Shane O'Brien suspended 2 games for stick foul vs. Florida

is it bad that a huge SOB fan like myself started laughing when I saw this being tweeted?

This is 110% BULL until the NHL decides to release video of this incident.

Absolutely amazed in the year 2011 that an incident leading to a suspension hasn’t gotta one iota of attention prior to a hearing being conducted. I didn’t see anything mentioned from either Nashville or Florida, general fans of the league, haters, NOTHING. NADA!

I’m completely baffled and pretty upset by this…

This league’s officiating and enforcement of it’s own rules is embarrassing. At most, the incident might have been called for a two-minute high-stick, but 2 freakin games?

Backstrom, nothing.

If SOB gets 2 games, then Brown should be kicked out of the league, makes as much sense as this suspension.

and he was given a 1-game sit-down by the league in November 2009 for spearing Sean Avery.

Canucks lost to the Rangers last night…..

Because we challenge this ruling, everybody will look at us like this…

Brett Favre didn’t get suspended for the incident involving his stick…

Sean Leahy of Puck Daddy found a grainy video.
that’s almost nothing?

why in the world didn’t the ref’s call a penalty at that moment?? If Weiss showed the ref’s he was cut – they should have assessed a penalty.

I have to take back my statement from earlier. After watching the video, that was pretty bad of SOB to hack and then spear Weiss in the face. Gruesome and suspension worthy indeed.

C’Mon Shane, you know better than that. This ain’t Vancouver. Hahaha. Just joshin’ with ya missy. ;)

… and a very deserving suspension.

But where the hell is Burrow’s suspension?!

I will give Shane the benefit of the doubt here and assume he didn’t mean to hit Weiss in the face and make him bleed but just the fact that he used his stick as a spear is dumb enough. I hope Sulzer can step up and log some big minutes against the Hawks this weekend because the team is going to need him to play big for sure.

I just didn’t see what would cause a suspension from this. It looks like SOB’s head and eyes are down and no intentional hit to the face….it just so happens that Wiess’s head is down somewhat and got hit. I’ll admit though that while I’m a very avid Preds fan I only have a few years of hockey following under my belt to go by so I’m relying alot on reading input from others. I assume the league cracks down on the use of the stick more than I thought. Go Preds and c’mon Sulzer!

you make it really hard to be a crazy homer conspiracy theorist.

but here is my best shot:
Do you think, with this and the Brown suspension coming on the same night, that Campbell just got bored or something?

those announcers sounded like Sidney Crosby with their whining

I can’t see SOB’s stick actually making contact with the guys face.
This is like a puck that crosses the line but it is below the goalie’s glove so you can’t SEE it cross the line so it is not a goal.
Shame on SOB for attempting to spear someone.