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NHL Tickets – Future NHL Looks to Be Less of a Headache
Like NASCAR fans watching races for the crashes, some hockey fans watch hockey matches for the fights. Recent news in the NHL, though, may mean those fans need to learn to enjoy some of the finer points of the game. Buzz around the league is that there will be a new regulation against hits to the head in the course of a game, and experts are voicing opinions that the move is long overdue.
The need for a new rule was excruciatingly clear on March 17 during a matchup between the Anaheim Ducks and Chicago Blackhawks. In the course of that game, Ducks' James Wisniewski hit Chicago's Brent Seabrook hard, even though Seabrook was without the puck. As Seabrook fell to the ice, it was clear the league needed to respond. The National Hockey League did, in fact, respond to the hit, issuing an eight-game suspension to Wisniewski. Missing the games will cost him more than $268,000 in pay.
It isn't the first suspension for Wisniewski, as he was suspended earlier in the season for a hit on the Phoenix Coyotes' Shane Doan. According to many news sources, Ducks general manager Bob Murray thought the suspension was too severe, but NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman defended his decision. The NHL reported that Bettman explained, "In that case, unlike some of these others, there was no puck possession, the hitting involved rising up to make contact with the head, and so the circumstances gave rise to being able to punish what we have previously defined -- long before this season -- as illegal acts on the ice. And that's why the eight-game suspension."
The idea of banning hits to the head isn't a new one, but it has gained incredible traction this season. USA Today reports that the National Hockey League Players' Association suggested a ban before the start of the 2009-10 season, but nothing was adopted. Now that there have been some highly-publicized incidents with head shots, the league is mulling over a ban. A recent league GM meeting resulted in a recommendation of a ban, and the league recently sent out a DVD to all the teams detailing what kinds of hits to the head would result in a fine.
If the NHL Players Association gets its way, the changes would go much further and be much more permanent. The NHLPA's competition committee is made up of Jason Spezza (Ottawa Senators), Jeff Halpern (L.A. Kings), Ryan Miller (Buffalo Sabres), Brian Campbell (Chicago Blackhawks) and Mathieu Schneider (Phoenix Coyotes). That group is working on a counter-proposal to fix the problem before the end of the season.
Jason Spezza spoke to The Globe and Mail about the committee's hope for the rule and said, "We're looking for a band-aid to fix for the rest of the year in case something happens, but for the long term I think we have to sit down together and find a better solution than just tweaking a little rule." Many fans would agree it is a needed rule, and those fans can find <a href="http://www.stubhub.com/nhl-tickets/">NHL tickets</a> from <a href="http://www.stubhub.com/">StubHub.com</a>.
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