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Keeping him reined in and not tiptoeing too far over that line will be key, and what many said that Rick Tocchet would be able to do when Downie was brought in this summer. What we've seen through 4 games is that Downie plays along the edge. When Downie can get a Top-4 defenseman to take a misconduct penalty, that's a trade-off that Penguins fans should be willing to take all the time. Hamonic also received a 10-minute misconduct, and a penalty for instigating. I loved how Downie came out of the hit knowing there would be a response and was ready to protect himself in what seemed like fractions of a second.ĭownie was given a penalty for charging, which is fair, as well as the matching fighting penalties for both he and Hamonic. I don't want to see anyone get hurt, but going into the corner with your head down is irresponsible, and I'm happy to see that Nielsen wasn't injured on the play. Hamonic took exception to it, and dropped the gloves with Downie. Former NHLer Steve Downie went on a lengthy Twitter rant on Friday night, taking aim at hockey commentator Don Cherry and the Arizona Coyotes organization. Nothing good comes from those (videos),' Downie wrote on Twitter in response to an image showing his hit on former Ottawa Senators center Dean McAmmond as a member of the Philadelphia Flyers in 2007.

In the 3rd period, Frans Nielsen went into the corner with his head down, and was hit hard by Downie. This is absolutely not the first time in a game between the Penguins and Islanders that Travis Hamonic needed settled down, and Downie did a fine job at it. He took enough of those during play, but as Mike Johnston noted after the game to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Seth Rorabaugh, the Penguins can kill penalties that are a result of Downie playing physical. Steve Downie Pointing at Travis Hamonic dot GIF forward slash loop forever and ever.ĭownie didn't do anything stupid here, or take any extra penalties. Travis Hamonic decided to step in and have some words for Crosby, and thats when Steve Downie decided to let Hamonic know he was there. After the buzzer to end the period, Halak and Crosby were both talking with the officials and chirping each other a bit. Late in the 2nd period, Sidney Crosby got tangled up behind the net with Jaroslav Halak. Last night against the Islanders, Downie may have endeared himself to many more fans. Ontario Provincial Police marine unit (OPPCR/Twitter). the Anaheim Ducks, Steve Downie jumped in to let Ryan Kesler know he was on the ice after Kesler hit Letang hard, and Kesler seemed to disappear for the rest of the game. Other NHL stars like Steve Downie and Michael Hutchinson came out to play a little ball too.