My thoughts?
You see this play wayyyyyy to often in the BCHL. And way to often a player making a good honest hockey play ends up hurting another player, and ends up being the villan. And when you are the villan, you get not only tossed out of the game, you also get suspended for a couple too, under the new anti-hitting rules that hockey has now, and under the new culture in the game of "every hit that sees someone go down is a bad hit"
I understand that Hamhuis plays the puck in that direction. You still CANNOT turn that way in that situation. He is well aware Getzlaf is coming. Spare me the fact Getzlaf leaves his feet. If anything, its on contact, and it's minor. It's not like he goes in there charging like a cruise missle. A la Matt Cooke. I'm well aware things happen fast. Things happen fast out there, I certainly get that. Hamhuis obviously made a bad decision, plain and simple. Not Getzlaf. At least in the NHL Getzlaf doesn't get kicked out of the game, and suspended for the next two, which is what would have likely happened if that hit occurred in the BCHL.
What blows my mind is that this clean hit will get WAYYYY more discussion going than the dirty and cheap slough-foot on Ballard, that no one really seemed to care about.
Which kinda blows my mind.
And now your thoughts in the comments below, if you will...
Heroes With Hearts Variety Dinner and Show is being held at the Best Western Barclay Hotel on Friday February 11th 2011.
The event includes a Pasta Dinner (6:30pm) , Variety Show (7:00pm) , Silent and Live Auctions, 50/50 draws and a family dance. Admission to the Variety Show is by donation to Variety. Anyone wanting to enjoy the pasta dinner must purchase a dinner ticket in advance, $15, at the Best Western Barclay Hotel.
Bring your family out for an evening of fun and become a hero to Variety's Kids at the same time. The Alberni Valley Bulldogs , the Port Alberni Professional Firefighters and Port Alberni RCMP will be in attendance and are asking for your support. NHL Legend Blake Wesley will be in attendance at the event as well.
The Variety Show will feature local performers Morgan Buxton, Christina Wynans, Caitlin Royendyk , Sydney Reynolds, Lance Lapointe, The Shuddrbugs, Shaylene Balle, Caitlyn and Jenna Rigets, Lily Wallman and Angel Magnussen. Families that have received help through Variety will also share their stories at the event.
The event MC, Jolie McMullan, 93.3 The Peak FM radio personality, is sure to make the evening a very fun night out.
Variety's Coin Drive Kids Angel Magnussen and Mackenzie Hale have some incredible items they will be auctioning off to raise money for their favorite charity. Long Beach Golf and the Wickaninnish Inn are the donors of one of the hottest items up for bids; two spots on a golf team for the Wickaninnish Inn ProAm Tournament at the Long Beach Golf Course on September 16th, 2011. The purchase includes entry fees into the tournament, one nights stay at the Wickaninnish Inn at Chesterman's Beach, attendance at the reception dinner on the 15th of September and a seafood banquet following the golf tournament. The purchasers golf team will consist of Entertainment Tonight Canada's own Erin Cebula and a BC Golf Professional.
Other great live auction items include a team autographed Calgary Flames jersey courtesy of Brendan Morrison, autographed items donated by Canadian actor Barry Pepper, autographed neck ties worn by Global BC News Anchors Steve Darling, Squire Barnes, and Chris Gailus, along with some of Angel Magnussen's framed oil paintings.
We would like to welcome local schools, families and community groups to come on stage during the event and make a formal cheque presentation to Variety's Kids.
MIDGET BULLDOGS 2, OCEANSIDE 1
The Van Isle Ford Midget Bulldogs took a firm grip on the North Island divisional play-offs with an upset win over Oceanside in Parksville on Sunday. Coach Brent Demerais commented that, ”The deck was stacked against us coming in, but the boys showed what they can do. All the defencemen were strong today. The penalty kill was huge and (Bryce) Dirocco was awesome in goal.”
In VIAHA regular season play Oceanside was on top of Division 1, four points ahead of Port Alberni. But the Bulldogs beat them in pre-season play and knew they could do it again.
The Generals came out hard in the opening minutes and Dirocco was called on to make some big saves early in the game. Oceanside scored first with a man advantage at 10:14 in the first period. The Bulldogs had to wait until the second period to even it up. Marino Somerville passed to Tyler Wilhelm in the high slot at 16:38. Wilhelm faked, then ripped a shot to the high right corner.
From that point on, it seemed that every time the Bulldogs took control of the play the whistle would blow and another penalty would be called. 45 penalty minutes were assessed to Alberni players in the last 30 minutes of play, so they were killing penalties for most of the remaining game. In one of the few even strength moments, Carson McCulloch set up the winning goal with a pass from the end boards across the slot. Speeding in, Brady Janzen dove towards the net and, as he went down, was able to flip the puck over the goalie’s outstretched leg. Colby Lim and Nathan Read assisted. There were so many stoppages in play that the ice time ran out and the Bulldogs were awarded the victory with seven minutes left on the clock.
The Bulldogs have one more game in the North Island series, Saturday February 12 in Campbell River at 6:15 PM. A win there will clinch first place for the North Island and home ice against a South Island team in the semi-final the following weekend.
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