Forward Quinton Howden was hit hard by [Tampa Bay's] Brett Connolly midway through the second...

Forward Quinton Howden was hit hard by [Tampa Bay's] Brett Connolly midway through the second period of Monday night's intra-squad game at Canada's world junior selection camp. Howden, a Florida Panthers prospect who plays for Moose Jaw in the WHL, barely made it off the ice under his own power. He left for the dressing room immediately.

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5 months ago Donny Rivette 11 comments 0 recs |

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Said Connolly:

“If it was to do it over again, maybe I would have held up. I felt bad.”

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by Donny Rivette on Dec 13, 2011 12:11 AM EST reply actions

I’m sure Barch feels bad about it too.

by milhouse on Dec 13, 2011 12:37 AM EST up reply actions

Personally, I don’t think this adds anything to the rivalry, but if I was Howden, I’d run this piece of garbage the next time I saw him. The entire video they showed and talked about how the coaches were riding this kid and so he took his frustration out on one of his teammates. You could see on the hit that he lifted up as he hit – that’s intent to injure. I’m sorry, but to me – that means bus ticket back home. You play hard, but when you’re playing with the intent to injure other players, that’s when it’s got to stop.

by badger737 on Dec 13, 2011 8:20 AM EST up reply actions

We talkin bout practice?

Hope it’s nothing too severe

by eliran2 on Dec 13, 2011 2:30 AM EST reply actions

Making a lot about nothing. this has nothing to do with the Florida-Tampax rivalry.

by MrOmnipotent on Dec 13, 2011 3:05 AM EST reply actions

Hopefully it will on Feb. 4.

by jimmyh71 on Dec 13, 2011 9:23 AM EST up reply actions

Sure hope this prospect does not turn out to be super fragile…like a different Connolly.

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by chesterbardo on Dec 13, 2011 8:00 AM EST reply actions

I think we should without a judgement on “fragility” because these head shots have nothing to do with how tough you are. What this tells me is that Panther management should be taking a keen eye to this, making sure he’s seeing the right doctors and when he’s ready to be back on the ice, he needs to start learning to evade these hits and protect himself when he can’t. I don’t think that he even saw this coming.

by badger737 on Dec 13, 2011 8:29 AM EST up reply actions

How could he see this coming? This was an intra-squad scrimmage. I believe in playing hard during a scrimmage but in the end Howden was his team mate. Poor play Mr. Connolly poor play.

A lil thunder and a lil lightning is what the Cats are going to bring this year.

by trinidaddy on Dec 13, 2011 9:52 AM EST up reply actions