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Message: [QUOTE="ForCuseSake, post: 1046248, member: 266"] It was a perfectly clean hit - the rules for body checking center around distance from the ball and placement of the hands. Since the Bryant player had the ball in his stick number of steps doesn't apply. The SU defender used his shoulder to make contact with the Bryant players chest. The Bryant player wasn't ducking; it wasn't a high hit. EDIT - the emphasis in the past 2-3 years has been on high hits/helmet to helmet contact (which I agree should be deterred). The problem is that officials are being asked to make a decision (1-3 minute, non-releasable, etc) on a play that happens too quickly. It's similar to the new rule in college football that allows officials to eject a defensive player for targeting. Without the benefit of replay it's asking a lot of an official to make the correct call. [/QUOTE]