Unlike the Dubois incident here, I am interested in an example or two where the checker actually did it right but then the checked player diverged and resulted in knees hitting.
I don't personally see this "straightening of his leg" you're referring to. His knee is clearly bent and he is intending to play the body, but knows he's likely to make head contact if he does so, so he angles himself in a way that is in an attempt to avoid most of that contact. I liked the non-suspension on this one even though there was a lot of contact to the knee of Olofsson.
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Unlike the Dubois incident here, I am interested in an example or two where the checker actually did it right but then the checked player diverged and resulted in knees hitting.
I don't personally see this "straightening of his leg" you're referring to. His knee is clearly bent and he is intending to play the body, but knows he's likely to make head contact if he does so, so he angles himself in a way that is in an attempt to avoid most of that contact. I liked the non-suspension on this one even though there was a lot of contact to the knee of Olofsson.