Re: Norwich hockey 2012-2013: Our thread closed before Owsego's
He was celebrating and did not know the Cardinal was even there. It was not intended!
Watch the video again, Charlie.
Just watched the WCAX recap video myself, replaying that part of the clip 5 or 6 times to make sure, and as much as I wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, that's a pretty tough sell there, Charlie. Jensen was in front him the whole way to the boards, and never changed direction or speed in any way that would allow me to say Thomas just misjudged where he would be. Thomas just seemed so intent on jumping into the boards to celebrate, that he didn't care if he had to plow through a cardinal to do it... So, while there may have been no malice in it, it was an intentional action that showed a lack of respect for the opponent.
And honestly, couple that with the fact that he
seemed (meaning this is a realistically possible interpretation of the video available to us, not necessarily the truth, only Thomas knows that) to be somewhat arrogantly holding up the Cadets logo on his chest as if boastfully reminding Jensen who is he was playing, before proceeding to jump on top of Jensen on his way into the boards, and you can VERY easily see how a Plattsburgh fan might be upset. Am I saying that was what he was doing? No. But I'm saying that there is reason to believe it was intentional, and not much to prove OR disprove it in the video.
Regardless, he knew Jensen was there, and chose to attempt to jump into glass there anyway. That's disrespectful, at the very least. Great hockey player, and this seems very out of character for him, so I don't think a big deal should be made out of this quite yet. If he keeps it up, different story.
