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Ruutu vs McCarthy

Jan 30, 2008 2pd 03:21

2007-2008 Regular Season

Date / Time Away / Home Team Away / Home Player
Jan 30, 2008 Pittsburgh Penguins Jarkko Ruutu
2pd 03:21 Atlanta Thrashers Steve McCarthy
Comments: Other Penalties: McCarthy received an instigator and misconduct; Ruutu a kneeing major and game misconduct.

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Steve McCarthy 79.2%
Draw 16.0%
Jarkko Ruutu 4.7%
From 106 votes with an average rating of 3.2

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Posted by slav on Jan 31, 2008 at 10:13 AM agree disagree
Make no mistake about it, Ruutu knew exactly what he was doing with the knee shot.. Once dirty, always dirty. He is a punka$$ bytch!!! Always has been, always will be. Great job by McCarthy. And I say this as a fan of the Penguins...
Posted by shrk33 on Feb 01, 2008 at 12:45 AM agree disagree
kudos to mccarthy for sticking up for his guy, right thing to do
Posted by Wolf_eyes on Feb 01, 2008 at 1:59 AM agree disagree
not a dirty hit, but still an appropriate response by McCarthy.
Posted by Bonecrusher1976 on Feb 01, 2008 at 5:30 AM agree disagree
What a ****ing dirty knee hit...
Posted by chelios247 on Jan 31, 2008 at 11:18 AM agree disagree
ouch of atl!
Posted by BattleAxe13 on Jan 31, 2008 at 4:14 PM agree disagree
Jarkko Ruutu got a penalty for being Jarkko Ruutu. The officiating last night was a joke. Ruutu kept his gloves on and threw no punches, plus no penalty for the incidental knee to knee contact was issued until after the non-fight fight. The refereeing in the NHL is dispicable at best, it makes the NFL referees look good. It's not just with any particular team, its all around the NHL. The pisspore officiating needs to stop. Last year I thought they had actually improved but they have drastically regressed in the 07-08 season. The linesman have been pure crap too.
Posted by aces50 on Jan 31, 2008 at 9:12 AM agree disagree
How could anyone call it anything but a draw. There was NO fight.
Posted by RogueGopher on Jan 31, 2008 at 2:31 AM agree disagree
Correct response by McCarthy whether or not Ruutu did it on purpose, which I suspect he did.
Posted by datafortress on Feb 29, 2008 at 3:43 AM agree disagree
So typical of Ruutu to turn away and turtle. Reminds me of his ex teammate the P.O.S. Matt Cooke.
Posted by Joe Mack on Jan 31, 2008 at 9:42 AM agree disagree
this is bull. theres no way this should be considered a fight. ruutu went for a clean hit and kovulchuk tried to flee and left his knee out there. i understand mccarthy protecting his star but dont start throwing punches at someone that doesnt know theyre fighting. i have a feeling these 2 will go at it again and ruutu will have the upper hand.

i call this a draw because i cant possibly give mccarthy a win for cheapshots.
Posted by J.R. Abel on Feb 07, 2008 at 10:16 AM agree disagree
No real fight, Ruutu never dropped his mitts. Can't really call it a draw though.
Posted by Strife on Feb 03, 2008 at 11:26 AM agree disagree
Crap fight and an even worse call by the refs.
Posted by TheHammer24 on Jan 31, 2008 at 12:48 PM agree disagree
This was one of the worst calls I have seen in NHL history. Foremost, Ruutu never extends his leg and is actually attempting to hit Kovey high. Kovalchuk's slipping to the left to avoid the hit causes the injury. Kneeing, unlike tripping, cannot be called if it is done accidentally. There has to be intent, and there was not.

However, I can still understand the referee's screwing up that call. A player with a bad reputation hurts one of the NHL's best, and the Thrashers react. Regardless, Ruutu gets five for fighting without even dropping his stick let alone his gloves or throwing a punch. Simply abhorrent. The officials should be embarassed and Toronto should come down hard on this simply awful call. I cannot believe the TSN feed I was watching. The color guy talked for a minute about how it was after the whistle, then realized it wasn't, and covered up by saying Ruutu should have let up because he knew it was a delayed offside.
Posted by SharksFan22 on Feb 01, 2008 at 2:09 AM agree disagree
pwned
Posted by limit_37 on Jan 31, 2008 at 1:13 AM agree disagree
Ruutu, you're a punk. Stand up if you're going to cheap shot a guy like that.

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