Was this murder?

[thatoneton]

Absolutely horrific, it does look intentional but it’s one of those cases that could potentially be a tragic accident. Can’t imagine how he’s feeling right now.

He's dead, so who knows.

The whole situation looks like an "unintentional murder" i.e. the other guy purposefuly wanted to kick him (violence happens quite commonly in hockey) but likely without an intent to murder him. So not a premeditated murder but certainly a crime.

[Dick]

That was murder. This was an accident.



i find it funny that the euros here had to chime in.

I've never seen anything like that EVER in hockey. You keep your skates down at all times.

[~Elizabeth~]

https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/nhl/n...ers-defenceman

A quote from his former coach: "I coached Matt for a very short stint. I wanted to get rid of him immediately ... He has no respect for himself or his opponents. He used to get into a bit of a mess. He is a very dirty player."


I googled but haven't found an update on this. Last I read, Matt Petgrave was out on bail. He should be in prison.

[Richmondbread]

It looks intentional but it's unclear if he was going to murder him in that way or just wanted to knock him out.

[BakersfieldChimp]

It looks like a solid case of manslaughter to me.
That is not an option. I didn't vote.

[Hyena]

I don't follow hockey, but am quite sure that delivering a rearward karate kick high into the air is not standard practice. When we played street hockey in elementary school PE, it was made clear that even the sticks must never go above waist level. (I wonder if kids are still allowed to play that game.) I don't know what his intention was, but when you do something violent that could kill somebody, and they do indeed die, that's most certainly manslaughter.