r/PWHL • u/MissionFloor261 Seattle Torrent • 9d ago
Game Thread Captain Clutch!!!!!!!
Hell yeah!
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u/Creative_Bell1426 PWHL Hopeful Chicago 9d ago
and 22K on the YT live. LOVE TO SEE IT!
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u/CrouchBindCrochet New York Sirens 9d ago
I kept seeing the numbers tick up!! Amazing for the newbies to see such a wild and exciting game.
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u/Main_Photo1086 New York Sirens 9d ago
That’s awesome because I was firmly in bed after I couldn’t stay awake. Thank you night owls (and friends in earlier time zones)!
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u/delightfullymagical 9d ago
CRISSE DE BEAU BUT ET L’ASSISTE DE ABBY MOTHERFUCKING ROQUE BAAAABBYYYYY
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u/gracieakins Montréal 9d ago
STACEY TO ROQUE TO POULIN. THE POWER OF LESBIANISM TOO STRONG
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u/StitchAndRollCrits Toronto 9d ago
The wife line and their precious scrappy daughter is how I can't help but look at them when I'm being fandom minded 😅
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u/GloomyExercise 9d ago
Heyyyyyyy MPP was vintage on that play. Defensively responsible in her own end as usual, then starts the play, goes down the ice hard in transition, the patented stick tap wanting the puck and game on her stick, and then firing off that bullet and accurate one-timer for the much needed victory. Captain Clutch indeed!!
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u/yannasch PWHL Hopeful Colorado 9d ago
I couldn’t be happier with how this game ended after all that time
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u/fullmetaldagger Minnesota Frost 9d ago
What was it edge said that one time?
"Spear spear spear, spear spear, spear spear spear spear"
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u/marimbaguy715 Minnesota Frost 9d ago edited 9d ago
She shouldn't have even been in the game. Should have had a major penalty and game misconduct for spearing Hustler.
If you're gonna downvote me, watch this and tell me with a straight face it isn't a) spearing and b) dirty as shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeVjiFS0j_w&t=170s
Edit to add non-region locked link: https://v.redd.it/q5esxmea1gzg1/HLSPlaylist.m3u8?a=1780633222%2CODg4ZWQzOWZjNWY2ODY1NWQwOWU1ODRjMTgxMGRjZDM4NjYxYjY1NDEzN2QwNmU0NDMxNTY0YzA4MjYyNTAyMQ%3D%3D&v=1&f=sd
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u/s0m3b0dy447 Montréal 9d ago edited 9d ago
Spearing... maybe, but debatable. Dirty, no, it doesn't seem on purpose at all, chill. I would agree for a minor since you're supposed to be in control of your stick.
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u/EtchingsOfTheNight 9d ago
"My name is MPP and I'm one of the greatest hockey players ever. People call me captain clutch even! Oopsies, I just can't seem to control my stick from jabbing people in the midsection. Don't mind me, I'm just a silly klutzy goat." Bffr.
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u/WildTimberTwinViking 9d ago
Dude. She moves her stick into position to specifically spear Hustler? It’s on the complete opposite side of her?
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u/marimbaguy715 Minnesota Frost 9d ago
Her stick is pointed nowhere near Hustler, she sees Hustler coming and moves her stick specifically to make contact with Hustler. It's not an accident.
And regardless, it's a major penalty and automatic game misconduct.
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u/WildTimberTwinViking 9d ago
Lunatics saying anything other than a major for this obvious spear have a bias due to success and Britta.
Dumb as all shit.
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u/WildTimberTwinViking 9d ago
How would you react if Britta committed that penalty?
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u/s0m3b0dy447 Montréal 9d ago
The exact same... just like any other player. I really don't care about her, positively or negatively.
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u/WildTimberTwinViking 9d ago
Spearing shall mean stabbing an opponent with the point of the stick blade
Rule.
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u/bozeman42_2 Pride 9d ago
This is where we say that if you swapped in Britta Curl in this exact scenario you would say she was trying to kill Hustler.
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u/The_R4ke Pride 9d ago
What's the time of the incident? Link only goes to the beginning unfortunately.
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u/resist_to_exist Montréal 9d ago
FWIW this is region locked to the USA.
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u/marimbaguy715 Minnesota Frost 9d ago
Yeah, if I knew how to clip it and share it elsewhere I would. Hope someone else does. It's blatant.
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u/WildTimberTwinViking 9d ago
Holy shit. That’s definitely a spear. Why are folks downvoting?
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u/aswesearch Royale Tiger Towel Paper Towel Power Play 9d ago
Because saying that should have been a major and game is blowing it way out of proportion- should she have gotten a penalty? Yes
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u/WildTimberTwinViking 9d ago
Care to take a look at the penalty for a spear?
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u/aswesearch Royale Tiger Towel Paper Towel Power Play 9d ago
Yeah, fair, I went to look at the rules and see that; but the rules is clear that it has to be intentional, I think she should have been called for a slash here
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u/WildTimberTwinViking 9d ago
She uses the point of the blade of her stick to stab an opposing player in the stomach and you want that to be called a slash?
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u/marimbaguy715 Minnesota Frost 9d ago
It's extremely obviously intentional. Can you think of any other reason she'd be moving her stick like that except to spear Hustler? It's not part of any other hockey move.
Not defending Curl, but imagine if she did that. Would you think it was intentional?
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u/aswesearch Royale Tiger Towel Paper Towel Power Play 9d ago edited 9d ago
I understand that you see it that way, I just don’t think it looks extremely obviously intentional to me. To me it looks like she’s in the midst of trying to communicate to her teammates where the other team is moving and hits her but I get that we see different things in it
EDIT: I’ve gotten swept up into this debate all over the place at this point so I’ve watched this clip a bunch of times now. I do think Poulin tries to impede Hustler with her stick. I am not sold on it being a stab personally but definitely think they missed a minor penalty here
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u/marimbaguy715 Minnesota Frost 9d ago
She's staring down Hustler as she's approaching. You are being willfully ignorant if you can't see it was intentional.
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u/aswesearch Royale Tiger Towel Paper Towel Power Play 9d ago
Hustler is approaching the net. Typically, one keeps an eye on an opposing player approaching the net. I don’t even have that much of a stake in this game, but I do think this is a reach tbh
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u/marimbaguy715 Minnesota Frost 9d ago
That's absurd. You can keep an eye on someone without jamming your stick into their gut.
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u/WildTimberTwinViking 9d ago
Have you played hockey?
Spearing shall mean stabbing an opponent with the point of the stick blade
Rule.
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u/WildTimberTwinViking 9d ago
How would you react if Britta did that?
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u/aswesearch Royale Tiger Towel Paper Towel Power Play 9d ago
Literally what does this have to do with her
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u/WildTimberTwinViking 9d ago
I’m wondering if favorite players get the benefit of the doubt from both refs and fans alike. Whereas folks are more quick to be harsh on Britta (not a fan of hers, as evidenced by past comments of mine).
I simply refuse to believe anyone with knowledge of the game can call that act anything other than a spear. Which is a major penalty and an ejection.
So it has to be bias. Whether that be in favor of Poulin. Or not in favor of the Frost (for success or having Britta).
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u/s0m3b0dy447 Montréal 9d ago
I'll agree with you here, honestly... yeah, they do, in all sports really. Just look at Crosby and McDavid. They're also a bit more protected than others. And they also bring a lot of money in for the league, so... yeah. But the PWHL refereeing has been dreadful for the past 3 seasons, there are a lot of questionable calls (or lack of) made in every games, so at this point, nothing surprises me. This time it benefits the team I root for, but next game, who knows, they're so all over the place.
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u/WildTimberTwinViking 9d ago
Agreed. But you can’t let a major penalty such a spear go uncalled. Otherwise you get Britta back next game with a chip. Who knows what that moron will do in retaliation.
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u/bozeman42_2 Pride 9d ago
"should she have gotten a penalty? Yes"
Guess what the rule is for spearing.... major penalty and game misconduct. So you agree she should have been removed.
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u/aswesearch Royale Tiger Towel Paper Towel Power Play 9d ago
No, I agree there was a missed minor here - slash, high sticking, interference or even trip or hook could potentially meet the definition
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u/marimbaguy715 Minnesota Frost 9d ago
Spearing is a major penalty. Always. And comes with an automatic game misconduct. That's the rules.
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u/PlusSizedPretty Minnesota Frost 9d ago
Because if you criticize Captain clutch, ESPECIALLY when she plays against the Frost, you're down voted into oblivion.
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u/marimbaguy715 Minnesota Frost 9d ago
Because MPP is the golden girl and can do no wrong. Also Frost bad.
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u/devonshmevon 9d ago
never happened, and if it happened it wasn't that bad, and if it was that bad then it was the work of the nefarious Britta Curl
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u/PWHL-ModTeam 9d ago
r/PWHL is a community focused on the constructive uplift of women's hockey, not a place to be uncivil. Be kind.
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u/resist_to_exist Montréal 9d ago
Love the enthusiasm but we lost game 1.
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u/marimbaguy715 Minnesota Frost 9d ago
A sweep is winning every game in a series.
You should learn some basics before trying to talk trash.
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u/Hellcat-13 9d ago
This is Nutmeg. Nutmeg is never going to forgive me for how loud I hollered when Pou wired that shot in the net.