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Out of interest, I've just pulled this from NHL Rulebook - www.nhl.com/nhl/en/v3/ext/rules/2015-2016-Interactive-rulebook.pdf

Rule 48 – Illegal Check to the Head
48.1 Illegal Check to the Head – A hit resulting in contact with an
opponent’s head where the head was the main point of contact and
such contact to the head was avoidable is not permitted.
In determining whether contact with an opponent's head was
avoidable, the circumstances of the hit including the following shall be
considered:
(i) Whether the player attempted to hit squarely through the
opponent’s body and the head was not "picked" as a result of poor
timing, poor angle of approach, or unnecessary extension of the
body upward or outward.
(ii) Whether the opponent put himself in a vulnerable position by
assuming a posture that made head contact on an otherwise full
body check unavoidable.
(iii) Whether the opponent materially changed the position of his body
or head immediately prior to or simultaneously with the hit in a way
that significantly contributed to the head contact.
48.2 Minor Penalty – For violation of this rule, a minor penalty shall be
assessed.
48.3 Major Penalty – There is no provision for a major penalty for this rule.
48.4 Game Misconduct Penalty – There is no provision for a game
misconduct for this rule.
48.5 Match Penalty – The Referee, at his discretion, may assess a match
penalty if, in his judgment, the player attempted to or deliberately
injured his opponent with an illegal check to the head.

If deemed appropriate, supplementary discipline can be applied by
the Commissioner at his discretion.

It doesn't seem like the nhl apply huge bans as a norm, which i find surprising.

I'm not a fan, personally, of the huge bans that were previously given out, but the hits to the head do have to be discouraged with penalties greater than a 1 match ban.

For this year the precedents have been set, but i hope for next year Simon Kirkham will review this year as a whole and establish some better guidelines for the Department of Player Safety to work to.

Controversial Blaze goal - puck crosses line a faction of a second after Hogarth seemingly blows whistle for the end of delayed penalty. From 1min 40sec.

Probably a 1 match ban.

Certainly a greater communicator, would he be able to fulfill a captains role, as per keefe in Belfast, or do you think his hockey ability that seemingly affects his ice-time leave him off the ice too long to be an effective leader on it?

Finnerty did the same whilst coaching steelers. in that one I think they'd lost 4-2 to Dundee so he had the scoreboard set to 0-2.
iirc, that was at ice Sheffield, and during the warm up they were shooting pucks down the ice towards the stars nettie to intimidate them .. and I believe it worked. Im sure Mozzy will remember that better than me.

dundeestars.com/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=1325

Turon leaves Dundee for personal reasons

Published: 27/01/2016 at 18:50

Dundee CCS Stars can confirm that Czech defenceman David Turon has left the club for personal reasons. The experienced d-man goes with the club's best wishes. The club are searching for a replacement.

Just looked on line ... you are not wrong there Shorty

Not sure if these were captured ...
Hayes to Sheffield
Rutherford to Belfast
Russell to Cardiff
Steven Chalmers retired from Blaze due to injury
and yesterday ...

Koenig to replace Lakosil as Dundee's goalie

Published: 20/01/2016 at 21:00

Dundee CCS Stars' bench leader Marc LeFebvre has added veteran goalie Trevor Koenig to the team's roster after Vlastimil Lakosil returned to the Czech Republic on personal business.

Coach LeFebvre takes up the story "A couple of weeks back Vlastimil came to speak to me about business he needed to deal with back home in the Czech Republic. Vlastimil went about the process impeccably. He has certainly been very professional in the way he has dealt with the situation. He offered to play until we got a replacement, putting the locker room and the fans first. I am certainly grateful for his body of work and the upbeat spirit that he brought to the rink. We wish him all the best in the future."

Marc continued "We had a choice of goalies to bring in however when Trevor's name came up we considered him the ideal replacement. Trevor will bring a presence and Elite League experience to the locker room. He knows the league and we expect him to quickly adapt to life at the Dundee Ice Arena." He added "Trevor will be ready to go on Saturday and he will make his home debut on Sunday when Sheffield come up here. Trevor will add additional leadership to our defensive unit."

The incident can be seen in some extended highlights on checking it out ... if you can put up with the mundane questions of GM surrounding it.

]A major flaw with this year against the league winning year happened right at the start. The league winning year CN made the brave move of cutting Danny who was by then past his best and that freed up finances but this year went completely the other way and loaded up with Brits and tied his own hands behind his back from day one.[/quote]

It was Neil Black who announced (at last years Play-offs I believe) that we (and Clan) would be going with 9 Brits this year ... way before CN was re-signed. So, if you like, NB tied CNs hands to a large degree in this respect.