I didn't get a chance to see watch either of the Scorpions' games against the Eagles this weekend but after reading the banter on the boards, I felt compelled to watch the replay of Saturday night's contest just to see the nature of Greg Pankewicz's cross-check.
All I can say is that I'm disgusted as well. Adam Minnick hit it right on the head by saying that Pankewicz's conduct was completely unbecoming of someone wearing a captain's "C." Delivering a blind cross-check to the side of a player's head warrants at minimum a 5-minute major and a game misconduct, let alone some kind of suspension.
It shouldn't matter that Ryan Gibb wasn't hurt by the incident -- it's the whole principle of "intent to injure." Pankewicz has been prone to snap before, but at least he's had the respect to confront his opponents face-to-face. Obviously a Nifty feed still leaves plenty of the things to the imagination, but you can tell from the replay that Gibb did absolutely nothing physically to provoke Pankewicz. I also don't imagine a goaltender has the time to chirp at an offensive player when the puck is being cycled in his own zone.
I truly do hope that Randy Murphy caught the incident on tape and forwarded it to league officials for review. Regardless of the guy's talent level, Pankewicz should be skating on very thin ice given his behavior this season
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Simply amazing! Pantywaist only gets a 1 game suspension for the head-shot on Gibb.
I agree panty-waste has become a loose cannon this year. How long will the league let this continue. 1 game really......... we had worse suspensions last year for players leaving the bench....
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