The Klippers are busy moving their fitness equipment into their new room today, but Larry Wintoneak took a couple of minutes to talk about the disciplinary action his team received today as a result of Sunday's incident.
The suspension to David Haaf and the $500 team fine for his fight with Doug Lindensmith (the second on the same stoppage) are automatic punishments laid out by the new Junior A Supplement:
7.1 Two Fights on the Same Stoppage ‐ When two fights occur during the same stoppage of play, players involved in the second fight shall be subjected to an automatic suspension.
• If there is no instigator in the second fight – each player is suspended 1 game.
• If there is an instigator in the second fight – the instigating player is suspended a minimum of 2 games and the team is fined $500.00. The non‐instigating player shall not be suspended.
The two-game suspension to Taylor Wasden for his hit late in the second period was apparently based on the amount of force applied to the head of the La Ronge player when he hit the boards.
"What I was told is it was the force of the hit and that’s why they suspended him," said Wintoneak. "Sometimes when you get hit to the head, it’s not always a suspension. We had questioned (Dayton) Fossum’s hit on (Jesse) Mysiorek and were told there wasn’t enough force. On Wasden’s, there was enough (for a suspension)."
The Fossum hit, by the way, occurred when Mysiorek did not have the puck and led to the fight between Fossum and Lance Tabin. Both got 10-minute misconducts.
As for the indefinite suspension to Justin Ducharme, Wintoneak said he's satisfied with what has been done so far. He said the length of time Dommett misses will have an impact on how long Ducharme's suspension is.
"I spent pretty much the whole day yesterday emailing and discussing it with the disciplinary management committee. We’re going to lose Andrew probably for 30 games ... I think that’s part of it, absolutely. The severity of the injury and length of time for his recovery."
With only five defencemen on the roster for the next two games (Riley Down will be out for some time), the Klippers will stick with those five - Leedahl, Flanagan, Sonntag, Tabin, Bartel - in Melville and Yorkton.
Wintoneak also wanted to shoot down any notion that Ice Wolves coach Bob Beatty may have had something to do with the incident Sunday.
"I’ve known Bob Beatty for many years and he’s in the same mold as me. I’m sure he’s not happy with what happened with the hit. I sure don’t think he’s sending anybody out there to hurt anybody. That’s not him.
"Bob’s been in this game a long time and I know the way he coaches. There’s no way he’d do something like that.
"Our problem was the fans and players laughing at Andrew. That part will stick in a lot of people’s minds, including myself. That won’t go away."
All that said, Wintoneak says the team won't dwell on the loss of their captain and has to move forward.
"Andrew Dommett’s situation is done. We’re not discussing it any more. It’s just like the fire. It’s over and we’re going to move on."
The whining from Kindersley continues. They were not laughing at Dommett being hurt they were laughing at the antics of Calkins who should also be suspended for his throat slash gestures.
ReplyDeleteI see some people are still trying to deflect the criticism. Ignore the fact that a dirty hit took out one the league's star players but instead call Kindersley whiners and get into a he said/she said. Hey "Anonymous" you should get into politics.
ReplyDeleteI hope the SJ really clamps down on this type of stuff and the best way to do that is to create a precedent with this case. Throw the book at this kid.
No one can comment on throwing the book at the kid (Ducharme) unless they saw the hit or saw it unfold on video.
ReplyDeleteI agree with that SJ Fan. At the same time, there are people who weren't at the game trying to brush this off as a clean hit and taking pot shots at the Klippers.
ReplyDeleteTwo-way street.
I can agree with that SJ Fan so I should re-phrase it. If the reports of the hit, that I've been told about, are true (from someone at the game and not Josh) then I hope they throw the book at him.
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