Zellweger penalty for preventing a score?? Tough Call Review
Olen Zellweger executed a perfect tackle on Zack Hyman, taking an almost guaranteed point off the board for the Oilers, but he got called for tripping.
Uh, that's a legal hit, isn't it? Leaving his feet maybe?? No.. not even that, he had one foot on the ice. Not even interference in the slightest… I think I'm ok with it.
Yes, in football tripping is a penalty. But this was a tackle, not a trip. I think the issue is extending his arm. A legal hit would be with your body.
? specific language in the rule book regarding use of the arm/reaching in from the front while executing a shoulder/body check???? I doubt it but I'm curious.
BTW, there is no such thing as a "cross-check push".
42.1 Charging – A minor or major penalty shall be imposed on a player who skates, jumps into or charges an opponent in any manner. Charging shall mean the actions of a player who, as a result of distance traveled, shall violently check an opponent in any manner. A “charge” may be the result of a check into the boards, into the goal frame or in open ice.
What Zellweger did best fits the wording of the Charging rule. That may not be how it is usually applied, but the language is there.
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Becoming the panthers of the western conference
Zellweger heard there were NFL and CFL scouts in the stands.
As an oilers fan, this call confused me. Clearly not tripping, did well to avoid kneeing, can't be interference, not roughing, didn't see a hold.
Not sure where the penalty comes from🤷‍♂️
May not be a text book hockey check, but he led with the shoulder, and separated man from puck. Don't see anything wrong with it
Uh, that's a legal hit, isn't it? Leaving his feet maybe?? No.. not even that, he had one foot on the ice. Not even interference in the slightest… I think I'm ok with it.
What would you call this? It doesn't seem like a trip, but it seems illegal.
Yes, in football tripping is a penalty. But this was a tackle, not a trip. I think the issue is extending his arm. A legal hit would be with your body.
? specific language in the rule book regarding use of the arm/reaching in from the front while executing a shoulder/body check???? I doubt it but I'm curious.
BTW, there is no such thing as a "cross-check push".
42.1 Charging – A minor or major penalty shall be imposed on a player who skates, jumps into or charges an opponent in any manner. Charging shall mean the actions of a player who, as a result of distance traveled, shall violently check an opponent in any manner. A “charge” may be the result of a check into the boards, into the goal
frame or in open ice.
What Zellweger did best fits the wording of the Charging rule. That may not be how it is usually applied, but the language is there.