kuklaskorner.com - 10/26/2008
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kuklaskorner.com —
A lot has been made of the devastating
hit that Doug Weight laid on Carolina rookie Brandon...
Sutter last night. There are a lot of different opinions out there, and I thought it would be appropriate to offer my opinion. Not just as a ...
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On the Doug Weight hit
nypost.com - 10/27/2008
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nypost.com —
Doug Weight was drafted by the Rangers and
made his NHL debut with the team in 1991....
Tonight, he'll face them as an Islander for the first time, when the Blueshirts visit Nassau Coliseum. "I thought I'd be there forever," Weight said of his days...
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WEIGHT READY FOR RANGERS
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Rutherford's anger understandable, because he's seen Canes KO'd so often
Waiting For Stanley —
But that is really about it. The hit by Doug Weight on Brandon Sutter was a beauty, and hopefully Sutter has learned a valuable lesson from it. He's got to keep his head up. "I've had four players - Erik Cole, Trevor Letowski, Matt Cullen and now Brandon Sutter - get badly injured on hits to the head and only one of the guys who hit them was suspended. So don't tell me the league is concerned about hits to the head because it's not." I don't mind hits to the head in this fashion. I think Don Cherry has always said the right thing, and that is that the hard plastic shoulder gear needs to go. Anyways, ...
A Weighty Hit
The Slanch Report —
Not to become all Canadian or something, and of course, the absolute LAST thing I want to do is make this a hockey blog, BUT, here’s another awesome hit from a game over the weekend. In this clip, New York Islander Doug Weight knocks the snot out of Brandon Sutter of the Hartford Whalers Carolina Hurricanes. Wow. ...
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njmg.typepad.com 10/27/2008 — Devils coach Brent Sutter said his son, Brandon, is "improving" after the Carolina Hurricanes rookie center suffered a concussion and lost consciousness on a hit by the Islanders' Doug Weight on Saturday night. Sutter drove his son to Penn Station...
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fromtherink.com 10/27/2008 — Hurricanes rookie Brandon Sutter was absolutely plastered by Doug Weight during last night's game in Long Island and remains in hospital:
"The league should at least stop saying it's concerned with hits to the head, because it's not," ...
DIPIETRO INJURED IN DEFEAT —
NY Post: Sports 10/26/2008
The good news for the Islanders was that they set a franchise record with 60 shots on goal. The bad news was that Doug Weight missed a penalty shot that would have tied the game with 0.7 seconds left in regulation. And the most troubling news...
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Bleacher Report - NHL 10/26/2008
In recent years, the NHL has made a concerted effort to crackdown on hits to the head in an effort to ensure the safety of players. Saturday night we saw another example of a brutal, albeit unintentional, hit to the head in the game between the ...
Weight's hit draws criticism from 'Canes GM —
Newsday.com - Islanders 10/28/2008
Carolina general manager Jim Rutherford criticized the
knockout hit Islanders center Doug Weight delivered to rookie Brandon Sutter in Saturday's 4-3 loss to the Hurricanes. Weight expressed remorse about the concussion Sutter suffered but defended ...
