Did it rise to the level of supplemental discipline? He was just laying a hit on a player with his head down. The fourth rule is the charging rule. “When a player who skates or jumps into, or charges an opponent in any manner”.
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In 223 career games with the Flyers, Rinaldo had eight goals, 24 points, 572 penalty minutes, and three suspensions totaling 14 games.
Several Flyers said one of the keys to the win was not trying to exact revenge for the hit on Couturier, but rather winning the battle on the scoreboard. Needless to say, I’m quite glad I stayed awake. But the hit wasn’t meant to be a dirty hit. “I think most of the time this year, it’s been the case that I haven’t been bad, but I haven’t been great, either”. To me, it was more the force of the hit that created a little bit of a whiplash.
Rinaldo said he that had his “emotions going” in the game and that he thought he delivered a clean check. Because he was Zac Rinaldo. The setback ruined the chance for a ideal three-game homestand for the Flyers, who lost all three meetings with the Bruins last season. Especially given the way the National Hockey League just handled another repeat offender and hit San Jose Sharks forward Raffi Torres with a 41-game ban for his latest incident. But that history alone wasn’t enough to cost Rinaldo games.
I don’t want media members with an agenda using “player safety” to legislate aggression and contact out of the sport, and if you fall for the “Rinaldo deserves to be suspended because of his track record” narrative, you’re aiding and abetting them. “The hit itself is evaluated on its own merits, not on the player delivering the check”.
“We couldn’t do anything with the five-minute power play, ” Mason said. But no friends on the ice for me. Dallas’ Patrick Sharp, who won three Cups with Chicago, on getting traded from the Flyers to the Blackhawks for Matt Ellison in 2005: “Probably the best thing that could have happened to me”. No other players have scored more in that span.
“I’m not really looking at anybody as a measuring stick”, coach Dave Hakstol said.
“We’re a coaching hotbed”, Ruff cracked before the game. “No. But it’s definitely going to help”. His right winger, Jakub Voracek, added two assists, the first multi-point games this season for the Flyers’ best offensive threats.
General manager Ron Hextall confirmed upper-body injuries for both Couturier and Neuvirth.
The power play was also successful in the 5-3 win at Arizona on Saturday with Patrice Bergeron scoring twice on the man advantage in the final 11 minutes. The Bruins opted to give him the morning off after the birth of his first child Wednesday. “We have another one tomorrow night”.
The New York Rangers hope to build on their fast 5-2-1 start to the season.
The Bruins also announced Thursday that defenseman Tommy Cross was assigned to Providence of the American Hockey League.
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So far, Rinaldo’s been able to keep that side of his game under wraps in Boston.
