re potvin and his stick in article ps sscl uwo ca ps sscl uwo ca writes dino getting shots in front of the net he should expect it this is playoff hockey where anything goes you lose one game in the regular season and it s not so bad you lose a game in the playoffs and it s a difficult thing to overcome i ve watched hockey and played it too for a number of years and i haven t seen one post season game where the forward in front of the net has not finished without any bruises on the back of his leg the leafs are not doing a good job in clearing the net and potvin has been forced to take matters into his own hands i remember when cicarelli used to play for the london knights ohl he always was a nuisance in front of the net and the goalies took exception to this he also complained in this morning s paper about what happened last night but to me it s a lot of bellyaching his team is up and he complains about being whacked i wonder what would happen if he tried to do the same thing in front of billy smith or a younger ron hextall seems dino would need two artifical legs dino should take it as part of the game and thank his lucky stars that he s in the playoffs and has a good chance to go the finals well i agree that if you re going to stand in front of the net that you should expect to get hit and hacked at in general you should expect to finish the game with some bruises however there is a fine line between hacking at a guy causing some pain and discomfort and blatantly attempting to injure another player felix potvin imo crossed that line on wednesday that two hander on ciccarelli was way out of line i lost a lot of respect for potvin because of that it showed an immaturity he did not slash at ciccarelli to simply try to remove him from the slot area a legal position for dino to be in instead he slashed in an attempt to injure it was out of shear frustration as a leaf supporter just a supporter i m not a leaf fan really i was very disappointed you re right in mentioning billy smith and ron hextall at least in his philly days they both crossed that same line at times and for that reason many fans and players disliked them that s why their names always comes up as examples when we talk about these issues let s hope that felix doesn t do that again i d hate to see anyone even dino although i admit i don t like him very much get seriously hurt from such careless but intentional use of the stick gary
