This. Simply. Can. Not. Happen. These five words about the Pontus Holmberg incident got a lot of responses. This video addresses some of those replies.
kind of a weird idea i just thought of: make a door that can hinge from both sides – you unlift a hatch on either side so the door hinges on the other side depending on what way the puck is going. avoids having such an awkward shouldernhit
Put countdown timmers in the headset so the penalty box officals get a cpuntdown so they watch the play not the clock. If it's a board battle at thr door theh are not going to open the door and let 3 players fall into it so they need to watch that too. Make the door easier to open so they don't feel they need to open the hatch 5 seconds before.
Freak accident. I don’t see how you fix this. As far as the door by the bench, those should probably be eliminated. If you wanna pull the goalie he has to hop it
I… Actually don't know if this is truly preventable without some major changes to the boards and glass, or the rules. Even if a penalized player does everything right, there's always gonna be a chance someone is getting sent into the door at the exact moment you're entering play.
The official was going to let the Sabres player onto the ice in which he didn’t totally secure the door. He was also focusing on the time. He should had it secure until the penalty was over and use judgment on the actions of the game. He’s an NHL official!🤬
The match just should not have been touched at all with that many seconds to go. There should also be something in the rulebook saying that the door will open when it’s safe to do so and at the discretion of the official in the box. Sorry if you gotta serve 4 more seconds of PK
You fix this by not anticipating the end of the penalty as an official. The door was unlatched to open it faster right as the penalty expired. That is not a design flaw, that is operator error.
Anyone saying that this cannot be avoided is lying. The ONLY reason this happened was because the official in the box had the door unlatched far too early. The doors take, at most, one full second to open. That door was unlatched nearly ten seconds before the end of a penalty. When you are playing a sport this fast with this many ways to get injured, there is absolutely no excuse.
One thing i dont see anyone mention is that this is a 4 on 4 situation and TBL59 is about to come out of the box at the same time. If you say the Buffalo side can't open until the players in front are clear you are saying that players can intentionally play in front of the penalty box to keep a guy in there longer than they're supposed to serve, and in this situation that turns an even player situation into a pp.
Easy fix. The door get locked with a solenoid for the duration of the penalty. Then the player is responsible for opening the door latch. If the player opens it and it results in an injury it should be a game misconduct.
I think making it so that they can’t open the latch until 0:00 remaining or not unlatching it with 5s remaining if there is a player very close to the door.
Sucks that this happened and I hope it never happens again.
And as others and yourself have stated just because no one is in the wrong does not mean no change is warranted. I do think a change to prevent this should be implemented.
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kind of a weird idea i just thought of: make a door that can hinge from both sides – you unlift a hatch on either side so the door hinges on the other side depending on what way the puck is going. avoids having such an awkward shouldernhit
The oasis jersey is sick
The thing that makes the door latch situation worse is that the door was unlocked before the penalty time was up.
The doors need a complete redesign
Maybe the NHL should switch to inflatable boards. 🤔
Put countdown timmers in the headset so the penalty box officals get a cpuntdown so they watch the play not the clock. If it's a board battle at thr door theh are not going to open the door and let 3 players fall into it so they need to watch that too. Make the door easier to open so they don't feel they need to open the hatch 5 seconds before.
Freak accident. I don’t see how you fix this. As far as the door by the bench, those should probably be eliminated. If you wanna pull the goalie he has to hop it
I… Actually don't know if this is truly preventable without some major changes to the boards and glass, or the rules. Even if a penalized player does everything right, there's always gonna be a chance someone is getting sent into the door at the exact moment you're entering play.
The official was going to let the Sabres player onto the ice in which he didn’t totally secure the door. He was also focusing on the time. He should had it secure until the penalty was over and use judgment on the actions of the game. He’s an NHL official!🤬
The match just should not have been touched at all with that many seconds to go. There should also be something in the rulebook saying that the door will open when it’s safe to do so and at the discretion of the official in the box. Sorry if you gotta serve 4 more seconds of PK
You fix this by not anticipating the end of the penalty as an official. The door was unlatched to open it faster right as the penalty expired. That is not a design flaw, that is operator error.
Anyone saying that this cannot be avoided is lying. The ONLY reason this happened was because the official in the box had the door unlatched far too early. The doors take, at most, one full second to open. That door was unlatched nearly ten seconds before the end of a penalty. When you are playing a sport this fast with this many ways to get injured, there is absolutely no excuse.
Simply make it a rule that the door stays latched until the entire penalty time has expired. This should have already been a rule/standard procedure.
it takes max 1 second to get that door open. anyone getting all antsy that it's not unlatched earlier is a moron.
well said, we don't need to assign blame in order to fix something
Ever notice how every penalty box attendant is like 87 years old?
Thank you for stressing you don't want the attendant fired. Whenever people say that, part of me hopes they receive karmic retribution.
One thing i dont see anyone mention is that this is a 4 on 4 situation and TBL59 is about to come out of the box at the same time. If you say the Buffalo side can't open until the players in front are clear you are saying that players can intentionally play in front of the penalty box to keep a guy in there longer than they're supposed to serve, and in this situation that turns an even player situation into a pp.
Easy fix. The door get locked with a solenoid for the duration of the penalty. Then the player is responsible for opening the door latch. If the player opens it and it results in an injury it should be a game misconduct.
I think making it so that they can’t open the latch until 0:00 remaining or not unlatching it with 5s remaining if there is a player very close to the door.
Sucks that this happened and I hope it never happens again.
And as others and yourself have stated just because no one is in the wrong does not mean no change is warranted. I do think a change to prevent this should be implemented.