It was a tortured pas de deux of jersey tugging punctuated by an occasional powerful noogie, while two referees stood around like timid schoolchildren for a full minute. This writeup, when posted at the SportsJones page at Plastic, generated an interesting and thoughtful discussion. What follows is a small sample of some of the best comments, as rated by Plastic users. It was the chop heard around the world, at least the hockey world. Marty McSorley brazenly whacked Donald Brashear and brought back an old debate bigger than ever.
Dirty play is up, particularly targeting premier players.
Now, presumably, it will all be sorted out, not on the ice, but in court where the charge is assault with a hockey stick. Dr. Rui Avelar, the Canucks' team doctor, said Brashear was unconscious and having a seizure when he reached Brashear's side. He was knocked to the ice after Boston's McSorley hit him across the head during an NHL game on Feb. 21. This will be the first criminal appearance for an on-ice attack by an NHL player since Dino Ciccarelli, then with the Minnesota North Stars, was sentenced in 1988. Marty was put on the ice also.