Ridiculous
While it is true that the Chicago Blackhawks have the Phoenix Coyotes’ number, it’s not the score that bothers me as much as the action of the Blackhawks’ hockey club. It is clear that as a group, there is no honor.
And there is no code.
With the last 7- 1 buttkicking that the Blackhawks enacted on the Coyotes, young rookie Versteeg decides to get in a melee with Kyle Turris and say that “he wanted to go.”
Whatever. I can’t see how that would work, but fine.
I thought it was over. I thought it was done – especially with a 6-0 blowout tonight.
Unfortunately, we saw Ed Jovanovksi get tuned up by Matt Walker.
Two punches, to the side of the head which opened up Jovanvoski pretty good. There is a slight problem though.
Jovanovski still had his gloves on and his hands on his stick.
Clearly, a sucker punch. YouTube will have it soon – I’m sure our friends over at Hockeyfights.com will have it available shortly, and like all blogs in the area, I’ll embed it here too.
It didn’t help that Todd Fedoruk seeing that justice was not done by the officials (four minute double minor for roughing? I didn’t know that roughing equals two punches to the side of the head), decided to run the goaltender. He put his teammates in a difficult spot considering he would have to take on the entire Blackhawks squad since Martin Hanzal doesn’t fight well and Daniel Carcillo is still healing from his high stick received from an Anaheim Duck player the other night.
But Carcillo still tried to go – however, Fedoruk got the five minute major penalty for his hit on the goalie.
What I don’t understand here that the score was 6-0…last game of the season between these two franchises…what are they trying to prove? Considering the fact that Jovanovksi can hold his own, but didn’t get the respect the code offers him on the ice.
Because the Blackhawks didn’t follow it – plain and simple.
It made me sick to be a hockey fan tonight, and it’s not because we lost 6-0.
We lost to a bunch of punks. All the good feelings I had for them visiting Mr. Tallon during their time off on their long road swing has pretty much evaporated. I’ll even root for the Red Wings over the Blackhawks any night of the season.
And that’s saying a lot.
