Ross Colton Game Misconduct Penalty Against Timo Meier And Boarding Penalty Against Luke Hughes

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[@CodyFresh16]

Damn be tough, but dont put your team on the penalty kill for 7 minutes LOL

[@pritok6]

to be fair avs needed this kind of spark they were sleeping last week or so lol

[@Liofa73]

Avs were winning... and he goes and does that... idiot.

[@metsboi2018]

But they ended up getting a shorty. Devils just can't have the lead ever can they

[@Buttmannopfer19]

He probably saw what Marchand did to Liljegren and said why not?

[@DanglesforDays]

I was at this game. now i get the 7 min call. I didn't know the major was for the cross check after! I thought it was for the boarding. live i didn't see the cross check. I thought he just punched that guy. Good call! Go Avs

[@TheZombiemofo]

I think if there was no video review it's likely it would've been a double major, but on review you see Hughes turn away just before the hit is thrown. If they had the same positioning of when the hit is thrown for the entire sequence, then he gets tossed for the boarding.

[@KamaiyahFurriends]

Girard reaction after the crosscheck lmao 😂

[@leonsonkin3865]

my man Ross lost his mind for about 10 seconds

[@KamaiyahFurriends]

Man after seeing it i think hughes knew there was gonna be contavt and didnt even protect himself ? Brace for impact buddy

[@yomanyoman2290]

Its like hughes is OBLIVIOUS like what are you doing brace for impact?? You're a 100% right

[@TheCB157]

Calls correct but jeez these young guys don’t protect themselves. Games getting chippy and Hughes looks like he doesn’t think he’ll get hit!

[@Atlas531]

Was thinking the same. It's like walking in front of a speeding car in a crosswalk. Sure, it's the driver's fault, but you're still the one paying the price.

[@peterazarian5001]

there is nothing Hughes could've done there. He went to the puck as he should. The issue is Colton hit him in the numbers, early, and far from the wall. Hughes isn't prepared for the impact of the early hit, so he was compeltely defenseless. It's a dangeroud and reckless hit that deserved more than a $5k fine

[@TheCB157]

@@peterazarian5001 you just reiterated my point... “Hughes isn’t prepared for the early hit”. I agree it’s dirty but my point is that a lot of these young guys don’t recognize when something dirty is coming. You can either slow up, make contact earlier and ride into the boards with Colton, or bail spin when you see him commit to the dirty hit. The last thing you do is coast in with straight legs like it’s a summer skate scrimmage.

[@BackyardBitcoin]

It’s very odd Hughes turned right when the pucks going left. It’s a hockey hit that didn’t look dirty. A minor penalty imo too.

[@DDWyss]

Exactly. Why is Hughes not expecting the shoulder hit from Colton? 99 out of 100 times a player in Hughes' position should be expecting contact there. I know Hughes doesn't touch the puck, but the puck is within reach of both players. Colton simply does what most players would do in that situation and Hughes is inexplicably unprepared for it.

[@matjkoz]

It's the foot that changes it for me

[@xRawPower]

Came back to this clip after Luke got absolutely smoked tonight on a very similar play. The kid just does not seem to understand that he needs to protect himself in these moments, and the NHL is doing him, all the players, and all the fans a huge disservice by attempting to police "dangerous contact" like this out of the game. Truly sad for those of us who actually enjoy the sport of hockey, to see it cannibalized by a bunch of suits trying to fundamentally change it into something it isn't, so they can sell it to a different crowd of ppl who do not care about it at all.

[@BackyardBitcoin]

@@xRawPower agreed, well said.

[@ArchieCrypto]

I just got home from this game. There were several hits like this that led the Avs to a 7 minute penalty. The Avs in the first period played like shit, but they killed it in the second and especially the third. Lots of Devil’s fans there.

[@willster7851]

This hot def sparked the avalanche and woke them up. They were actually skating well in the second and third. it felt like a playoff game.

[@ArchieCrypto]

@@willster7851 I told my buddy after the first that they were going to get reamed in the locker room and come back skating and playing like an NHL team. He started laughing and said I think they got reamed. It was a good game after that.

[@ilposteraro]

They’re all running away from a place they’re so loud and proud of. Ain’t no green pastures here! 🤦‍♂️

[@oopopp]

Marchand woulda just got a wink from the refs...

[@sonofsamhain4208]

cope

[@SlavaUkraini86]

And Jack Edwards would have said Timo Meier should have received a penalty for embellishment.

[@johnbrowne2170]

Actually Marchand has a long string of suspensions.

[@poopmcgee2410]

​@@johnbrowne2170refs don't suspend players

[@johnbrowne2170]

@@poopmcgee2410 REFEREE REPORTS ARE ROUTINELY USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PLAYER SAFETY BEFORE SUSPENSIONS ARE HANDED DOWN.

[@DJEK44]

Good call by the ref. Usually I'm poed with their game management calls to balance out the penalty stats.

[@pagejames8754]

Problem is they don't call this consistently. Makar was boarded far more obviously than this hit with officials literally standing by him earlier this season and no call whatsoever

[@kevinthedp]

Yeah but Hughes is one of the leagues golden boys, he gets special treatment

[@jefflarson1652]

Makar lost an edge before Okposo even touched him and the touching part is debatable because you really can't tell from the replays.

[@DDWyss]

Are you saying Makar isn't one of the league's golden boys?@@kevinthedp

[@lund15]

"Gotta catch em all", injuring the Hughes clan, Quinn is next.

[@rudraksha11gaming66]

They got Jacked out of their Hughes'

[@ShaneGlass-r9n]

Nearly the same hit on Makar the other night that was a no call

[@willster7851]

Yup exactly. Think back against Seattle in the playoffs too when eberle hot cogliano head first into the boards anD cogs left w a neck injury. No call in that one either.

[@kradz5172]

​@@willster7851and that was garbage. Officiating in the NHL has been awful for a while. No consistency. I also think the injury angle is a bad way for the league to look at things. Not getting a serious injury could be because of a matter of centimeters. The hit, if it's illegal, should be dealt with the same whether the player breaks their neck or doesn't miss a shift.

[@jorden1234567899]

As a life long avs fan: I think the calls were correct, Colton got a little out of control for sure. Boarding is what it is, mainly say that cause this game was already aggressive, but the cross check was just so uncalled for. Just didn't need to do that at all for any reason, especially when we are down and now have 7 min of penitently killing to do. Overall, great game to watch!!

[@jangles7906]

Avs weren't down, they were up 2 to 1 when this happened

[@holymackenaw]

100% boarding but Hughes puts himself in that position too. if you watch him skate. first he gets slower and in the last second turns his feet to block out Colton with his hip. thats why he is so light on his feet. if he didnt turn his feet both would have crashed into the boards shoulder on shoulder. i think its a short suspension.

[@AwesomeNuke]

The last second "turn" literally has no impact. It happened less than 0.5 sec before the hits. Wouldn't have changed the outcome if he didn't

[@g00se88]

He saw hughes number and still went for a big hit. What do you think is going to happen. Penalty 100% of the time.

[@moderndaydrifter4672]

Beautiful hit, jersey player needs to pay attention.hes playing one of the fastest roughest games around.

[@bdilli85]

I think Ross needs to be self-policed. People continue to say that enforcers and fighting aren't needed any more, but here is yet another example of why they are.

[@pagejames8754]

Nah they got the penalty. If you don't get one, you self police

[@natanbegnini7545]

I agree, because these dumb people are at least a fan of Gary Bettman. And that’s why the enforcers are no longer fighting with each other in defense of superstars who are constantly hurt

[@bdilli85]

@pagejames8754 agreed, but what Meier would have been injured? RC has to be ready to answer the bell when it dings, or learn another way....

[@Keithfert490]

Meier is completely fine. Dude didn't even get cut lmao

[@avsrock1561]

Funny... girard got smoked way worse in 2022 playoffs nearly same play with no call... what's absurd here though is that a min before this the Avs got called for to many men?.. when clearly it wasn't... do think Toronto asked about that when the refs where on the phone with them...lol

[@HandOfGod21]

Can we get the end of game shenanigans from Flyers vs Sharks? I think there was 4 misconducts in the final 5 seconds.

[@jacki630]

Absolutely disgusting

[@brandor763]

Wakey wakey, Hughes

[@davids7943]

And in the playoffs the boys in stripes would say play on...

[@chillminipainting]

This isn't the first time that Hughes has been unable to prepare himself for body contact. This isn't Junior A, this is the NHL.

[@petervaneynde8463]

Now review the hit on Makar in the previous game

[@jefflarson1652]

The one where Makar's left skate lost an edge before Okposo even touched him, if he did touch him.

[@Sickologist100]

May have not been boarding to some but a definite slew foot on the initial hit and the hit to Timo was just stupid. Thank god colorado survived that game cause Ross Colton could've screwed them

[@Loopholez91]

So McDavid crosschecked JT Miller in the face. Didn't recieve a major for that. So what constitutes a major now?

[@Tridgit]

miller hit him back instantly is probly the difference

[@Batchat2352]

He didnt board

[@timdowney6721]

With Bettman, it all depends on who you are.

[@RyanJ8]

Mcdavid punched him while holding his stick. He didn't crosscheck his head. I'm not an oilers fan

[@AsKnownAsLucy]

Hughes took that hit really well

[@chrisdavis273]

Lol

[@falconpunch6360]

Incredibly dangerous hit, so so so dirty.

[@jangles7906]

Nah. Hughes was daydreaming there. If he protected himself like 99% of players would have, that hit would have been nothing. The cross check was uncalled for though.

[@jeromilittle]

Hughes is an idiot! Just asking for the boarding call by positioning himself like that. Could have ended his own career! But Colton’s crosscheck was just reckless. I know he was anticipating the obligatory teammate retaliation, but you don’t crosscheck a guy to the face.

[@willhassed3993]

Lol compared to the hit on Makar this really doesn't look like anything

[@Conada1002]

There’s nothing wrong with that hit imo. He engaged Hughes along the boards and leaned into his core. League is getting soft. The cross check certainly was the right call, but that was a clean check on Hughes.

[@jeffreycairns767]

Getting? It's a pussy league these days. I could see MAYBE an interference penalty but that's it. Clean hit.

[@TheZombiemofo]

If the player doesn't have possession you can't hit them. How is you not understanding the rules the league being soft?

[@michelrenaud3431]

Not the right call. He deserved two majors, the boarding on Hughes was so damn dangerous. He deserved a 1 or 2 games suspension for the cross check and a 5 games suspension for the boarding. Imagine if Hughes breaks his neck and becomes paraplegic? I saw that happen when I was at the arena in Sherbrooke in Junior hockey years ago, the young man who was ifrom behind became completely paralyzed for life. Hitting a guy who does not have the puck from behind 10 feet from the board at high speed is insanely dangerous.

[@aaronrhodes7268]

“Shoulder to shoulder” Hits him between the numbers

[@smallbro11]

Correct me if im wrong, but why doesnt anyone discuss interference with this hit?? Colton had the inside and could have easily picked up that puck, but decided to slam Hughes WELL after he last touched the puck

[@PERCANGLE412]

Avs fans sorry as hell for booing these calls. So many rich folk who don’t know hockey at these games now

[@GoldCountryTrapping]

If you arent going to go after the puck get out of the way......

[@atomicfroster]

there has to be some responsibility by Huges there, he knew what was coming and put himself in that position

[@TheFrodoBaggins33]

Colton intentionally chose to hit Hughes into the boards dangerously, he could've waited until they were closer to the boards so it wouldnt be boarding, but Colton chose to be dumb

[@nolane3972]

that is 100% interference my dude, what are you talking about?

[@atomicfroster]

@@nolane3972 sure, it wasnt a great hit, but if you want to have a long career you need to make smarter choices, the human factor comes into play, your not playing robots that will make the right call 100% of the time

[@atomicfroster]

@@TheFrodoBaggins33 i didnt say clean hit, but he starts out shoulder to shoulder and then turns his back to him, if you want to have a long healthy career dont put ur self in that position

[@xtripledee8022]

@@nolane3972100% a penalty on the hit, but he’s right. You go into the corners you gotta protect yourself. Siegs and Hughes went made lazy plays into the corners and put themselves in bad positions on both those big hits.

[@timchumichuck306]

that was a good shoulder-to-shoulder hit on the play, hughes is a girl who doesn't want to play the man first and turns from the play scared shitless and got what any deer in the headlights gets, splattered

[@BobbyBoucher228]

How are Av’s fans going to justify this one?

[@CJ-1776]

They aren't from what I've seen. You have to call that boarding even if it was a shoulder hit. Then the cross check was just plain stupid. Pretty bad sequence for Colton that could have cost his team the game. If the Devils had any defense at all they could have won. Gave up like 10 odd man rushes. You can't cut Colorado's forwards loose like that 10 times and expect to win anything.

[@davidkrivanka]

who the hell crosschecks to the face wtf, that should be STOP for atleast 2 games

[@williewalker8048]

Perfect call. These players are crosschecking way to high these days. Gotta bring em down boys. Those composite sticks are lethal compared to an old dried out Sherwood.

[@michelrenaud3431]

And nobody on the Devils goes after him?

[@tubemarcus]

As much as I agree with you, they've officiated that out of today's game

[@PDXMW1]

If the NHLPA wanted to improve player safety and reduce major injuries- they’d lobby for boarding to be a 5min major. Boarding needs to be banished from this sport.

[@tf2529]

Clearly there was intent to injure on both the hit snd the cross check. A suspension should be handed out.

[@tubemarcus]

Colton went full on spazz mode on that shift. What a dork.

[@jamesvalenti9288]

Good call...this hit reminds me of a hockey joke...why cant Jesus play hockey? He keeps getting nailed into the boards...Hope Hughes is ok.

[@marshallmykietyshyn4973]

When the ref is shaking his head before he announces your penalty, you should know you f'd up. I'm surprised the board was only 2. That was a super dangerous play. I woulda called 5 and 5.

[@franklee6301]

It was a clean hit and wouldn't have been called five years ago.

[@marshallmykietyshyn4973]

@@franklee6301 Definitely was not a clean hit. Pretty clear boarding penalty, especially by the way the rule is written, but also how it's been called since a lot longer than 5 years ago. And they're hopefully going to crack down on plays like this at some point. Similar thing happened to Makar a few games ago, and I thought that was super dangerous too. Guys are moving too fast nowadays for plays like this to be ok. Tie him up and ride him into the boards, sure, but don't hit a guy at high speed in a race like that.

[@jeffswail8446]

For sure a shoulder on shoulder check followed by defending yourself when when someone comes after you for it should be punished with a game misconduct, SEVEN MINUTES shorthanded and what the hell let's give him the death penalty.

[@StupidManCostume]

Cross checking someone in the face is defending yourself😂

[@roneified4405]

I'm an Avs fan and watched this live - refs absolutely got it right. I'm relieved that it didn't cost the Avs the game but it almost did. Ross Colton woke up and chose violence that morning lol

[@chef2042]

Hughes softened up and was asking to be boarded. You have to always be aware to be smacked to hell. That call was kinda weak.

[@paulwatson]

Colton was fined the max of $5000 for the cross check to Meier. No mention of sitting some games out.

[@THELEGENDOFTHESHADOW29]

I feel the boarding should've been 5 and the crosscheck 5 imo

[@jonnysnipes3123]

The Hughes hit was clean, he should have been paying attention to his surrounding. It’s not flag hockey you’ll get laid out day dreaming the min you touch the puck

[@markmazzella5222]

Even in the older days that would be a boarding or at least interference, the cross check to the face probably nothing

[@chrisbauman2562]

Hughes is built like just Bieber he ain't ever seen a hit like that

[@fanman7410]

If you hit somebody who dosen't have the puck , it used to be interference...

[@Bobby56248]

When I was watching I knew he was gonna play all body, he had no intention to go for the puck

[@TheDannydoe]

Which is a perfectly fine and normal way of defending that situation, but not like this.

[@debbiewilson8157]

Ross Colton rules!!! playoff player

[@aaroncostello8812]

Ummm...this just looks like hockey to me. 😂

[@jakemenu1148]

I'm still looking for how this is luke hughes fault.. so many people are blind or dumb

[@rawnchydeard4669]

And the Avs still won.

[@fearlessleader8623]

If colton goes straight into hughes i dont have a problem, but its when he pulls his elbow back and winds up that makes it vicious

[@buttkick22]

Thats just a pretty routine hitting motion. Still a bad hit but that “wind up” motion is nothing new or illegal…

[@fearlessleader8623]

@@buttkick22 pretty sure you cant spear or elbow someone, both penalties in the rule book..not quite a spear or elbow here, but the motion itself was grounds for a boarding penalty 100%, the refs agree

[@buttkick22]

@@fearlessleader8623 the motion had nothing to do with the boarding or the call…

[@buddyguy2669]

@@fearlessleader8623 You sound like you haven't played hockey, "tHe rEfS aGrEe" stfu you pussy

[@fearlessleader8623]

@@buttkick22 doubt the call would've been made without it, the motion added power to the hit...you need to study physics my guy

[@A-Fly-Guy]

It's a good call. The hit wasn't a major, Hughes turned his back when the hit was coming and it wasn't a boarding or a charge. The crosscheck was dumb and a 5.

[@rulinghabs]

I get the call but when did NHL players go into the boards and not expect to get hit?

[@HabsCanada1]

If I was on the ice there would be a fight win or lose.

[@MKGamingByMunish]

Imagine these 2 in the finals???

[@billsherman8755]

Where's Bobby Probert when you need him Marty McSorely these kids these days wouldn't get away with that shit with those guys on the ice

[@johnathanpatrick6118]

Ross, what are you doing?! The boarding was bad but the cross-check to Meier's face?! 😠😠 You know you're getting the hook, as you should!! Be grateful your Avs teammates won this game despite your putting them on a 7 minute penalty kill.

[@giantessmaria]

wouldn't want to be him next time the two teams play

[@jamieduckworth5017]

He didn’t do this win he played for Tampa Bay Lightning this is not good

[@jayjopam8505]

Entire league running the Devils. Pretty soon they will be down to calling up the entire AHL team.

[@g00se88]

Everyones scared of them

[@jayjopam8505]

@@g00se88 shouldn't be. Losing Graves and Severson to accommodate Meier killed the defense. It will take a couple of years for Hughes and Nemec to be effective in those minutes.

[@g00se88]

@@jayjopam8505 i agree on graves but severson? He’s been benched on columbus and was average at best with the devils. He wanted 6 mil and no way where the devils giving him that. The whole team is lacking defensively because they all think about scoring which leads to too many odd man rushes

[@jayjopam8505]

@@g00se88 he had to walk at $6 mil, but I suspect he would have stayed for less (as much of the core has) ... And you are right, as a top D guy, he is out of his depth, but he murdered as a third pairing guy. Last year's top 6 was really the secret sauce in my opinion. They all played to their Identity and fit together perfectly like puzzle pieces. In the short term, I also believe losing Nico is way more difficult to overcome than many believe... He sets the D mindset. Hughes gets the highlights, but Nico is really the key to winning imo

[@g00se88]

@@jayjopam8505 it hurts having your captain gone who’s a selke finalist. Not only does he win important faceoffs but plays defensively spectacularly. He’s bergeron but younger and still learning more

[@natanbegnini7545]

Devils need enforcers urgently, but it looks like Gary Bettman’s entertainment is for superstars to protect players, so the enforcers era is pretty seedy

[@ryanthiessen9040]

Colton should sit 5 games minimum. Blatant attempt to injure on Meier and an egregious boarding penalty. Sit his ass down for a bit.

[@j.thomas7128]

BULLSNOT!!! That's not hockey. The boarding should've been a major and game misconduct. That was disgusting. The fact that not one Av immediately ran at him blows me away. I get it, take the penalties and don't retaliate, but that deserved knocking teeth out. That was bad. Real bad.

[@ianhuntercatfish]

Hughes got Fd up

[@cooperhunt1406]

Good, clean hit

[@kingjoseph5901]

Man this dude gets tossed around way too often

[@BP21_]

Beautiful.

[@WhateverW0rkS]

Hughes is soft

[@Mike-gn4mh]

I’m an Avs fan but what Ross Colton did was totally uncalled for

[@insertlastname]

Gotta pay attention to who’s behind you

[@btgkg9639]

Are you really this stupid?

[@AngusArtEntertainment]

Careful with your stick, McSorley!

[@davidschantz5363]

Boarding call. Correct. Eddie needs glasses.

[@JadenJDH]

What a terrible response by luke’s teammates, they didn’t even care

[@geoffmorse4366]

Claude Lemieux Jr.

[@rudraksha11gaming66]

And then he bit another players leg

[@briankmavpro5246]

Look at his foot also. Maybe not intentional but the check was uncalled since he wasn’t even trying to play the puck.

[@myklaaron7879]

Sweep the leg. Exactly.

[@Topshelf87]

Must be a Wilson or Marchand fan.

[@g00se88]

Coltons a nobody trying to take out elite players.

[@Laughlin83]

What a goon.

[@Batchat2352]

The guy out for blood

[@TheSheepDipped]

Another example of a player thinking oh no one wil lhit me when i turn my back. This thought process has got to stop... ifHughes shoulderd back this never would of been this bad. This threatens the forcheck of the game and i hate it. Love you Huges but bro this is hockey learn to take a hit.

[@bryanb7050]

This was a hockey play. It was shoulder to shoulder. The issue is the league, while trying to protect the players, has become overly soft. This has also taken place in the NFL. Hughes is 135lbs which is why he flew like a doll. If he wasn’t the size of 16 year old it would not have been of a dramatic of a hit and fall

[@brandons9138]

He's 6'2 184.

[@yerb.]

you've definitely never touched the ice in your life..

[@megatone9139]

idk about the boarding on hughes. that one could go either way, but you are doing yourself no favors when you immediately follow it up with a crosscheck up high. maybe if you answer the bell there after a questionable hit meier would get an instigator and you would be all evened up. this is just zero awareness hockey.

[@oldman8952]

I don't understand why there was a penalty. That play was just fine when Brad Marchand did it to Liljegren.

[@realrealityeast6278]

Marchands was actually worse. Perks of playing for a garbo yank team in a yank touched sport though.

[@kingoftrolls19]

Cross check to face was right call. Boarding call however was BS.

[@btgkg9639]

It was boarding clear as day.

[@pwner101isawsome]

Bro Hughes just stood there lmao. He looked clueless. Was shoulder on shoulder @@btgkg9639

[@michaelb5119]

How is this not the most blatant boarding? Delusional clowns man

[@Spetsnazty]

nope, playing the puck. bad cross@@btgkg9639

[@kreygrant3994]

@@btgkg9639 learn the rules of hockey bud. It was clear shoulder to shoulder. Hughs just got outmuscled. when cogs broke his neck..thats boarding.

[@vbro1412]

Just another typical avalanche game. Is Colton related to lemieux? Punks

[@remington8917]

Nice hit clean

[@yerb.]

yea.. you need to put down the pipe

[@remington8917]

@@yerb. Explain where it was dirty shoulder to shoulder skates never left the ice this is hockey not chess ya the dude when into the boards weirs lost a edge turned last second but doesn't change it was a clean hit

[@yerb.]

@@remington8917 that was a boarding through and through.. but you do you bud

[@joshuaneal7552]

As a coach I'd double any suspension the league gives him for that cross check.

[@jangles7906]

Yeah, except you're not a coach in any league that matters so...

[@joshuaneal7552]

@@jangles7906Good one, dude!

[@jangles7906]

@@joshuaneal7552 Ha. Good sport!

[@joshuaneal7552]

@@jangles7906 I'm honestly unsure whether you know I was being sarcastic.

[@jangles7906]

​@@joshuaneal7552 Sounded more like hurt tbh

[@nonameguy19995]

He went shoulder to shoulder and got outmuscled 🤷‍♂️

[@pwner101isawsome]

I think the major was for the cross check after.

[@btgkg9639]

My god you people are stupid.

[@m3m3skin17]

who won?