Milan Lucic admits he might’ve erred in attacking Mike Komisarek.

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Lucic admits he might’ve erred in attacking.

10 April 2009 7 Comments

Tempers were flaring and his team had already racked up 21 minutes of penalties through just a little more than 28 minutes of game time.

Winger Milan Lucic had been responsible for four of those penalty minutes with a pair of roughing calls. So when he spun through the neutral zone and long-time nemesis Mike Komisarek stepped up at the Canadiens’ blue line and threw a hit that caught Lucic in the numbers, it wasn’t surprising to see the second-year winger snapped a bit.

Lucic chased the Montreal defenseman deep into the Habs’ zone — where Boston tough guy Shawn Thornton had already gone after Komisarek. When Lucic got near his target, he wrapped his arms around Komisarek’s face from behind and scored a takedown. Not much ensued after that and Komisarek seemed to avoid injury. But whether Lucic avoids suspension will be determined by how much NHL disciplinarian Colin Campbell is willing to chalk it up to heat-of-the-moment and also accept Lucic’s admittance of wrongdoing after the Bruins’ 5-4 overtime win tonight at TD Banknorth Garden.

“Not much,” Lucic said when asked what he was thinking during his pursuit of Komisarek. “I mean, looking back, maybe I shouldn’t have went to that extreme. Maybe I lost my temper a little bit. But it’s part of the game and it happens.”

The Bruins totaled 41 penalty minutes in the game, but just two occured in the final 20 minutes plus overtime. Boston killed off that one Montreal power play late in the third and early in overtime and then finished off the Habs on Mark Recchi’s goal.

“It got a little emotional there but I think we did a good job of keeping our cool,” said Lucic. “And I think we refocused and did what we needed to do to get back out there and get the win because that was the most important thing for tonight. And I think we played hard and we stuck up for one another and we got two points out of it.”

[Source: TheBruinsBlog.net]

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jeff said:

what a meathead Lucic is

# 10 April 2009 at 4:26 pm

dlgross (author) said:

I totally agree Jeff. That take down was completely Bertuzzi-esque. Definitely should be reviewed by the NHL.

# 10 April 2009 at 4:48 pm

filhab1 said:

you know lucic wouldn’t pull any of that crap with laraque in the line-up, much less with him on the ice at the same time…just skate away..

# 10 April 2009 at 7:54 pm

kelly said:

goo loocH!! everyone’s just being a hater. everytime something was about to happen the canadien players like legit ran and hide…well they curled up in a ball..lammeee
bruins vs canadiens is a emotional rivalry..get it through your heads..
if a canadien did that..they’d be cheering
its a rivarly people get over it..no one;s hurt..maybe the canadiens pride but who gives.

# 12 April 2009 at 1:17 pm

Ryan said:

im a habs fan and lucic is 1 of my new favorite players, let me explain, The Habs get one point against the Ruins and make the playoffs. The Ruins had a 3-1 lead and would have eliminated the Habs, had Lucy not jumped Komi from behind. So essentially the Habs make the playoffs because Lucy is a dumbass.

# 12 April 2009 at 6:40 pm

Bruce > The Hockey Writers said:

Terrific site guys, looks like we are doing something similar - I’m the owner/editor over at The Hockey Writers.
Do you mind if I asked where you’re based, we are out of Montreal.

Best of luck with the site, here’s hoping that we can both be amongst the Best Hockey Blogs.

As for Lucic, well it certainly will add a little more gas to an already piping hot rivalry. This series should be a great one. I’ve heard a lot of folks taking Boston in 5. I think Price may come to play and I look for a tougher battle. I’m thinking Montreal in 7!

# 13 April 2009 at 11:23 am

jeff said:

Big George is going to redesign Lucic’s big gonzoesque nose!

# 14 April 2009 at 3:09 pm