Perry suspended four games for elbow

by James Mirtle on Jan 4, 2009 1:21 AM CST Comment 17 comments

Anaheim Ducks forward Corey Perry has been suspended for four games, without pay, for elbowing Philadelphia Flyers forward Claude Giroux during the third period of NHL Game #564 Friday night, the National Hockey League announced.

Under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, and based on his average annual salary, Perry will forfeit $114,516.12. The money goes to the Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund.

>> league release

I actually caught this game last night, and Perry's hit was a cheap shot in every sense of the word. It's good to see the league coming down on a star player for what was a lower profile incident than some of the others we've seen hit with suspensions this long.

It was a double minor during the game but should have been a misconduct:

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Taking a page from Pronger's playbook

Well, why wouldn’t he try it? Pronger got away with it. It’s the physics doncha know?

by hockeycountry on Jan 4, 2009 9:32 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

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I’ve often wondered why a player with Perry’s talent, playing on a line with a terrific centre in Getzlaf, plays such a chippy game — always the jab after the whistle it seems, and usually with the target looking the other way.

Don’t get me wrong, he does drop them and go, but still it puzzles me.

Is it the team rep for toughness or the big guys he plays with or what?

He was a big scorer in junior, but did he play the same type of game then or has he aquired it in the bigs with the Ducks?

by Bob Roberts on Jan 4, 2009 1:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I didn’t see him a ton in junior, but I’m pretty sure this is always the way Perry played. It always surprises me how chippy he is given his talent level.

I don’t think it’s part of the team identity; I think it’s just what’s going on in Perry’s head space.

by James Mirtle on Jan 4, 2009 1:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

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Scott Nichol in Nashville plays the same chippy game (minus the redeeming Perry talent), and I don’t think too many sympathy cards are being sent to him as he recovers from his concussion — certainly no team identity like the Ducks there, so it must be attitude in his case, too.

I look for Bobby Ryan to get some decent icetime for four games at least, and maybe Coach Randy will decide to give him some more after Perry’s return, too; especially with Selanne out.

It’ll be interesting to see if Getzlaf drops off a bit with Perry out — I doubt it, unlike the reverse when Getzlaf was hurt.

by Bob Roberts on Jan 4, 2009 4:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Ryan’s starting to look excellent.

by James Mirtle on Jan 4, 2009 5:44 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, for the life of me, I’ll never understand what’s going through players’ heads (perhaps nothing?) when they do something like this.

But admittedly, my copy of “the code” is missing several pages, so maybe it’s an old-time hockey thing I missed :)

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by Dominik on Jan 4, 2009 2:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

In every sense of the word

That’s scummy. Freaking terrible and uncalled for.

Gross Misconduct with Hockey Joe

by HockeyJoe on Jan 4, 2009 1:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Game misconduct?

The hit shouldn’t have been a misconduct, it should have been a match penalty. If that wasn’t intent to injure, I don’t know what is!

by slusty on Jan 4, 2009 3:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

As in a game misconduct?

by James Mirtle on Jan 4, 2009 3:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I’ve never been a fan of Perry and this move is exactly why I don’t like him. Pronger must be so proud.

by kmstiles on Jan 4, 2009 4:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Expected

Those types hits are to be expected from Ducks. It’s inherent in their organization. For that reason, Perry should’ve been suspended for more games. The organization has a whole should be penalized too.

by auxlepli on Jan 4, 2009 5:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

It’s probably a tough enough job setting these suspension lengths on the act itself — I’m not in favor of complicating the formula based on how much you hate that team.

It’s Perry’s first suspension, I believe — I think that matters more than what his teammate’s history is.

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by Earl Sleek on Jan 5, 2009 1:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

To answer an above question (again), Perry has always been a dirty player. Junior, pros, he’s always been this cheap.

by Resolute on Jan 4, 2009 6:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

If Perry’s a star player, I’m a blogging luminary. He’s got talent, but the word “star” gets thrown around like so much dirt these days. Ryan Getzlaf is the star of that line.

by Doogie2K on Jan 4, 2009 10:52 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

He’s 23 and has more points than fellows like Lecavalier and Alfredsson. Perry’s very, very good; the production’s coming.

by James Mirtle on Jan 5, 2009 12:19 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

If points alone determined star status, then Craig Conroy would be a star for his 2001-02 season. Perry is an excellent talent, no doubt, but he’s riding Getzlaf’s coattails.

by Resolute on Jan 5, 2009 2:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Like I said, he’s got talent, but I don’t think he’s the one that makes or breaks that line. That’s the point I’m making: talented players put up points; star players create them.

by Doogie2K on Jan 6, 2009 12:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs