Re: North Finals: Winnipeg Jets vs Montreal Canadiens
I don't know what's exactly illegal about the hit besides he hit Evans hard and Evans didn't get up. Wasn't charging, wasn't elbowing, he didn't jump, he didn't target the head.
I had friends say, "well Scheif was an idiot for the whole 3rd period" and "that's a hit we want out of the game" and I couldn't for the life of me understand what was actually wrong with the hit.
The penalty was for charging, and it wasn't a charge the way it's typically called. The actual rule for charging is so vague that it allows really any hit to be considered charging.
Charging shall mean that the actions of a player or goalkeeper who, as a result of distance traveled, shall violently check and opponent in any manner. A "charge" may be the result of a check into the boards, into the goal frame or in open ice.
Like when is a hit not violent? What's the line when it turns violent? Would a hit that results in injury be the line? I do think Scheif was aiming to hit him when he hit the top of the circles. He accepted the goal, and think the play was a "tone setter" type of play because he is a bit of a dick. I don't agree with the plays that are like this, and I think because he was allowed to run around the whole game being an idiot without any penalty, it allowed his anger to get to this point.
I think because he got officially a 5min charge, and a 10min game, he'll end up getting a 1-2game suspension and the game misconduct came with like 50s left.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll