Ryan Suter mistake hurts Nashville Predators against Vancouver Canucks – NHL news
Ryan Suter, one of the best defenseman in the Nashville Predators line up, was very good during the course of the regular season. His disciplined and decent performances saw him awarding the opposing team with only 54 penalty minutes during the entire season
so far.
However, game four between Vancouver Canucks and the Predators of the crucial semi-final series saw him giving away a game-turning penalty that cost the Predators dearly. With seven minutes past in the final period, Suter was seen clearly by the officials
as he got hold of Canucks’ Ryan Kesler from the head and shoulders and brought him down.
The holding call that was earned by the Predators saw the Canucks scoring and breaking the 2-2 tie on which the game was during the power-play. In the end, the Canucks proved to be much better of the two sides as they won 4-2 and lead the series 3-1 now.
Both of the players were in the United States of America team that competed in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics in the final gold medal game against Canada. However, the Canadians proved to be very strong as they won the game after overtime to send the USA home
with a silver medal.
However, this is the National Hockey League and stakes are high over here with both players looking to put their respective teams into the Conference Finals.
“He hit (Predators center Mike Fisher) right in the face with his stick,” Suter said. “And I was just grabbing him to slow him down pretty easy, but it's over with.”
This is exactly what Kesler is out on the ice for- to intimidate the players and force them to commit fouls and earn penalties.
“He's no innocent guy out there,” Suter said. “He gets his stick up on that one right before I got the penalty there, he hit Fish in the face. He'll probably have to get stiches, but it's part of it, obviously, I shouldn't have done what I did.”
Head Coach of the Canucks was reluctant to give comments on the game and only said that it is a game and mistakes happen. The important thing is to accept them and learn from them, he added.
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