[~*sierra*~]

So, hockey is big in my family - ha so canadian i know.

Anyways this guy who was supposed to play for Team Canada at the olympics elbowed another guy in the head going full speed causing him to then go into convulsions. This is just SO brutal! Freaks me out that my future offspring will be playing this game......

Fast forward to the 1 min mark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAoFY0owFXc

He is suspended inefinitely and off team canada thank god..... but ugh i just shudder whenever i think about this!

[~Caroline~]

That clip played all day long on TV. I can't watch it. This is not what hockey is about and I really hope this guy get suspended until the end of the season. At least.

[Frozendesire]

Wow. I can't even watch that. Seeing him convulse is horrible. I can't believe that happened and so intentionally too.. oh gosh that's just horrible.

[A*LOT*OF*HOPE]

Thats really scary to watch!!! But rewind a couple years when Todd Burtuzzi hit Steve Moore in the back of he head and broke his neck. It was horrific to watch and definitely not what hockey is about, but he was only suspended until the end of the season. I think things happen in Hockey that are terrible. It takes one hit.....one fight......one bad call to hurt someone. It could happen to anyone. I think he deserves a suspension, and even to be taken off team Canada(because thats not what we are about), but I think he will learn his lesson...Burtuzzi did!!!!

[greeneyes]

So, is the guy who got hit going to be ok??

[ScottishBrit]

WOW, that's crazy! Ill show DH tomorrow he's already in bed. That was a sucker punch move. I LOVE Hockey!! DH took me to my first game, I like when they fight! Im always amazed on how they NEVER stop them!

[Trannyfromtheuk]

Thats disgusting! I seriously hope he at least gets a police caution!

[~*sierra*~]

my dh said he is not sure if either of those guys will be playing hockey again....sad for the guy who got hit. now maybe that guy did egg the guy who hit him on, but even if he did i still dont think that hit was justifiable.

[*krista*]

Is that guy okay?

[~*sierra*~]

not sure

[~Caroline~]

The latest news is that he's doing ok (all thing considered). He was released from the hospital in Rouyn (where his team was playing) and going back to Quebec city where he'll see more specialists and go through a lot of tests.

As for Cormier, he's not in the Olympic team. He WAS the captain of the Junior team (who lost the gold against the US in December).

[~*sierra*~]

ohhhh ya im bad with specifics i thought he was on team canada.

glad that guy is ok, hope he makes a full recovery

[Mars]

That's horrible!