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    The document discusses a head shot by Cormier during a game and the need to address dangerous hits in hockey. It notes that Cormier's hit was an elbow punch to the head, not a legal hit, and that the league needs to suspend players indefinitely for such hits to protect player safety rather than defending dangerous actions. While changing the NHL culture is important, efforts should also focus on safety at lower levels to prevent dangerous play from being modeled. The discussion expresses discouragement about how often serious head shots still occur in hockey.

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    Re: check out this head shot J

    to: Bob McKenzie

    01/18/2010 09:55 AM

    We really need to tear down "body contact" ie charging, hitting against


    boards ... exactly why we hit and when. Hitting is an exciting and essential
    part of the sport. However, we need to find answers. Courmiers was not a
    hit ... that should be understood though. It was an outright elbow punch to the
    head. And, no team should be able to defend him ... ie our process. Take
    time ... suspend indefinitely and investigate. I am a big fan of taking all the
    heat out of these things, not to the benefit of the hitter but to fairly deal
    with it.
    Original Message
    From: "Bob McKenzie"
    Sent: 01/18/2010 09:3::i ruv1 r.,;:;T
    To: Colin Campbell
    Subject: RE: check out this head shot

    I don't know if it can be cleaned up. What the fuck was Cormier
    thinking?
    I told Dr. Tator (Cherry's friend LOL) that he's mistaking a mistake
    trying to change the culture at the top. I know why he wants to do that,
    because it's the old trickle down theory, that is the kids look to the
    NHL as role models and if they're going to play a certain way, kids will
    follow.
    But my attitude is the NHL is the NHL and the danger/risk factors should
    be different than at any other level. For me, it's less about changing
    the way the NHL is and more about working from the bottom up. All the
    focus and energy needs to be done at minor hockey, junior hockey, at all
    amateur levels of the game.
    Not saying we ignore everything else, but I say the effort should be
    focused from the bottom up and not the to[ ciGwn.
    IN any case, it's all reall~ qui~e~sickening. So discouraging that it
    happens as often as it does a~d
    it ""oiS'7\_ 'tw some;. fX1::"~nt, what the game has
    become. I am not even outrage '_.any mo ne
    t /di~ouraged.
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    From: CCampbell
    Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 9:31 AM
    To: Bob McKenzie
    Subject: Re: check out this head shot

    .,u.$ \I

    Ok ... guess we are going to have to take the lead here and attempt, as
    difficult as it is, to clean all this up.
    Original Message
    From: "Bob McKenzie"
    Sent: 01/18/2010 09:06 AM EST
    To: Colin Campbell
    Subject: check out this head shot

    NHL0032267

    Happened yesterday. Patrice


    Roy is trying to get police

    Cormier, Canada's captain


    to lay charges. F-ugly.

    at WJC.

    Patrick

    http://bit.ly/8dc2bN

    NHL0032268

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