Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Hockey death....homicide? What say you?

One percent of the NHL is responsible for 100% of NHL murders.

"Once before"...we're dead even then.

After watching Gordy Howe play when he was in Houston,i think he did not mean to kill him.

But after all of the hockey games i have been to i have not seen a players leg go that high,without being on purpose.

Seen plenty of high sticks slammed into the boards that broke the glass and many fistfights but never had seen something like this.

They know that their skates are razor sharp.

I see the WHL (western hockey league) has just made neck protection mandatory.
I'm surprised it took this long, not trying to make light, but....its bad for the game, fans, current players, youngsters starting out.

Petgrave needs a statue in his honor for prompting this helpful development in the sport of hockey.

Click on the gear in the bottom right corner of the video posted by rte and choose .25 speed.

The 9 - 10 second mark shows clear intent.

This guy is F'd and if he's not, something is very wrong.

I think he intended to cause interference but things didn't go as planned.

Intentional murder...no

Bad decision...yes

What's bad? The neck protection or the lack of it?

Too restrictive for what they need to do with their heads turning quickly is what I heard being discussed on a sports show, Jim.

Looks like 2nd degree murder to me

High leg kick was very unusual I thought but not much of a hockey fan.

The Federal Government has just stepped into Professional Sports Safety Standards.
"OSHA undersecretary for Games and Bread for the Masses, Pinkford Pantywaste, has released new standards for the sport of Ice Hockey uniforms and safety equipment. In an emergency move to clean up dangerous sports Pantywaste has boldly assumed dictatorial powers he learned from his mentor, FJB, and is open to "loans" from team managers to fund further studies and buy sprinkles and nose candy for upper management.

(Pantywaste wanders off, mumbling that these regulations will be further expanded into Women's Synchronized Swimming and Curling.)

The new mandated Ice Hockey Uniform must comply with these standards:

Uniform:


Specifications and mandated design:

You may not realize that intent to kill isn't required for second degree murder. All that's required is to intentionally engage in an action that a reasonable person would have understood had the potential to cause serious bodily injury to another.

Makes sense.

I'm going off the " I hope he didn't mean to go that high theory"

It's a shidty ordeal no matter how you look at it. Dirty players are everywhere. It was murder, by definition, but I doubt intentional.

Here would be more manslaughter or maybe 2nd degree. Not sure in UK

Cheap shot by a cheap shot artist.

I didn’t realize what the demographics are. Clearly there will be no charges.

It is sad to see how low we have sunk as a society, we are no more evolved socially than we were hundreds of years ago. I pray for him and anyone he may have left behind. As for him I truly believe he will meet his maker at some point.

Homicide? Definitely. Murder? Entirely different question.

Now that my nephew has gone on to college I don't have any youth in the local association to confirm how long ago it was, but I believe it was three years ago they started making mites wear them and they will continue to be a thing throughout their youth hockey career.