He’s not playing, he’s suspended!
I can see the stick boy in Slap Shot now. It seems the AHL got a tape of the hit Cam Janssen put on Mitch Love Wednesday night, and have handed him a two game suspension for his actions.
Janssen and Gladiator Runner up Mike Sgroi were trying all night to get either Gordie Dwyer, or Mitch Love to fight them. I saw love turn Janssen down at least three times, and Dwyer turned them both down probably another six times. Gordie is a super nice kid and all, but he is about as interested in fighting in the AHL, as I am in being ass raped in MCI Cedar Junction. At one point during the game Gordie and Janssen were locked up in a scrum along the boards after a stoppage in play. It appeared to me that Cam tagged Dwyer once, and Gordie turtled. Typical Lockmonster behavior truth be told.
As the game wore on, Janssen and Sgroi were growing tired of the lack of intestinal fortitude shown by the entire Lowell squad. Near the end of the third, Love was breaking out of his zone and had just dished the puck to his partner. As he dished it Janssen lined him, left his feet, and drilled Love, sending him sprawling to the ice. Love’s partner Tomas Slovak jumped in and challenged Janssen. Kudos to Slovak for sticking up for his teammate. Slovak was way out matched by Janssen, and really has no business fighting him at all. He did a great job keeping Janssen at bay, and getting his head far away from Janssen. I don’t really think either guy landed any punches. The penalty box attendant said Janssen winked at Slovak on the way to the box, and gave him a ton of credit for sticking up for Love.
I feel the suspension is warranted. Janssen is lucky he didn’t get a major for intent to injure on the hit. I don’t blame him for doing it, he’s just trying to do his job, but you do the crime, you gotta do the time. That is my second prison reference today. Maybe I do want to go to Cedar Junction? Oh wait….
Dwyer is a great guy. Thanks for introducing me to him the other night. Now, let’s get him out for beers.
I’d love to. He can put em back boy. I saw him after tonight’s game, and I asked how his shoulder was feeling. He said it felt better than he expected, so that’s good news. He also said he should have fought Janssen the other night, but he wasn’t ready to go yet. We’ll see if that’s the case the next time they meet.
I was out tonight and I ran into some friends of the site. Good feedback from them all. They like ya, Chris.