On December 17, 2011 Milan Lucic was charged with a one game suspension for checking Zac Rinaldo from behind, with no fine. I personally think that this was a bad call, and a bad decision by the people to say that this was worth a suspension because when a smaller collision on the boards happened, the puck popped out and Milan and Zac both went after the puck. When Milan hits Zac from behind, it looks like to me that Zac lifts up his legs and throws himself into the boards and falls to the ground. It was worth a penalty, but Zac didn’t even get hurt, so it wasn’t worth a suspension. Hockey is an aggressive sport. If you watch after the play is over, another player on the flyers comes over and throws a cross check to Milan Lucic. He should be charged with a roughing call at least.

Check out the video of the hit at:  http://video.bruins.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=0&id=143408

bruins website: http://bruins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=607294