Carolina Thinks Sucker Punches To The Face Are Funny
BOSTON (AP)—Boston Bruins defenseman Aaron Ward(notes) left Sunday night’s playoff game with what team doctors fear is a broken orbital bone after he was punched by Carolina’s Scott Walker(notes). Bruins coach Claude Julien asked the NHL to look into the play “Something like that is not what you want to see, your player put in that position. Hopefully the people in charge will see that play and decide what they want to do about it.” Hurricanes coach Paul Maurice laughed off the possible repercussions. “Scott probably has sore knuckles,” he said. Asked whether there will be a fine, he added: “I may have to sell my truck.”
I didn’t see this live because I was watching Big Baby cut out the Magic’s heart with butcher knife, but what the fuck? I thought there was some honor in hockey? I mean clearly Aaron Ward wasn’t ready to fight. He might as well have had his back turned and been hit over the head with a steel chair. Everybody knows that in hockey you have to wait for both guys to drop the gloves and fight like a man. This was a total pussy/coward move by Scott Walker. And what’s up with the Hurricane’s coach reaction to this blatant cheap shot? Laughing about it and saying that Walkers knuckles are sore? They should just both thank their lucky stars that Aaron Ward is a tough motherfucker. Because if Ward stays on the ground there is no doubt that Milan Lucic goes beserk and tears Walker’s lungs out. But Ward got up and calmed Looch down because he knows the B’s need him for games 6 and 7 and didn’t want to see Looch go to jail for murder despite what just happened to him. In any event it’s clear this series is officially on.
Anyway rate the cheapshot
1 for it wasn’t that bad and 10 for it’s the worst thing you’ve seen on ice since Claude Lemieux smashed Kris Drapers face to smithereens
(1,833 votes, average: 7.65 out of 10)
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I hope Walker doesn’t get suspended. I would love to see him get pummeled by Thornton next game.
I’m not sure I understand why Maurice would say something stupid like that.
It was cheap because he was the third guy in the fight.
no cheap shot, …fuck who am i kidding, CHEAP SHOT!…but fuck it that’s hockey for you. Game 6 will be nuts
It was cheap because it wasn’t his fight AND it was the very definition of a sucker punch.
oh….that’s who ward is
Complete cheap shot. If he is not suspended for a game it’s absolute BS. Lucic got suspended for a high cross check and that was with a guy coming straight at him.
Hate to say it as a fan — but it ain’t a cheap shot. Watch the video very, very closely. The instant before the camera pans right and the entanglement goes out of frame for a split second — Ward starts it with a stick to the throat. NOT SAYING HE DESERVED A BROKEN FACE… but c’mon, Aaron — playoff hockey, in Boston?… Getcha’ hands up.
What a bitch move….he’ll get suspended for game 6…then Lucic or Thornton will drops gloves as soon as the puck hits the ice in 7
Shut the fuck up ice cream man….if anyone had the right to fight ward it was no. 8….first of all thats third man in bullshit…not to mention if your going to fight someone in hockey you man up …drops the gloves…nod the head and go at it… that son of a bitch grabbed ward as ward was going at it with number eight….through his glove down while he was holding ward and coldcocked him while he was turning his head back from no. 8 ….. “watch the clip closely” eat your own words assclown
bitch move or not…bottom line, Canes are tough to beat at the RBC center
jesus christ…that looks like the blow I hit my wife with after she overcooked my steak
this is off topic, but i just got around to reading that Simmons column about taking his son to Fenway….like anybody gives a rats ass to read about that. i was reminded why i don’ read his blow-hard columns anymore.
are we really supposed to believe his six year old came-up with all those ridiculous ideas about 2004 sox players juicing? if so, put his kid up for adoption in NY and head back to SoCal without him
Ah, alrighty Lugo — opinion taken into account and I respectfully retract my previous statement. I didn’t know that Ward originally got into it with Cullen. I thought he rustled him up to begin with, but upon further review Walker did come out of nowhere. That angle got me all fucked up.
bottom line, ron mexico: if you’re the canes, why do you wake a sleeping monster with that bush league shit at the end of the game. the slash on chara, ward getting sucker-punched…..i mean, the bruins beat the bag out of the canes all over the ice. it would be better to slink off and wait for game 6. now the bruins can’t wait for game 6, and the canes are likely shitting themselves.
Definatly a cheapshot, third man in and Ward never dropped his gloves.
But earlier in the period Thorton pummeled some chump before he ever got his gloves off.
What makes the Walker punch worse is that he was third man in.
If Chara can still skate after the slash he should let a slap shot get away from him into the canes bench …and just laugh about it and say his ankle was sore
lazer….that dude was throwing punches as well and they had squared up to each other. ward was hung up on another guy, and then out of nowhere the third man in (even when you’re young you’re taught NEVER to be the third man in) hits in in the face without ward even having an opportunity to drop his gloves, let alone pick them up to defend himself.
OFF TOPIC: Nothing for Boston on TV tonight, what should I watch??? I could care less bout pitt/caps but i honestly wanna see us play the caps, and thus prove how overrated ovie is. Any other ideas?
How is this a cheapshot? Someone grabs me by the colar I dont think I am going to leave my hands by my side like I am In the Riverdance.
» Not Banned For A Day said: { May 11, 2009 – 10:05:29 }
did you even watch the clip, read the article or any of the comments?
definitely bush league, and Im a canes fan… no need to give lucic, thornton, and chara any reason to do some more bashing in game 6. Although I do think a few of those hard checks would have been boarding calls in Raleigh. But this isnt the worst thing ive seen in a while, or even in these playoffs(Brashear) as el pres is making it out to be. At least they were facing each other.
» Not banned for a day said: { May 11, 2009 – 10:05:29 }
Go play soccer you fairy
Upgrayedd,
Yeah I did and its pussies like you that get knocked out and are like, but I wasnt ready. Fucking guy was standing there, pushed his hand away and then left his hands by his side and got laid out. Didnt look cheap to me.
“then left his hands by his side and got laid out. Didnt look cheap to me.”
so what exactly is the definition of a sucker punch/cheap shot, if not punching someone when they’re not ready? THAT is a pussy move. but then again the canes are soft so what can you expect.
I would say a cheap shot is walking up to someone, tapping them on the shoulder and then punching them in the face, thats cheap. But if you are pushing and shoving each other and then one guy lays you out that doesnt seem cheap to me. whats he supposed to do say, hey man I am going to punch you in the face now so brace yourself
» Not Banned For A Day said: { May 11, 2009 – 11:05:34 }
you clearly didnt watch the clip. ward WAS pushing and shoving….with a different fucking guy. then walker came out of nowhere and cheap shotted him.
I’d rate the cheap shot an 8, with a 10 being a Marty McSorley on Donald Brashear. I hope the “potentially broken orbital” thing is just a tactic to try and juice a suspension, we can’t afford to lose Ward.
BTW, we need more fans with this kind of intensity at our games! LOL http://www.bleedgold.com/?v=87
bleedgold said: { May 11, 2009 – 11:05:32 }
Does that chest paint get the kid laid by the grils in 2nd grade?
*girls
» PatsBsCsSox said: { May 11, 2009 – 10:05:52 }
I would absolutely love to see that matchup. No way Ovechkin is overrated though. Guy is a monster. Scores goals and is a tough sonofabitch.
Walker is just ASKING to get suspended.
Here’s hoping that in Game 6 the B’s shred Carolina like a CIA internal memo.
If Ward does NOT get suspended, I bet Cam Neeley comes down from the owner’s box and lays him out during the Anthem.
If Ward DOES get suspended, I bet Mike Milbury comes out of the studio, climbs over the glass and beats Ward with his own shoe.
WALKER! I meant WALKER! Not Ward.
Game 6 is going to be a blood bath….thanks Walker you cheap son-of-a-bitch.
Icecreamman, u saying to watch this video very,very,very closely and its not a cheepshot… u cant even fucking see waht happened on this video, is was a fucking cheep shot
Whats all this talk about Walker being the Third man. Ward pushed at Walker and Walker took care of business. I vote one for Aaron Ward is a pussy
» Not banned for a day said: { May 11, 2009 – 11:05:34 }
I would say a cheap shot is walking up to someone, tapping them on the shoulder and then punching them in the face, thats cheap. But if you are pushing and shoving each other and then one guy lays you out that doesnt seem cheap to me. whats he supposed to do say, hey man I am going to punch you in the face now so brace yourself
No dickhead you throw down your golves and look at him and wait for him to do the same
He threw down his gloves and looked at him and instead of Ward throwing down his gloves he stuck out his chin and got knocked out
Ahhh, you mean like a cheap shot the Celts put on the Bulls last week that you were so giddy about? Typical Boston pussy…can dish it out but can’t take it. I can’t wait to see the Celts get swept by Cleveland.
$2500 fine…. Seems a little weak. Yes it was a cheap shot but it was getting cheap at the end and Ward should always be ready for “stuff” like that, especially in that type of game. Thornton shouldnt go after him unless we are up big or down big, and yes I think pay back will come game 7 in the 1st period, to set the tone for the game.
HA HA HA! Damn Devo you got knocked the FUCK out! The announcer even says he was standing there like “Thank you sir can I please have another?”