Dustin Brown knee on Rozsival. Los Angeles Kings vs Phoenix Coyotes Game 5 5/22/12 NHL Hockey

Dustin Brown knee on Michal Rozsival in 3rd period.

Los Angeles Kings vs Phoenix Coyotes Game 5 5/22/12 NHL Hockey.

US National TV: NBC Sports Network
Play by Play: Dave Strader
Color: Darren Pang
Inside the Glass: Brian Engblom

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[brian hum]

#1. Brown clearly got him with the shoulder to the chest at the same time.

#2. His leg clearly hit Rozsival up in the thigh area. Stop the replay at EXACTLY 1:58, you can see Brown's knee and about 3 inches of Rozsival's pants underneath it. There's no way you can physically hit someone in the knee and have 3 inches of their hockey pants showing beneath your leg.

#3. Actual hockey players know only an idiot crosses the trolley tracks.

[ASurvivor1]

So what? Even all the announcers said it was clean. Phoenix is full of dirty players that try to end people's careers. How many Kings were suspended during the '12 playoffs? Doan should have gotten at least 3 games.

[xXRebornReaperXx]

Dustin Brown is dirty as fuck!! He did the same to Jaden Schwartz during the game yesterday. He needs to be fined!

[Mike House]

The whole issue is that it was clearly after the whistle no matter how he hit him...

[ToiletPaper Guy]

wait wait wait wait....i thought Boston was full of dirty players

[padraiga]

Phoenix didn't even deserve to be in the conference finals. They were lucky to have gotten that far. This play was not even close to knee on knee. There was no hearing afterwards from the league. Cryotes Rozsival didn't have an extenuating injury. Phoenix is just looking for someone to blame. They got their asses beat the whole series. 14 goals for LA, 8 for Phoenix. Outplayed, out hit and outclassed.

[Socalbeachbum12]

Didn't they classify the injury as a hip injury after? And if you're thigh was injured, you probably wouldn't be able to put any weight on that leg.

[shiv sixohfor]

it doesn't matter what the series was at you fucking idiot. boston was up 3-0 in 2010 against flyers, and the flyers made a huge comeback. the yotes could have too. or if not, make the kings work harder to make it to the finals. in which case the wear and tear could have affected the devils/kings series. don't throw that "it was already over" bullshit at me, you moron.

and i don't care end result, it was the INITIAL hit. there should have MINIMUM been a minor. he got away scott-free, dirty hit.

[Michael Linehan]

It wasn't a knee-on-knee though. It is clearly seen as thigh-on-thigh on the replay. The announcers clearly say it's thigh-on-thigh, and Rozsival didn't even get a knee injury out of it, it was a thigh injury.

All three of your points fail, strike out.

Stop crying about this loss, the series was 3-1 anyway, it was already over. New Jersey would have destroyed the Coyotes anyway, seeing as the Kings outclassed the Yotes in this series, and half of the Kings' wins in the SCF were in OT.

[shiv sixohfor]

the reffing was horrible the entire kings run. unsportsmanlike vs nucks for a snow shower, this knee on knee, and that major in game 6 vs devils? what a joke, the league just wants big buck franchises winning the cup.

we get it kings "fans" torres and doan are dirty players. but this hit was just disgusting. initial contact being the shoulder or NOT, it resulted on a knee-on-knee. you're just trying to defend it cause the call went your way. just like every other call in the playoffs.

[fitemeirlfgt]

Hall got 2 games for literally the exact same hit

[brianhumify]

Kind of funny that Phoenix got so upset over this. I'm certain they saw the exact same replay at the game. And you can clearly see Rosival's pants below Brown's leg (kind of hard to hit him in the knee if you can see his pants underneath). Not to mention a team that cheers for Rafi Torres (just how many times has he been suspended now for dirty play) has no room to whine about a questionable hit.