Look Who’s Back: Bruins’ Marc Savard Cleared To Play In Second Round

By Rafal Ladysz

It took a total of two minutes for the Boston Bruins to get some revenge on Matt Cooke. Shawn Thornton got Cooke to drop the gloves two minutes into the first period of the Bruins/Penguins game on Thursday night. Here is the video:

Thornton received a ten minute misconduct for punching Cooke after the linesman stepped in. The question remains to be seen if this is enough for Cooke.

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While this may not be earth shattering and will not influence the level of suspension that Campbell will hand down, it does give some insight into how Campbell is looking at the matter.

Here’s the hit put on Boston’s Marc Savard by Matt Cooke of the Penguins, as was mentioned earlier. The first 50 seconds are a little useless; the slow-motion replays don’t begin until 0:50 or so.

It’s plain to see that Cooke’s elbow, while almost admirably surreptitious, was an intentional blow to the head, and one he’s pulled before (see his hit on Artem Anisimov earlier this season). And while the league has long been accused of punishing the result rather than the act, the fact is that Cooke’s elbow to the head resulted in exactly the type of outcome befitting the danger involved in a hit like that.

Kennedy’s wrister from the right wing at 8:34 of the first period put the Penguins on the board.

Rupp gave Pittsburgh a 3-0 advantage at 5:14 of the third on an unassisted tally and Fleury was equal to all seven shots he faced in the third period.