Stefan Noesen of the San Jose Sharks is not holding back on his feeling on Calgary's Milan Lucic. Noesen was furious following Lucic's hit Tuesday night San Jose rookie Mario Ferraro. When Ferraro's back was square to Lucic, the Flames' forward plowed directly into it with a dangerous hit, the second similar hit on the same person in a week.
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There was no penalty on Lucic for either hit so, once again, Noesen took matters into his own hands and dropped the gloves. The two were separated by officials before much came of it. Both Noesen and Lucic received roughing penalties for the scuffle, although Noesen received a double minor, while Lucic got two minutes. Following the game, Noesen let reporters know exactly how he felt.
"That's back-to-back games he has had the exact same hit," Noesen said of Lucic. "Same player, same everything. Something's gotta change. You can't ... you can't let that guy do that every single time. Luckily, Mario didn't get hurt this time. Last time, he had a bloody eye. If he goes down and he's laying on the ice, it's probably going to be a suspension. But the fact that he got up right away, they're not going to call anything like that. To me, it's bulls--t."
Nosen ended up receiving a game misconduct in Tuesday night's 6-2 loss to Calgary after trying to tie up with Lucic again in the third period. According to him, it was because he laughed at the referee.
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