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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Skates across the ice to hit him, then leaves his feet. It was the most blatant charge I have seen this year.
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I agree that Cole's hit was a charge, but I don't think whether or not a player leaves his feet should be the point of decision on whether or not a hit is good or bad. Depending upon the force of the hit, both players in several instances will be lifted off of their feet. This also happens with hits that I would deem as perfectly clean.
For me, it was enough that Cole targeted Jankowski and skated across the ice to blow him up. It also looked to me like he got his arm up high when he hit him. I am undecided about whether he left his feet while launching into Jankowski, or whether it was the hit itself that carried him off his feet.