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Update: Denver’s Martin hospitalized for fractured vertebra

Sioux fans prayers are with Jesse martin and his family. But this post is not what Chambers post said. It reported a hard hit as Jesse skated the puck up the ice. It stated the was no penalty called and that it was not until after jesse was cared and transported off the ice that the penalty was assessed. a hge differnce than the post here. I am praying for Jesse Martins recovery as a fan I do not want to see anyone injred

Maybe hockeyfan should look at the hit. It was a clean hit, Martin had his head down and was an unfortunate accident.

bumstripes it was Maine not New Hampshire. The Maine weekend was truely a bad weekend. Even Dave Starman commented on how physical the Sioux are. They have always play that way. So do many other WCHA teams. I do remember a checking from behind incident the ended up injuring Robbie Bina. Not to compare the two, but injuries do happen.

You guys that are complain about if it was a clean or dirty hit. If you watch it at game speed it hard to see the elbow to the head. Yes with the benefit of youtube and other you can see that it does happen. But he was not leading with the elbow, he did not leave his feet, and he was gliding. Martin was caught with his head down. Malone did have a good head of steam when he came into the zone and Martin head was up. It happened with in seconds the Martin head went down and Malone hit him. Debate all you want but do not throw a 20 yr old under the bus for a hit YOU think was dirty. I just hope that the WCHA will look at the hit and make a ruling on that and that only.

As a parent of three players, a youth coach, a college hockey fan, and a Fighting Sioux hockey fan my thoughts and prayers go out to Jesse and the Martin family.

First and foremost thoughts and prayers go out to Jesse Martin, his family and his team mates. They aren’t playing tennis or badmitton. The game of hockey is extremely fast, physical, and requires split second decisions. Charging is when you either leave your feet to hit someone and/or take excessive strides to hit someone. I didn’t see that with Malone. Emotions run high. It is amazing more skaters aren’t injured if you ask me and fortunately as a fan we don’t see more serious injuries. The game of hockey is special and requires special physical talents and cognitive abilities to play the fast paced game we love and admire. As a former player take your pick….UND vs DU, UND vs CC, Gophers vs UND, WI vs UND….its the WCHA. Are any of these games ever non-physical? I am a Badger fan and pro WCHA of course. I don’t wish anyone seriously hurt regardless of the team. Please don’t tell me BC, or MI, or Cornell or countless others aren’t physical? It’s hockey. If you don’t take the body, pretty safe bet you will lose. UND has always been a tough, gritty, fast, talented team and doubt they will ever change. You have to be nuts to want to go to school in North Dakota anyway! Hakstol doesn’t send his players out to be cheap. The skaters make their own decisions when on the ice. I guarantee you Malone is disturbed about the situation. It may be a good idea to sit Malone for a game or two. It is very unfortunate and I hope that Jesse has a quick recovery and back on the skates soon.

The guys head was down and he was leaning forward so his head was at Malone’s elbow level. Thats different than putting your elbow up to hit somebody.

you have to look at the finley one and see what wheeler was doing, they were goin after each other all game, so they both caused that fight. The gopher sioux rivalry is a big one with a lot of emotion…If you don’t like go watch another sport.

Just saw the clip. I totally agree his head was down, but you have to be competely blind if you dont see an elbow to the head. i love how, on the slow motion replays, you can actually see his elbow come up as he approachs Martin. You have to be blind and an idiot (or a ND fan apparently) not to see it.

Sorry It was the North Dakota, the team of neadertals. That entire team and it’s coach is a disgrace. Every year there is at least one instance where that team has a moment like this. The WCHA doesnt have the spine to do anything about it and the NCAA doesnt give Hockey enough consideration to care. Hope the poor kid from Dener is ok and I also hope some krma comes to Malone, who is a cheap shot punk, just like the rest of the team.

Maine/New Hampshire, North Dakota/South Dakota, England/Ireland, Lebanon/Israel – no real difference between them, easily confused.
I saw reference to the “three stride” criterion for determining a charging call. I don’t think it’s still in the syllabus. Deliberately running into an opponent at high speed, no matter when or how this speed was achieved, constitutes charging.

North Dakota’s current roster has 16 draft picks. I think they are doing something right up in North Dakota whether you like them or not.

I would just like to add that I was at the game you provide as your first example and the Gophers were cheap shotting as much as the Sioux were that night. The fans in Minneapolis were far from classy as well and if I remember right they were throwing trash onto the rink at the Sioux players.

1) Get better soon, Martin. My prayers are with you.
2) Lay-off Malone, people. The kid feels bad enough, and he has made amends with Martin. Two grown-up men resolving a conflict; I’d be proud to have either one on my team. That’s true sportsmanship, and yes it came from a UND player.
3) Here is a reason why people don’t like the Sioux… most have come from a Canadian club system (not the reason). The game of hockey is played and taught WAY differently than in the States. I am not defending every bad penalty or hit a sioux player has given over the years, but I am bringing attention to the reason WHY UND hockey is more aggressive. There are different ways to play the game, and I encourage everyone to keep an open mind here… Take for instance U of MN, BC, etc., these are finesse based teams. They rely on puck movement over the body. Teams like UND rely on the body, knock the player off the puck, wear them down, and in the process pump-up your team. This is taught in Canada which is UND’s game type. Sometimes hits are more vicious and need to be called upon, like this. Sioux players either forget, don’t know, or don’t care that the NCAA rules and their enforcement is a lot more strict than in Canadian juniors.