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Does Someone Have to Die Before the NHL Does Anything Regarding Head Shots?
By SportsTicketsFinder News & Scores Reporter | March 8, 2010
SportsTicketFinder.com - If the NHL doesn’t do anything soon regarding these viscous head shots, heads are going to roll, literally! After seeing Matt Cooke’s (PIT) blind side blow to the head of Marc Savard (BOS) on Sunday, I thought for a split second that we have just witnessed the NHL’s second death due to a on ice hit. Thank god I was wrong and let’s hope that Savard successfully recovers from this serious head injury.
The last hit related injury causing death in the NHL was 42 years ago (Jan. 13th, 1968) when Bill Masterton of the then Minnesota North Stars brought the puck into the Oakland Seals zone and passed it off before being checked hard by two Seal players. After the hit, Masterton fell backwards and smashed the back of his head onto the ice where he instantly passed out. He later died just two days after the hit.
Now if Masterton was wearing a helmet, the injury probably wouldn’t be as serious and he would be talking about it today. As for Savard’s injury, sure he was wearing a helmet but that wasn’t the issue as he was knocked out well before his head hit the ice. In fact, the blow came from Matt Cooke’s rock hard elbow pad that is popular with today’s hockey players. If the elbow pads were padded, the injury severity most likely wouldn’t be as serious.
No matter what caused the injury, the NHL has to step in now and do something about these dangerous head blows before it’s too late. Repeat offenders or first-time offenders, it doesn’t matter because if you do the crime, you must do the time.
It’s time for the league and owners to step in and step up during this years GM meetings in Florida and make this their number one priority. While they’re at it, take the opportunity to discuss the possibilities of banning the use of unpadded shoulder and elbow pads.
SportsTicketFinder.com has a solution that just might make players think twice before they go for the opponents head. Here’s the new rule that we would like to propose, If a player injures another player due to a viscous on ice hit, that player should be suspended for the length of the other players injury without pay. That should make them think twice!
Something for the NHL, AHL, OHL and other hockey leagues should take into consideration.
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