Re: Minnesota Golden Gophers 2009-2010 the last year of the old WCHA
Injury is a possability on any hit. But it is a higher possibility with a hit to the head, thus the emphasis on such hits, as with CFB.
And WHAT IF Leddy had done a triple Lutz first? I don't know if that would have been a penalty. But in this case, Leddy didn't drop his head before the hit so your "what if" doesn't matter. It was down before the hit began and stayed down from what I recall. That is hitting a person in a vulnerable position. In the case where a person were to move his head into a check being thrown, than it shouldn't be a penalty because the player being hit wasn't in the vulnerable position at the beginning of the hit. You don't protect players by having a rule that states, because a person can move their head quickly into an elbow, hits to the head should be allowed!
Originally posted by kdilks
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And WHAT IF Leddy had done a triple Lutz first? I don't know if that would have been a penalty. But in this case, Leddy didn't drop his head before the hit so your "what if" doesn't matter. It was down before the hit began and stayed down from what I recall. That is hitting a person in a vulnerable position. In the case where a person were to move his head into a check being thrown, than it shouldn't be a penalty because the player being hit wasn't in the vulnerable position at the beginning of the hit. You don't protect players by having a rule that states, because a person can move their head quickly into an elbow, hits to the head should be allowed!
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