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Columbus’ Blake Comeau will chat with Department of Player Safety regarding hit on Smith

Blog: The Malik Report By George Malik

03/12/14 at 12:00 AM ET | Comments (2)

Intentionally cross-checking Tomas Jurco in the ribs--over the hockey pants but under the chest protector part of one's shoulder pads--is appparently legal, but checking a player head-first into the boards, when it's captured vividly by the down-low cameraman and available for replay, not so much, even when you're the Blue Jackets.

Via RedWingsFeed...

One out of two...

Via Pro Hockey Talk's James O'Brien and Sportsnet's Geoff Lowe, here's the hit:

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Video- Top 10 Vancouver Canucks Low Moments Of The Year

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

03/11/14 at 09:46 PM ET | Comments (0)

TSN style...

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Recap Of Day 2 At The GM Meetings

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

03/11/14 at 09:42 PM ET | Comments (2)

from Dave McCarthy of TSN 1050,

"The big take away from this meeting is the managers are really happy with where the game is right now,"said NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly.

Throughout the week, GMs have expressed an interest to lessen the number of games decided in a shootout. To that end, a recommendation is expected to be put forth to have teams switch sides to begin overtime (the same as in the second period), hoping that a team's bench being further from their defensive zone will lead to more goals.

"I would say that's going to be recommended for sure," St. Louis Blues GM Doug Armstrong confirmed.

So far, 18 of 30 teams have scored their largest number of goals under these conditions in the second period.

Also given consideration was doing the dry scrape of the ice prior to the overtime period to provide for better ice conditions instead of waiting until before the shootout; however, due to the potential of lengthening games, that item will continue to be discussed.

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Red Wings-Blue Jackets quick take: cheaters win, Wings in tough

Blog: The Malik Report By George Malik

03/11/14 at 09:30 PM ET | Comments (19)

You figure this one out. The Red Wings absolutely dominated in the 1st period of their 4-1 loss to Columbus, out-shooting the Blue Jackets 18-8, but after they went scoreless on a trio of first period power plays--thanks to a lack of execution by the players on the ice, not anything that a certain assistant coach does or does not do--and the Blue Jackets tied it up as Petr Mrazek was spun around, the Wings were out-shot 14-10 in the 2nd and between Cory Emmerton's soft work on the 2-1 goal and Matt Calvert literally grabbing Jonathan Ericsson's stick and holding him down as he passed the puck to Brandon Dubinsky...

Among more than a little bit of goonery that Columbus successfully executed against the Wings (see: Tomas Jurco cross-checked in the ribs and leaving the game, a ridiculous amount of interference allowed to stand), Columbus both emerged with the victory and a trump card and a half as the Wings' playoff climb becomes a near-vertical one.

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Red Wings lose Tomas Jurco to an ‘upper-body injury’; Lashoff out, too

Blog: The Malik Report By George Malik

03/11/14 at 09:03 PM ET | Comments (2)

So Columbus Blue Jackets forward Blake Comeau went to hackin' and whackin,' and he took out another Red Wing:

Update

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Saginaw Spirit confirm that Terry Trafford has passed away

Blog: The Malik Report By George Malik

03/11/14 at 08:22 PM ET | Comments (1)

Terrible news, confirmed by the Saginaw Spirit:

It is with very heavy hearts that we announce that late this afternoon we were informed by the Michigan State Police that the body of Terry Trafford has been found.

Our deepest condolences are with Terry’s family and his friends both in Ontario and Michigan.  Terry played on our team and was a member of the Spirit family for the last four years and he will be missed.

We have reached out to Terry’s parents and will look to provide them with support over the coming days.  In addition, we met with team players and staff this evening, along with our Team Chaplain.

On behalf of the Spirit we would like to thank the police who were looking for Terry, the media for providing updates and all who provided information.  The coming days will be difficult and we will endeavor to keep the community and media apprised of arrangements and other details.

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Terry Trafford’s Father Confirms Son’s Death

Blog: KK Hockey By Paul

03/11/14 at 07:07 PM ET | Comments (2)

from James Armstrong of Global News,

Michigan police have reportedly found a truck matching that of missing OHL player Terry Trafford behind a Walmart in Michigan.

The missing player’s father, Roy Trafford, told Global News Tuesday that his son’s body was found as well.

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Good luck, Petr, most important game of the year thus far…

Blog: The Malik Report By George Malik

03/11/14 at 06:37 PM ET | Comments (2)

Oh, boy. The Red Wings play in an essential-to-win tilt against Columbus shortly (7 PM, FSD Plus), and this happens:

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Take Off Your Pants and (Blue) Jacket…

Blog: Abel to Yzerman By RedMenace

03/11/14 at 06:30 PM ET | Comments (176)

Yeah, this is the Live Blog post.

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Red Wings’ Jiri Fischer takes part in 2 radio and 4 print interviews regarding his collapse in 2005

Blog: The Malik Report By George Malik

03/11/14 at 06:17 PM ET | Comments (0)

As Paul noted, Jiri Fischer spoke with ESPN's Pierre LeBrun about Rich Peverley's collapse yesterday evening, and he also addressed the issue in a 12-minute interview with TSN 1050's Dave Naylor (and Fischer talks about his new role as well, though he did not confirm freelance reporter "Stormin Norman's" Tweet that the Wings may bring Anthony Mantha into the mix once the Val-d'Or Foreurs' playoff run ends, and I cannot confirm that either):

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