if Cam hadn't been
>wearing his platform skates, he wouldn't have been skating at the level of
>Selanne's elbow. His fault, I guess.

That was obviously a penalty, as the rule book states that if you
leave your feet/skates it's automatically charging; what Selanne was
doing there, I have no idea.  

>Well, Winnipeg seems to be the flavor of the month around here and the cries
>of bloody murder from there over this game seem to lack a bit of perspective.
>It sounds like the whole team are candidates for sainthood. The old 
>OurGuysThrowCleanChecksButEveryoneElseIsDirty routine. BOTH teams WERE doing
>it up. Pretty evenly, Chelios notwithstanding (whose propensity for drawing
>misconducts is getting tiring). Even so, this game barely had me paying 
>attention in the 3rd period. I just watched the Hawks play 4 straight games 
>against Norris Division opponents. And this game gets the complaints?
>Winnipeg wants to join the Norris. What's going to happen when you have to
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>drag Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota, and St.Louis around 8 times a year each. 
>This network will collapse from the traffic judging by what I've seen from
>this game.

Winnipeg's management wants to move the team to the Norris.  Winnipeg
fans want to stay in the Smythe, so that we don't have to put up with
a bunch of teams that aren't so interested in skating.  Yes, the
Smythe has its share of sliminess, but it has gotten significantly
better since Steve Smith was traded to the Hawks.  

>Believe it or not, other players besides Winnipeg Jets bleed and get slashed
>on the ice without penalty, so don't martyr your brave lads yet. Chelios and
>Brent Sutter seemingly bleed according to some schedule. It's been open season
>on Jocelyn Lemieux's face since it was almost ripped off. Jeremy Roenick has
>played through injuries via slashes to his wrists and hands last year and I
>think again this year. The majority go without calls. People can tell you the
>same about any other team so spare me the Winnipeg conspiracy. Just deal with
>the fact that YOUR team can cheap shot and slash and hold just like any other.

Yes, the Jets can do that.  But to say that all teams 'cheap shot'
equally would be incorrect.  If it was correct, then why do players
like Chelios have the reputations that they do?  Stick a few guys like
Chelios and Smith on the same team, and you have a team that tends to
cheap shot more than other teams.  

>GO EDMONTON.

FUCK EDMONTON. 

>>and yet, Domi gets a penalty
>>for waving his stick at a guy's feet while he's falling behind the net.  The
>>refs assume that #20 for the Jets is always going to cause a penalty.

>Yeah, well get used to it. The former #3 (Dave Manson) of the Hawks had the 
>same problem. I saw him pick up 3 "in the vicinity" penalties in one period 
>once.

If the refs would only .... (Hmmm, is there a point in finishing that
sentence?  Nah). 


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