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Hockey World Outrage- Perry Trip a Disgrace


Why is cheap shot behavior in hockey acceptable? Why can players deliberately try and hurt players, and not be looked down on by fans or players? Maybe they are, but why then are there no repercussions? Why does the NHLPA put up with members of their union going out and deliberately taking out other members of their union? Makes no sense to me!

Today in an IIHF World Championship game between Canada and Finland, team Canada captain Corey Perry went out of his way to deliberately (yes you cannot deny it—watch the video) sweep his leg out to cut down Finland’s Patrick Laine. Laine immediately went to the bench with an injury after the play. Finland was shutting out Canada at the time, and Perry showed his true colors.

Patrik Laine is projected to be a top three pick in this years NHL Entry Draft. The 18-year-old has shown great promise while playing at the World Championships. He will be a star in the NHL, probably as soon as next season. Laine took the play in stride and showed sarcasm in a comment to National Post writer Michael Traikos, “Maybe they tried to piss me off because I’m young and in my opinion a pretty good player.”

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The hockey world took to Twitter today after the incident. Many media members and fans (Canadian fans) voiced there displease with the conduct of Corey Perry. Here is a sample of a few tweets. Hockey is a wonderful game and we don’t need plays like this giving it a bad name. I would like to think that hockey players are above this behavior.

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Polaris922

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Wasn't much of a trip attempt but still somehow hurt the kid.   Is Perry really thought of as a malicious player?  I don't get to see him enough to really know... 

flyercanuck

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4 hours ago, Polaris922 said:

Wasn't much of a trip attempt but still somehow hurt the kid.   Is Perry really thought of as a malicious player?  I don't get to see him enough to really know... 

 

Ya, that's Corey Perry. He definitely plays on, and over the edge. 

hf101

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Why is cheap shot behavior in hockey acceptable? Why can players deliberately try and hurt players, and not be looked down on by fans or players? Maybe they are, but why then are there no repercussions? Why does the NHLPA put up with members of their union going out and deliberately taking out other members of their union?

 

 

Ah, great questions. I guess if Laine fell to the ice he may have been able to draw a 2 min tripping penalty.  He'll learn that next year.  :56ce53d1d6689_IDunnoSmiley:

We have a culture that is fascinated with winning, power, and violence.  Thus, it's all a part of the "earn your stripes", don't forget to keep eyes behind your head, seniority, and aggressive human nature that we accept.  

 

 

Did Perry intentionally try to hurt Laine? - probably not, but he wanted to make known to "pay attention" at all times on the ice.  -- Welcome to the NHL kid- now keep your head up too.

InsideEdge

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This is typical Corey Perry.  His day will come some day.  The part that is frustrating is that he is talented and does not have to do this.  he can frustrate his opponents by scoring goals...

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yave1964

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On 5/18/2016 at 2:17 AM, Polaris922 said:

Wasn't much of a trip attempt but still somehow hurt the kid.   Is Perry really thought of as a malicious player?  I don't get to see him enough to really know... 

Seriously He is one of the biggest crybabies in the game, he bitches and whines at every whistle and God forbid you call a penalty against him, he could sharpen his stick and drive it through the eye of some poor slob over and over and you call a penalty he acts as if you killed his dog. I have no use, literally zero use for him.

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JR Ewing

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Corey Perry (as a player) is simply obnoxious, and this is just another page from his playbook. His is a game of cheap shots, spearing opponents in the nuts, shooting pucks at goalies after the whistle, sucker punches, stealing sticks, spraying other players and/or filling their gloves with water, hits from behind, and then screaming blue murder whenever he happens to be called on his crap. He kicked Jimmy Howard in the head, and could have damned near decapitated him, and even pissed of 4-time Lady Byng winner Pavel Datsyuk enough to fight.

 

On the ice, he's probably most similar to Ted Lindsay, though Lindsay is an exceptionally classy man off the ice. I only hope Perry follows that model in his private life.

 

InsideEdge

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JR Ewing

 

Yep that pretty much sums him up.....

 

BluPuk

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Jeeze guys - it's a mans' sport. Even in baseball nice guys finish last. I'd have given the kid 2 for diving and a soother - sorry. Can't take it seriously - no penalty was even called.

 

P.S. would the language in that article link be Finnish?

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JR Ewing

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2 hours ago, BluPuk said:

Jeeze guys - it's a mans' sport. Even in baseball nice guys finish last. I'd have given the kid 2 for diving and a soother - sorry. Can't take it seriously - no penalty was even called.

 

P.S. would the language in that article link be Finnish?

 

He plays a cheap version of hockey, and if he were a European player, all we would ever hear about is what a gutless puke he is.

 

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BluPuk

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Jeeze JR, that's just hockey. Gutless puke? LOL. He was just delivering a message and I believe it was received. No penalty, no foul.

jammer2

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 Perry has always been a dirty player, was even worse in jr for the London Knights. We have a player, who has a great center, nice top pp, but his stats are average for a guy who is considered a "star" player. Just a guy who you would love to have on your team, hate him if he's not....a lot like Simmonds, but Wayne can back it up.

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