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Originally Posted by Poe969
The player also has to worry about his own safety. I'm sure Ryan could have done something more to get out of the way but maybe he thought he'd injure himself by doing so. Either way, he didn't really "run" the goalie as he was trying to stop. It's a crappy play but it does happen a lot and if roles were reversed we'd be saying it was all the defenders fault for pushing him.
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Yeah he definitely broke his fall on Hiller, I'll give you that. I still feel like he didn't need to follow through with the shoulder to the head. But the game is played fast and I don't think Ryan had any malicious intent.
I do think it's ridiculous that the PBP was so adamant it should be a penalty. It's definitely not suspension worthy, but Ryan was the second player in and driving harder to the net then he needed to be in that situation.