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Originally Posted by MattyC
Yeah I would agree. Every highlight reel of Stevens is chock full of elbows to faces. And yes, elbowing was a penalty then too. Whether they called the penalty or not is irrelevant.
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The thing was, at the time players were taught to skate with their heads up. If they didn't than Stevens or another player would remind them. Euros were particularly vulnerable but now they've changed the rules to protect them and others deemed having star quality. At the rate we're going in another 20 years hitting will be outlawed.