Comments on: Bruins GM says Andrew Ference won’t face suspension for hit on Jeff Halpern

By: classic13

classic13 — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:37:28 +0000

Didn’t you see the blood on the ice? Wake up!!

By: classic13

classic13 — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:35:11 +0000

You guys are sad… You have to blame the Bruins idiocies on the opposite players, like they dive etc. Sure, Halpern WANTED a hit to the head(?). Are you an idiot? Listen to the commentator doing the broadcast, even he says how Ferrence leaned into Halpern… Wake up and realize that the only reason Bruins don’t get suspensions is because of Campbell connection.

By: bowlhounds

bowlhounds — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:30:21 +0000

After watching all the BS penalties called sgainst Boston in game 6, Montreal must have figured they had a proven method to win the series,what a bunch of sallies.

By: iaintafrate

iaintafrate — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:49:25 +0000

You can add Lucic’s hit on Sissy Spacek to that list. Spacek clearly turned away from Lucic (and the play) when he saw the hit coming. Then proceeded to writhe around on the ice like he was hit with a cannonball. As soon as the major penalty was assessed, another miraculous recovery. This team is so shamelessly blatant with their cowardice, it really is a disgrace to the game. And their pathetic fans making excuses for this farce is even worse. Hopefully the image of Hamrlik in the fetal position while the B’s are scoring will be forever etched into their collective memories.

By: homelanddefense

homelanddefense — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:11:41 +0000

this was also the second time in this series that a Montreal player laid on the ice like he was DEAD and returned to the game a shift later.

Add that to Subbans RIDICULOUS flop in this game, and Hamrlik’s clear dive (that might have actually cost Montreal a goal) and you begin to see a clear pattern.

By: ballistictrajectory

ballistictrajectory — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:33:21 +0000

Mr. O’Brien neds to look at the video again, perhaps several times. Jeff Halpern went a VERY long way to make contact with Ference, who at the time was almost motionless. Halperns skated at least 20 feet toward a slowly coasting Ference, who then braced himself for a collision. Just prior to the contact you can plainly see Halpern turning his head up ice to give the impression that the upcoming hit would be a blindside shot to the head. It is clearly deliberate on the the part of Halpern and there should be some consequence for the Montreal organization for fostering that kind of thinking on the team. Jack Edwards said it right in his video about diving, The Rocket must be spinning in his grave.

Montreal has foresaken all of their dignity as an NHL team by using this decidedly unsportsmanlike behavior to attempt to swing momentum in their favor. Ask any of their opponents. The league should introduce some new supplementary discipline that can be assessed after the game to penalize those players and teams that resort to such cowardly conduct. Perhaps suspensions and fines for deliberate attempt to draw a foul.

Andrew Ference is a solid player, a stad-up guy, and does not deserve the press he’s received for this obvious attempt to tarnish his reputation. Carey Price deserves better players in front of him, but the classless Montreal organization will not do that when it’s cheaper to train the team to fall on command.