Orr and Cullen: Big Hit/Collision; Dec 26, 2007 "CAR@NYR" (video)

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Colton Orr's Hit on Matt Cullen
Published 12/27/2007 by Sean at Sean Leahy's Going Five Hole
Another night, another head shot. Time to hear from Colin Campbell, yet again.

Conspiracy Theories
Published 12/29/2007 by Staff at The Pensblog
So many times we forget why Washington Craps and their fans are jokes. Thankfully they have a message board. This whole mess started after the Caps head coach Bruce Whatever said this: "It took the doctor so long to get down here (the bench), we couldn't get him back on the ice," coach Bruce Boudreau said. "He got a couple ...

Concussions? Bah! Never heard of em!
Published 1/7/2008 by Kevin at Barry Melrose Rocks
It really amazes me the lengths NHL teams will go to avoid diagnosing their players with concussions. James Mirtle has a great article on it today at his blog. Maybe it's the fear of attaching the stigma to a player? We all saw (and made) the jokes about jello head Eric Lindros after his concussion problems. Maybe teams are afraid goons will go headhunting if they know a particular player is toughing out a concussion. Either way, it's not to hard to figure out who is hurting from one. Exhibit A: Carolina's Matt Cullen gets truck sticked by Colton Orr of the Rangers. That's ...

Rangers Report Card
Published 1/27/2008 by Doug Fischer at Blue Shirts on Broadway
Here we are, the All-Star break. The Rangers, to this point are clearly one of the most disappointing teams in the NHL. The Blueshirts are currently 24-21-6 (54 points), coming into the season I honestly figured we would have 10, maybe 12 losses at the break, so how do you grade such an underachieving bunch? While trying to be as lenient as possible, I’ll give it my best shot… HEADS OF THE CLASS: Scott Gomez: Grade A. Notable Stats, 11g, 36a. The only Ranger All-Star, Gomez has been one of the few consistent offensive players on the team. His 47 points lead the team and believe it or ...

Rutherford's anger understandable, because he's seen Canes KO'd so often
Published 22 days ago by zanstorm13@yahoo.ca (Sean Zandberg) at 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, for your viewing pleasure, ...