Liambas fanelli

[MixxdMount]

Eh, charging. If you don't agree your a fucking idiot.

[jdstormy]

people were saying he left his feet to make the hit - just proving he didn't

[jdstormy]

Of course the helmet is the issue - if it stays on the injury is not as bad - fact.

[purple0wnzx]

@jdstormy yeah but dont u think its blind side? plus he looks like he made a bit of contact with the head but thats not the hitters fault as the rangers player was turning into the shoulder

[9newman7]

im pretty sure the helmet is not the issue, the force of impact created by the charge which created the helmet to fail and thus the injury. If that was your main point, why dud you point out the feet on the ice crap?

[jdstormy]

I've played a high level of hockey all my life and big hits were always part of it. The coaches and scouts and fans want a hi-energy forecheck. I was taught my whole life to keep my feet moving or risk looking like a dog f-er. They teach you to hit through the man not at him. A big hit can be a game changer (Ovechkin does it all the time). I've thrown that hit and been hit by that hit - the difference is the size and speed of the kids has grown so equipment has to keep up!

[gsh341]

I am a certified referee with 6 years experience and this is my personal opinion.

This would have been a completely legal hit, provided that Liambas had not started the charge from center ice.

This was charging with intent to injure and was punished accordingly. The fact that Fanelli's helmet came off does not change the charging call.

[jdstormy]

@gsh341 my point to the video was to show that the helmet is the problem - it has to stay on the kids head, charging or no - if the helmet stayed on, the D-man gets up and Liambas gets a 2min charge and stays in the league.

[gsh341]

@jdstormy I understand that the helmet coming off was a major contributor to the serious nature of the injuries Fanelli sustained. However, Liambas is a pretty solid guy and came in at a high speed. Even if Fanelli's helmet had stayed on he still would have been injured some and would likely have left the ice with a concussion.

Liambas would have still received a game misconduct for the charging penalty with an injury, but Fanelli would have been back on the ice in a few games.

[cdrpnt2007]

Michael Liambas is a dirty player, much like matt cooke. hopefully he's suspended for the rest of the year and maybe even more. he has a reputation of being a very dirty player, so thats why he should be punished severely

[PrairieThunderFan1]

@cdrpnt2007

[goat725]

The only way this could have been a bigger charge is if he started from Vancouver........

this video shows nothing

[jdstormy]

i am saying that helmet has to stay on - or did you read it?

[jdstormy]

i am saying that helmet has to stay on - or did you even read it?

[clwilu94]

great video,Liambis got hosed.

[mellowmark1]

Completely legal.

[jdstormy]

no yours was a cbc feed

[colddove]

The only thing this shows is that the hit itself wasn't illegal. The other part of this that you don't get to see is that it definitely warrants a charging penalty along with a misconduct and league review. You can clearly see that he was targeted for the hit long before it happened. It was clear he was going in there for the hit and not the puck at all. That's where he went wrong. The situation clearly shows he should've been after the puck there not the player. Suspension yes, the year... no.

[slre21]

where does it say in the rule book you have to go for the puck? if the opponent has the puck (ben) than the hitter (liambas) has the right to hit him!

[jdstormy]

maybe a boarding call at most, but i'm saying that helmet has to be better

[gsh341]

Mostly correct.

The hit would have been legal had he not 1.) been guilty of charging, 2.) the force of the hit had not made it boarding and 3.) he had not actually attempted to injure Fanelli.

Had Liambas made this check with only 2 strides, the check would not have been that severe and it would have been a clean check.

Since he charged from the blue line and was intending to deliver a check that he knew was likely to injure, he deserved the match penalty.

[hurockhard]

I must agreee that this video fully shows the legality of the hit. In some way, Liambas did hit directly Fanelli's head, but that wasn't intentional. Seems like it's too late to be arguing about this matter since Liambas has been suspended for the whole season.

[jdstormy]

the pics clearly show this was not a head shot hit

[slre21]

well done