Sean Avery distracting goalie Martin Brodeur
Apr 15, 2008 | By Ben Chaisson | Video Articles Archive
What do you think about the Sean Avery distracted goalie Martin Brodeur ?
Personally I laughed my ass off. I couldn't beleive what I was watching. Good tv. I know alot of folks freaked out about the situation. Well, I bet these people don't complain about violence in the sport. Who cares if he was waving his arms around...not me.
This is the sort of thing you would witness from the boys playing street hockey. Childish yes, an major issue...no. I do agree that a minor penalty should be issued to the player who does this, but it was still funny. Made my night actually.
We all know Avery has a big mouth, so this wasn't a big surprise for anyone.
"He's an idiot," Penguins forward Gary Roberts said. lol
"I've played for 15 years in this league. I've been watching games for 33 years. I had never seen that in my life," Brodeur said. "I don't think that kind of behavior should be done in front of the net, but there is no rule for it."
It didn't take long before the National Hockey League responded to the situation. Colin Campbell, the NHL's director of hockey operations, said this:
"An unsportsmanlike conduct minor penalty will be interpreted and applied, effective immediately, to a situation when an offensive player positions himself facing the opposition goaltender and engages in actions such as waving his arms or stick in front of the goaltender's face, for the purpose of improperly interfering with and/or distracting the goaltender as opposed to positioning himself to try to make a play."
