CrashingTheGoalie

Bruins’ netminder Tim Thomas is crashed by the Predators’ J.P. Dumont.

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Dumont said: ”That was the worst call I’ve ever seen, to tell you the truth. I know he’s coming out. I stop not to hit him, he pretty much charges me, I fall on him, and he starts punching me with his blocker.

“So I hope the league will do something about that. I know we have to protect the goalies. But there he came out at me. I never had the intention to hit him.”

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Thomas said: ”All of a sudden, all of his weight’s on my upper body and my legs are caught in a vulnerable position. He came down on me so hard that it angered me for a minute…By him jumping, it allowed room for my legs to flip out. If my legs didn’t flip out, I would have been really hurt. Maybe he didn’t really deserve that punch he got.”

Penalties?

Dumont received two for goalie interference and Jason two minutes for chirping.