Comments on: Scuderi's hit (and a previous one)

By: What's the frequency, Kenneth?

What's the frequency, Kenneth? — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:29:53 +0000

Scuds doesn’t actually make contact with the hip, which was knee level. He makes contact with his shoulder, at thigh and hip level. Sure, it was low, but it wasn’t dirty.

By: gokingsgo

gokingsgo — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:30:05 +0000

Scuds came in low with no intent with an unfortunate outcome… but if you look later in the game when chimera sucker punched frolov in the back of the head…..that is malicious intent to injure! lucky for fro he punches like a girl!

By: Lugnut

Lugnut — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:10:46 +0000

Scuderi should not bend his knees on a hip check.. it becomes a low bridge. Whether its legal or not, both players ended up in a totally compromised position in the air with their head and neck absorbing most of the impact. In addition, the knees of both players were also in jeopardy…

By: Impartial observer

Impartial observer — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:39:56 +0000

Garbage hit. He squatted much lower than he needed to. The guy who thinks Chimera jumped should re-look at the film. Scuderi actually looks and sees that chimera’s knee is right there. Weak. That said, it is not the end of the world. If he would have fought someone (he had multiple offers), there would be less question about his integrity.

By: Moondoggie

Moondoggie — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:28:31 +0000

Good hit, clean hit…..Quisp, your analysis of the check is dead on…..

By: Steve Hymon

Steve Hymon — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:54:22 +0000

Whether intent was there or not, doesn’t matter. It looked to be a low hit and probably should have resulted in a penalty. Yes, players should keep their heads up at all times — but if they fail to do so doesn’t mean they should be punished with questionable hits. I’m weary of the ‘it would have been okay in the old days’ argument. The game is different and the goal should be to make it safer.

By: Motor

Motor — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:25:42 +0000

Confirm it’s a hockey game?

Maybe the league should mandate a horizontal line on player’s shorts to know whether or not the hit is too low.

Chimera needs to get over it. If you’re worried about injuries then go play golf.

By: KingNewfie

KingNewfie — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:13:51 +0000

The more I look at it… the more it does look pretty low, intentional or not. Rob gotta be carefull….

By: JKA

JKA — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:12:32 +0000

As Jim Fox (who actually played the game) noted, in the ‘old days’ that used to be a good check….As tantrum4 notes, keep your head up ! 99% of these ‘vicious hits’ are delivered to guys who somehow never learned the cardinal rule of hockey….in the old days you kept your head up or you got off the ice.

Also note – the ref is looking right at it and doesn’t call a penalty….must have been a ‘old days’ ref, from when guys who skated full speed along the boards with their HEAD DOWN expected to pay the price, instead of crying about getting hit…..

By: KDB

KDB — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:10:32 +0000

He hit him in the thighs. Not sure if that really qualifies as too low, though definitely lower than your average hip check. Looked bad going in, though…