Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Biting in the NHL?

If you're a big hockey fan or not you most likely have heard or read in the news about the game this past Saturday on February 9 between Montreal Canadians and the Toronto Maple Leafs. If you haven't heard or don't remember I'll give you a little recap:

The 6-0 win by Toronto wasn't even close to as crazy as the fight between Maple Leafs forward Mikhail Grabovski and the Canadiens Max Pacioretty. The fight happened around 11:30 of the third period. Pacioretty appeared from the brawl, and revealed his wrist to the officials, saying that Grabovski had bit him. Both players were given a 10 minute time out penalty box for misconduct.

On Sunday the NHL’s department of player safety said they would review the allegations that Grabovski bit Pacioretty. Grabovski had a hearing with Brendan Shanahan, the league’s Vice President, at 11 a.m. on Monday. As of yesterday the NHL has decided not to discipline Mikhail Grabovski for his allegedly biting to Max Pacioretty. After interviewing both players involved in the incident and reviewing all of the available video and medical reports, the League could not determine that Grabovski actually bit Pacioretty. The Department of Player Safety concluded that there wasn't enough sufficient evidence to uphold any discipline.

Here a link to the video where Grabovski bites Pacioretty http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHkWtYs9TdM&feature=player_embedded

1 comment:

  1. I like how you made the title of this post in the form of a question; this goes back to the whole "catching readers attention" thing I have mentioned to you before.

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