"Boomerang law": an American hockey player sent to Russian champion (video)

The third period of the match was marked by the construction of personal accounts: four fights within a few minutes. In one of them, the American forward Buddy (Charles) Robinson sent Grigory Panin to the ice of Salavat defender on the ice. After the game, the head coach of the Chelyabinsk club Alexei Zavarukhin called the actions of the American hockey player self -defense. Initially, the CHL was decided to disqualify the hockey player, but later limited to a fine.

The "tractor" expert Andrei Balandin believes that Robinson should apologize to Panin for a blow in the face while playing. According to him, Panin was not ready for a fight. Robinson suddenly dropped his gloves and hit. "He is a North American and must know the rules of fight," Balandin said, specifying that at first the hockey players agree, then take off gloves, judges give them a place to find out relationships. And only after that there is a fight.

The former defender of Sochi Nikita Zorov spoke about the fight that happened. He believes that the experienced defender of the club from the Ufa worked "the law of Boomerang". "On the one hand, he quickly dropped his gloves, outlined Panin," the shield explained. Robinson rolled back somewhat, showing that he wanted to lose his glove, Panin rolled at him. "We had to expect a fight and just take care of your health," he added.

At the same time, he called Panina an experienced rigid player, who had enough cases in his career when he did not carry rivals in the rude way. "Two years ago, he injured Lukash Sedlak from the" tractor. " 32-year-old Robinson has been protecting the colors of the Russian "tractor" since September last year, the agreement is designed by the end of the 2023-24 season. In his professional career in the NHL he played for "Calgary Fleimz", "Chicago Blackox", "Anahim Maitidax".