It seems as though our team is really starting to gel at the right time. With another win and a strong defensive game, we are peaking at the right time with the Coupe de France less than a week away. We took down Morzine 4-2 on Saturday night, but may have lost our Captain Edo Terglav for a long period of time.
Early in the first period Edo made a pass and proceeded to skate a few strides, then out of nowhere took a violent hip check to knees. The worst part is that Edo had passed the puck about 3 seconds earlier and was totally unsuspecting as he was attacked low from the side. Having just jumped onto the ice on a line change, and seeing our captain lay motionless on the ice, I skated towards the scrum of players and was the first to reach the ever cowardly Morzine player. Instead of standing up for himself, he panicked and scurried behind the net for protection. By the time I got a hold of him, the rest of his teammates were there to protect him. Had this been in North America, there certainly would have been a fight, but in France you could get a 2 games suspension and fined 150 euros. So unfortunately, you have players on the ice second guessing themselves, wondering if the punishment would fit the crime. After the game Edo being pretty upset asked only that the Morzine player hit him straight on instead of going after his knees. Even if it was a late hit.
There is a video below of the hit, so instead of taking my word for it, you can see it for yourself
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbz1gr_faute-de-nicolas-daoust-et-debut-de_sport
We had a 5 minute power play, I was in the box with a coincidental minor for roughing and by the time we had a whistle, there was 1:30 left in our advantage. We ended up scoring with about 15 seconds left, then again about 5 minutes later on another power play.
News on our captain right now is unclear, we have a big game Friday at home before we leave for Paris Bercy to play the final of La Coupe de France.
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