Adrian Aucoin on the Bertuzzi Hit

Here’s a
rare perspective on the Bertuzzi incident. Adrian Aucoin is a former teammate
of Bertuzzi, and so has insight that every sports columnist in North America
(including those who never watch a game of hockey) lacks–a view from the ice:

It’s hard to say definitively whether the resulting injury should be taken
into account when deciding on punishment for a player’s action. Sometimes
a little slash can hit a guy in the right spot, and he might miss months with
a broken bone. A lot of other times you can punch a guy as hard as you can,
and really try to injure him, and he doesn’t miss a game.

I don’t agree with everything Aucoin says, but it’s interesting to hear something
from a player that is longer and less cliched than the average sound bite. I’m not overly keen to discuss it further (there’s already been plenty of debate on this site and elsewhere), but I thought I’d pass Aucoin’s
article on as it wasn’t something I’d seen before.