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----------Tri-City Americans’ Governor/General Manager Bob Tory announced today that 16-year-olds Chris Driedger and Justin Hamonic have been named to Team West for the upcoming 2011 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, set for December 28, 2010 through January 4, 2011 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Additionally, Americans’ prospect Taeron Lewis was named to the U-16 Team Manitoba roster that will compete at the Canada Winter Games from February 11-27, 2011 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. (amshockey.com)
Discipline was handed down for Wes Vannieuwenhuizen of Vancouver for his check-from-behind. Seven games. I'm not necessarily surprised it's fewer games than Shinnimins, but I figured at least ten. Y'know, if they were going to be serious about making a point.
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7 games is bullshit. Vannieuwenhuizen's hit was just as dangerous and could-have-been-neck-breaky as Shinny's, IMO. Why should he get a lighter sentence?
The way I see the whole situation is this: the league set the bar with Shinny. If the league was really serious about cracking down on CFB, they would dish out an automatic 12 game minimum suspension to EVERY player who gets a 5 min major and game misconduct for a hit from behind from now on. I think if you KNOW that you're going to sit out for at least 12 games for doing something so dangerous and stupid, it'll make you think twice about having a go at someone who has their back to you.
I suppose that would piss off a lot of people since some hits don't seem "as bad" as others. But what does that matter? The important thing is getting the players to REALLY realize that that kind of dangerous and disrespectful shit will NOT be tolerated. The way things stand right now, it doesn't look like these types of hits will stop any time soon. The players still aren't getting the message. Maybe with the same hefty suspension handed out every time a major and gm is called on those hits, they will.
Just my two cents.
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