Dillon match penalty illegal check to the head on Acciari – Have your say!
Brenden Dillon received a match penalty for this hit to Noel Acciari after it was deemed to be an illegal check to the head. Was a match penalty right? Have your say!
Good call, Acciari is already low coming in all the way and Dillon obviously sees it and for some reason still goes for the hit up high. Lets call it dirty. Could have been way worse, skating into a brick wall (Dillon) not the smallest guy in the league with your head first at that speed.
This looks like a carbon copy of Trouba on Meier in the playoffs, which was reviewed, not even a penalty, no fine, no suspension. Guy is off balanced and leaning into an oncoming hit. Given that that one was let go, I'm surprised this one is a different call. I guess I shouldn't be. Maybe he does go a bit upward with the shoulder? Still, Accari is leaning over and right into it. His head is up, what else is he expecting here? Weird decision by him to lean even more forward at the last moment.
Dillon is 6’4, Acciari is 5’10 and leaned forward. Is Dillon supposed to just let Acciari skate into the zone? Looks like a clean hit with a severe mismatch in size.
This one is tough, but I think 5+game is the correct call. The rule doesn't say anything about size difference, so it's white's responsibility to make sure the head isn't the principal point of contact. I don't know if there is history here, but assuming there is none I'm ok with no suspension.
Gonna come down to big high hit to the head on a big market team player usually gets the hitter slammed. History will come in to play. That hit was not even a call a decade ago and a suspension not a chance. Its a coach yelling keep your head up Dumb A..
Wasn't a tough call. Opposing player was near the board and he could see him leaning forward yet STILL chose to go high. This is the kind of crap that has been going on too much this season.
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3 out of 5 Troubas. The stand up, the speed, the leap, the picking of the head. I'd sit him for at least 6 games.
Good call, Acciari is already low coming in all the way and Dillon obviously sees it and for some reason still goes for the hit up high. Lets call it dirty. Could have been way worse, skating into a brick wall (Dillon) not the smallest guy in the league with your head first at that speed.
This looks like a carbon copy of Trouba on Meier in the playoffs, which was reviewed, not even a penalty, no fine, no suspension. Guy is off balanced and leaning into an oncoming hit. Given that that one was let go, I'm surprised this one is a different call. I guess I shouldn't be. Maybe he does go a bit upward with the shoulder? Still, Accari is leaning over and right into it. His head is up, what else is he expecting here? Weird decision by him to lean even more forward at the last moment.
Dillon is 6’4, Acciari is 5’10 and leaned forward. Is Dillon supposed to just let Acciari skate into the zone? Looks like a clean hit with a severe mismatch in size.
high hit but acciari is leading forward head down.
id say 2-4 games depending on dillons history
This one is tough, but I think 5+game is the correct call. The rule doesn't say anything about size difference, so it's white's responsibility to make sure the head isn't the principal point of contact. I don't know if there is history here, but assuming there is none I'm ok with no suspension.
Bad call, Dillon had no where to go and flattens himself on the boards, Acciari head down and skated in to him. Completely a BS call.
That's it? No fine to him or the team, no suspension? The NHL is a joke of a sport.
Gonna come down to big high hit to the head on a big market team player usually gets the hitter slammed. History will come in to play. That hit was not even a call a decade ago and a suspension not a chance. Its a coach yelling keep your head up Dumb A..
That is a spicy chicken wing.
He received a 3 game suspension.
Acci-berry skated face-first into his shoulder. The new nhl is garbage.
This shit has to stop before someone gets a severe brain injury!
Rock’em Sock’em robots?
Wasn't a tough call. Opposing player was near the board and he could see him leaning forward yet STILL chose to go high. This is the kind of crap that has been going on too much this season.