suspension/fine: SJS F Micheal Haley Will Have Hearing For Sucker Punching NSH F Calle Jarnkr?k

[Phil]

:tweet: @NHLPlayerSafety: San Jose's Micheal Haley will have a hearing tomorrow afternoon for roughing/sucker punch on Nashville?s Calle Jarnkrok.

 

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[Kevin]

ehh...I'm not sure if I'd call it a sucker punch. Jarnkrok should have expected that. I don't know why he stopped paying attention to Haley there.

[phillyb]

Agree with Kevin here. I've watched this a few times and don't really have a problem with that punch. Jarnkrok definitely should have expected that.

A few posts on the pointy boards read like this: "A boarding penalty shouldn't be met with assault."

Sure, punching someone in the face off the rink is assault, but so is pushing someone into a wall, so yeah...NO.

 

So in the past week, we have Tkachuk suspended for two games for a blatant elbow to Drew Doughty's face, Ristolainen suspended for three games for a hit that would have been clean had a pass not been intercepted, Polak given two games for what could have been a two minute penalty, and nothing for Crosby for a tap on ROR's dick n balls.

 

Now this?

 

I understand you don't want tough guys running around on the ice punching people, but Jarnkrok deserved this. This was such a great case of instant karma; I have no problem with that punch from Haley.

[Vodka Drunkenski]

Doesn't deserve a suspension, maybe a fine

 

 

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[Shane Falco]

1 game suspension as per sportsnet