UPDATE: Brendan Smith suspended remainder of preseason and 5 regular season games. http://bit.ly/qt4i3w
Brendan Smith of the Detroit Redwings delivers an illegal headshot to Ben Smith of the Chicago Blackhawks. September 28, 2011
Defined as ILLEGAL because Ben Smith was assessed a five minute major and game misconduct on the play.
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Love Brendan Smith, a surefire NHLer… but I can't defend that. Pay your dues son.
who are you to call it illegal? I don't think you can make that decision.
Just out of curiosity, how hard was it to record this with your toaster?
We shall see if Shanny is still wearing those gay red Pijama's,,a no brainer minimuim of 8 games>>>direct headshot
@letmepointout simple. its a headshot (if the principle point of contact is the head that is it, its illegal). Rules have changed in the past couple months but for what its worth, it was east west as well.
I'm a wings fan but this is an easy call.
@ericfire77 oh i thought i read that he was concussed…. nevermind
@ADeafBoy07 So you're saying that if a guy has the puck, he should just skate in a straight line, not do anything to try to score, and allow the defenseman to break up the play? It was absolutely a dirty hit. Brendan Smith's body during the hit was moving upward, and he also threw an elbow in the process
@letmepointout ref made that decision when he gave B. Smith five and a game
so if a guy does a toe drag and another guy is coming in for a hit the hitter is at fault??? he didn't target the head, the toe drag put his head in a bad position. no suspension.
i mean that's pretty blatant
its the guys own fault. what do you think happens when you dangle with your head down right into a guy thats coming to hit you
@mezimeen I couldnt agree more. His head was also down when he tried the move
This is like calling kronwalls hit on havlat iwrong.. IT WASINT and ppl still belive it is.. keep your head up.. smith is gonna be good in a year or 2
@nihiven so, what law does it violate?
pretty sure the way the nhl works now, any hits on lindros would have been penalties…keep your head up and this wouldnt happen.
pretty sure the way the nhl works now, any hits on lindros would have been penalties…keep your head up and this wouldnt happen.
Brendan Smith suspended remainder of preseason and 5 regular season games.
Please pat attention to ben smith's skates, legs, and direction. He didn't "deke into" the hit. He never even pulled off the toe drag. He put his stick/puck to the right side of his body but he didn't drastically move before the hit (the first replay is the best angle). I'm not saying brendan meant it, but it was clearly unavoidable. If this was a non detroit player or someone like pat kaleta, NHLArchive would be going off about how dirty this hit is.
Not a penalty…..he had the puck and used his shoulder. THIS IS NOT A PENALTY!!!!!!!!