This is what Sam Bennett said in an interview the day after game 1 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Florida Panthers following his hit that injured Anthony Stolarz.
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B.S. Bennett is lying.
He is full of BS…after the Leafs made it 5-3 his line ran Woll at 5 minutes and 41 seconds left in the 3rd…his statements are lies…
Vegas gilden knights fake 4 minute high sticking penalties every 10 minutes
To Sam Bennett………….. BS
Leafs fans are going to cry no matter what. That was not an intentional hit, cope harder
Not buying it. With a friend like that, Stolarz does not need enemies. I watched the clips over and over. That was pure intent to injure. Hitting someone in the head is a high risk of injury action. The degree to which Stolarz's head was pushed aside shows there was no way that could happen without fore knowledge. That was followed by through. Same with Knies.
Why don’t we forget the game of hockey and go play with Dickie Donnie and maybe a game of checkers to see who is the winner
Dive dive dive. And I dont mean submarine. Contact does not equal concussion. He will play tonight. Guanteed.
Bennet is a dirty cheap shot player.
It was an average hockey play. No discipline required
Coward
Panthers and injuring a key player on the other team go hand and hand when is the nhl going to punish them
Bennett has slick elbows and fists. Just ask his now teammate Marchand
First time I've seen it. Frankly I thought it would be far worse. I buy what Bennett said in this particular instance. Not sure if it's a two minute penalty.
He did it on purpose a dirty player
That's funny ''Unbias'' loooooooooooooooooooool
If it was anybody else it may be considered an accident but, Bennett commits more accidents than say…Marchand.
they know what their doing on the ice he,s no angel we all know how he plays he,s always on the edge on his plays so i don,t think it was an accident i don,t accept that from bennet its not his first time
I’m not a leaf’s nor a panthers fan in my opinion the game moves so fast that was NOT an intentional hit to the head it was purely accidental contact clear as day if you observe the play from any angle he was fighting for the puck near the net putting pressure on the leaf player he was not intending to hit Stolarz period 👍
REFS IN THE NHL ARE SHIT – CROOKED AND THEY MISS HIGH STICKING ALL THE TIME
100% B. S. !!!! HE'S DONE THIS TYPE OF THING WAY TOO MANY TIMES!!! YOU LIVE BY THE SWORD YOU DIE BY THE SWORD !!!
KEEP YOUR HEAD UP SAM 😂😂😂
He's scared
Hes such a lair what a POS he is .Cant beat the LEafs with Stolarz so you try to take him out ??.He knew exactly what he was doing when he made contact .And to go for the head ??? of all body parts .why not go for his knee or shoulder or something that WILL heal .A head may NEVER fully heal .He is a POS and the whole Florida Panther organization is a POS for condoning that act .YOu jeopordize a mans health and maybe his life just so you can parade the Cup around Florida beach road again ( nobody out there cares about a CUp anyway )
His elbow didn’t touch him wtf his wrist did …and it was a touch and slide off
Do I think Bennett knew what he was doing yes but I mean in reality it was a touch ….ans I hate this cause I was like damn I was excepting it being Bennett it was gonna be like a hardcore hit
I want to ask the ref why he did not call a penalty? What did the referee say?
A team full of imuaturety
He had to be going at a top speed of half a mile an hour and when he made contact the goal head barely moved.
what proves it was intentional for me was the fact that Bennett's right elbow continues its follow through after he passes Stolarz. That is not a normal action unless you are pushing your right arm against something – Like Stolarz' head
So if they're friends, and played together… he knew EXACTLY what he had done. He knows how he tends, and was scared they'd lose, so he was taking him out. Period.
Bennett plays dirty. Shame! You have caused more injuries on players. Sore loser!
I was unsure about at first an im a diehard Toronto fan but after the elbow on Woll last night, their definitely try to take are goalies out!
Be real. He tapped his helmet. Im sure the slap shot to the head just before had nothing to do with the concussion.
Seemed incidental to me. Also, I'm not sure that was what caused the injury to Stolarz. He took a shot off of his head earlier in the game. In any event, he made contact, and probably should have gotten 2 minutes for elbowing, but I don't think he meant to injure him on purpose.
Lying piece of garbage.
Mennit should still a penity that was body contact.
Stolarz may get head complications which will be cause of that hit
Bennett should be fined and suspended
A highly skilled player knows where his elbows are. This contact was intentional.
So I guess Florida is allowed to throw elbows towards goalies heads .. crazy
Bennett is a dirty player that’s a well known fact.
Stolarz was not hit hard!!! It's all fake!!! If Stolarz was hit as hard as Lindros was then I would agree… It's all fake!!
Friggin Liar ‼️
watched a lot of games 2024 and now 2025
when i recall what dirty plays from every team ("every" player) are made, pushing in the back when the puck is miles away, this stupid start of fighting in front of the goalkeeper ("we need to protect our goalkeeper!" response of these clowns that pushed the guy into their own goalkeeper) etc etc
sorry, I forgot, this is hockey, and playoffs, and last but not east, the refs are definitely worse than anywhere else
It was a dirty hit . He should of been suspended. Toronto should of run Florida's goalie. If you want to play old-fashion hockey so be it . A eye for a eye!
Good on Berube, good for Bennett he didn't play in Berube's day, he'd get annihilated for that shite. Bennett would be pickin' out his front chiclets from the back of his throat. Where were Stolarz's teammates? Doing the limp as milk toast thing. Pathetic. Bring back the WHA.