Matt Cooke Deserves the Max, Gets Much Less From Inconsistent NHL

by Bruce Ciskie

Filed under: Blue Jackets, Bruins, Penguins, Eastern, NHL Discipline

It's been almost a year since Matt Cooke's ugly, blind-side hit on Boston's Marc Savard changed the way the league looks at dirty hits.

At the time, the NHL incomprehensibly backpedaled. They chose not to suspend Cooke, citing the fact that the hit on Savard was technically not against anything in the rulebook.

(Apparently, the rules on "intent to injure" didn't apply.)

After Cooke's hit, CBC commentator Don Cherry blasted Cooke and the league, saying the Pittsburgh forward had a history of trying to injure opponents, and it was time for someone to put a stop to it.

 

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Source: http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2011/02/09/matt-cooke-deserves-the-max-gets-much-less-from-inconsistent-nh/

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