# NHL: November 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 5, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2015/736740 "2015-11-05T18:24:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2015/736740/21 "2015-11-28T16:28:31Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Brad Dubinsky slashes Sidney Crosby from behind in the back of the neck, and Columbus fans laugh. Stay classy. (Fortunately, Sid was all right). Dubinsky takes a two minute minor. Evgeni Malkin steps up to fight Dubinski when he gets out of the bin, Malkin gets a five minute major. Don’t ever let anyone tell you the league is biased towards the Pens. Dubinsky is also having a disciplinar hearing today. What happened with the Malkin fight? The box score shows off setting fighting majors but neither with Dubinsky and the it says Malkin got a penalty for fighting Johansen and Johnson got a penalty for fighting Malkin. Could be a typo. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2015/736740/22 "2015-11-29T00:23:56Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Is there a rational reason why pro hockey is the only major sport in which teams routinely hide exactly why their players are injured? > > Is there an enormous advantage opponents gain by learning that someone has a knee sprain or hernia as opposed to “a lower body injury”? “Upper body injury” could be anything from TMJ syndrome to an infected armpit. > > True, there are embarrassing injuries (like baseball’s Moises Alou falling off the treadmill). Apparently it is only the NHL that creates a big mystery about why players are on the injured list. A lot of it has to do with the nature of hockey. Because of targeted hits, checks, fighting, etc, they want to avoid opponents aiming for various parts of a player’s body. (I believe in sometimes they’ll say “upper body” when it’s actually lower) > [@tim-n-va](#): > > Dubinsky is also having a disciplinar hearing today. What happened with the Malkin fight? The box score shows off setting fighting majors but neither with Dubinsky and the it says Malkin got a penalty for fighting Johansen and Johnson got a penalty for fighting Malkin. Could be a typo. I don’t remember exactly, just that Malkin got a major for instigating. Dubinsky got one game. While I wouldn’t have minded a few more, I’m happy with the results. Sidney wasn’t seriously hurt, and this was Dubinsky’s first suspension. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2015/736740/23 "2015-11-29T01:37:04Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Brad Dubinsky slashes Sidney Crosby from behind in the back of the neck, and Columbus fans laugh. Stay classy. (Fortunately, Sid was all right). Dubinsky takes a two minute minor. Evgeni Malkin steps up to fight Dubinski when he gets out of the bin, Malkin gets a five minute major. Don’t ever let anyone tell you the league is biased towards the Pens. With the caveat that I didn’t see the game, I don’t know what you’re complaining about. A two-minute minor is the normal call for cross-checking, unless the ref saw an obvious attempt to injure or an actual injury occurred. And a five-minute major is automatic for fighting. Malkin and Jack Johnson were both given majors for it. Dubinsky subsequently got a one-game suspension for the cross-check, presumably after video review revealed a more serious intent than the ref had seen. Malkin himself is no saint – he got two slashing calls earlier in the game. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2015/736740/24 "2015-11-29T02:59:27Z")
I did watch the game. Crosby was playing right on the edge of the rules. He and Dubinsky don’t like each other. I was watching NHL gamecenter and didn’t hear any Columbus fans laughing at the cross check. Malkin was looking for trouble.I’m not sure that was the smartest move, taking Malkin off the ice for 5 minutes. Jackets have their first 3 on 3 overtime and Cam Atkinson pulls off the game winning goal [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-november-2015/736740.md?page=1)