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Tampa Bay Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier reacts to hit by Matt Cooke on Marc Savard
Safe to say Tampa Bay Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier and Penguins trouble-maker Matt Cooke are not best of friends. It was Cooke who ended Lecavalier's 2007-08 season with a check that dislocated Lecavalier's shoulder that needed surgery. Cooke then turtled the next season when Lecavalier tried to fight him. ... Read more
Tampa Bay Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier calls Pens' Matt Cooke "a dirty player"
Tampa Bay Lightning captain Vinny Lecavalier the other day said the shoulder-to-head hit Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke put on Boston's Marc Savard made him "sick." But now that the NHL has decided the hit, which was not penalized, does not warrant a suspension or fine, Lecavalier took it a bit further, saying he is "upset" Cooke was not disciplined and that the left wing is a dirty player. ... Read more
Pens' Matt Cooke considers himself marked
We all have read the outpouring of hate directed at Penguins trouble-maker Matt Cooke after his blind-side hit on Boston's Marc Savard. And we have heard how the hit, though not penalized or disciplined by the NHL, likely was the catalyst, along with the public and media outcry, to get the league's GMs to recommend that such hits be made illegal. Cook spoke to Pittsburgh reporters.
Here is the Q & A: ... Read more
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