Matt Cooke’s Cheap Shot on Ryan McDonagh Wasn’t Surprising. Here’s His Highlight Reel of Cheap Shots

All, Jerks, NHL, Video, Violence Ty Duffy March 21st. 2011, 1:00pm

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Cooke faces a likely suspension for an elbow to the head on Rangers’ defenseman Ryan McDonagh. It’s hard to believe the NHL didn’t see this one coming. He does have a record of this sort of thing. A few choice selections from his “highlight reel” after the jump.

Here is Cooke’s knee-on-knee cheap shot on Ovechkin in February.

Here is Cooke hitting Fedor Tyutin from behind, also in February.

Here is Cooke hitting Keith Yandle’s head shortly before Christmas.

Here is Cooke knocking out the Bruins’ Marc Savard last March.

Here is another knee-on-knee hit from Cooke in May 2009

Here is Cooke kicking Chris Osgood in the head during the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals.

Cooke was suspended for this hit on the Rangers’ Artem Anisimov in November, 2009.

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58 Responses to “Matt Cooke’s Cheap Shot on Ryan McDonagh Wasn’t Surprising. Here’s His Highlight Reel of Cheap Shots”

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Diesel Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:03 PM
What a guy. League needs to finally make an example out of someone, he’s the perfect choice.
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Mantis Toboggan (Your comment is awaiting moderation) Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:04 PM
Fuck Matt Cooke.
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Geeezeus Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:08 PM
Sad fact is that Cooke has only been suspended for a total of 10 games to date (not including the hit on McDonagh yesterday).
Sounds like even the Penguins have given him an ultimatum this time around, though I fail to see what the consequences will be internally.
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SouvenirCity Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:09 PM
Seems Mario’s mouth wrote a check this guy won’t allow him to cash. Season ending suspension. Be done with him. It’s time to take this guy out of the NHL before more guy’s lose their seasons and some of them, in the case of Savard, their livelihoods.

I wonder how sincere Mario was when this conversation took place.
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Mantis Toboggan (Your comment is awaiting moderation) Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:10 PM
Sounds like even the Penguins have given him an ultimatum this time around, though I fail to see what the consequences will be internally.
I saw on twitter that Lemieux told him to change his style, or else. Pisses me off he does this shit because he does have hockey skills. He’s good for 15 goals a year, and is a very good penalty killer. I blame the missing tooth.
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Geeezeus Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:13 PM
I saw on twitter that Lemieux told him to change his style, or else.
Or else what though?
He’s owed $1.8M for each of the next two seasons and has a modified no-trade clause. Buying him out this summer costs them 2/3′s of the $3.6M remaining, and they don’t have cap space to burn. He’s got a one way deal so they pay him the full amount if he goes to the minors as well.
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SouvenirCity Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:13 PM
Pisses me off he does this shit because he does have hockey skills. He’s good for 15 goals a year, and is a very good penalty killer.
When you’re not penalized other than a 2 minute minor for it in most cases, there’s no reason for him to stop. Not until they take something valuable away like significant salary or his postseason will it be enough of a shock to the system to make him stop.
I don’t make a habit of wishing injuries on players (at least ones that don’t do the belt as a celebration) but if someone brown brained this guy, I’d welcome it.
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jim Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:14 PM
I hear the Peoria Chiefs are looking for some help in the offseason.
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SouvenirCity Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:15 PM
He’s got a one way deal so they pay him the full amount if he goes to the minors as well.
He wouldn’t even clear waivers. Someone would snatch him before he got to the AHL.
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johndewar Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:18 PM
I wonder how sincere Mario was when this conversation took place.
I buy it. Making the boss look bad is rarely a good career move and Cooke has done just that with these shenanigans.
/he should get 10 games
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Garland Greene Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:18 PM
Cooke is second on my list of players that need to be banished from the NHL. First? Marian Hossa!
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johndewar Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:19 PM
He wouldn’t even clear waivers. Someone would snatch him before he got to the AHL.
Paul Holmgren would pick him and put him on a line with Dan Carcillo.
At that point, the hell mouth would open next to the Wells Fargo Center, I think.
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bstr0142 Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:19 PM
He wouldn’t even clear waivers. Someone would snatch him before he got to the AHL.
This is the sad truth – he’d be on another team in about five minutes. This is an obvious a case as there is , and if something drastic doesn’t happen – a bit suspension for starters – all the talk of getting rid of headshots is nonsense.
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johndewar Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:20 PM
I have tickets for the Flyers this week against Washington tomorrow night and Pittsburgh on Thursday.
No Crosby. No Malkin. No Ovie (just saw that he’s hurt). No Mike Green.
Dammit.
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bstr0142 Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:20 PM
Cooke is second on my list of players that need to be banished from the NHL. First? Marian Hossa!
I completely support this statement.
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Geeezeus Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:22 PM
and if something drastic doesn’t happen – a bit suspension for starters – all the talk of getting rid of headshots is nonsense.
I think the league and the players* need to consider increasing the amount that can be fined under the CBA. The current maximum of $2.5K (in addition to lost wages while suspended) is not even a slap on the wrist.
*Yes, I understand the players will fight this
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Vladdy Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:22 PM
I have tickets for the Flyers this week against Washington tomorrow night and Pittsburgh on Thursday.
You can watch the true golden boy John Carlson and the true superstar Max Talbot.
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Mantis Toboggan (Your comment is awaiting moderation) Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:23 PM
No Crosby. No Malkin. No Ovie (just saw that he’s hurt). No Mike Green.
Dammit.
Someone on that list does not belong with the others.
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Pastor of Muppets Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:24 PM
It’s time to take this guy out of the NHL before more guy’s lose their seasons and some of them, in the case of Savard, their livelihoods.
This.
I will be amazed if Savard plays again. You could tell he wasn’t right the couple of games that he was back on the ice, and it wasn’t much of a decision to shut him down after the hit he took from Hunwick. The guy’s got a family and a future to think about; and this clown Cooke wasn’t even suspended for a hit that probably ends a player’s career? I don’t get it.
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johndewar Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:24 PM
Someone on that list does not belong with the others.
Mike Green is nothing, if not entertaining.
Brooks Laich has to leave bread crumbs back to the defensive zone so Green knows where to find it.
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Roethlishotdog Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:24 PM
I saw on twitter that Lemieux told him to change his style, or else.
Bylsma and Shero have had less “ultimatum-like” discussions with him this year as well. The only hits above I can remotely defend are they Tyutin hit (Tyutin was a bitch and turned away – making it look worse than it was) and the Ovechkin hit, mainly because Ovechkin is a bitch who does the same thing to everyone else.
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johndewar Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:25 PM
You can watch the true golden boy John Carlson and the true superstar Max Talbot.
USA! USA! USA!
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Diesel Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:25 PM
Anything less than 10 games for Cooke would be a joke
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SouvenirCity Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:25 PM
Cooke is second on my list of players that need to be banished from the NHL. First? Marian Hossa!
I don’t know how anyone can hate a winner…
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bstr0142 Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:26 PM
I think the league and the players* need to consider increasing the amount that can be fined under the CBA
The current amount is definitely not going to make anyone take notice, but maybe the better punishment here is to make him play with the Oilers.
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Mantis Toboggan (Your comment is awaiting moderation) Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:26 PM
You can watch the true golden boy John Carlson and the true superstar Max Talbot.
Link
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Geeezeus Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:27 PM
Anything less than 10 games for Cooke would be a joke
For the sake of argument, take out the fact that it was Cooke. Was the elbow really worse that the one Heatley hit Ott with last week? Or the one Marchand hit Umberger with?
Will be interesting to see how much being a repeat offender costs Cooke. 10 games is 5X what Heatley got.
/I guessed 6-8 games, hoping for 8
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SouvenirCity Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:28 PM
One more Hossa video because we’re only the champs for another 20 days.
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Garland Greene Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:29 PM
Someone on that list does not belong with the others.
Crosby. He’s way better* than the other three guys.
*Assuming his brain becomes unscrambled at some point
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Geeezeus Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:30 PM
The current amount is definitely not going to make anyone take notice, but maybe the better punishment here is to make him play with the Oilers.
Come play for the Canucks! Where we put the likes of Tanti, Smyl and Gradin on our Wall of Fame!
We haven’t tasted from Lord Stanley’s mug in 40 years*.
*soon to be 41
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SouvenirCity Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:30 PM
Was the elbow really worse that the one Heatley hit Ott with last week? Or the one Marchand hit Umberger with?
Let’s not forget Avery’s boarding shot that he received NO punishment for.
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SouvenirCity Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:31 PM
Come play for the Canucks! Where we put the likes of Tanti, Smyl and Gradin on our Wall of Fame!
We haven’t tasted from Lord Stanley’s mug in 40 years*.
*soon to be 41
Here’s my $25. I expect a weekly newsletter.
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johndewar Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:33 PM
Come play for the Canucks! Where we put the likes of Tanti, Smyl and Gradin on our Wall of Fame!
Harold Snepsts would like to know why he’s not on this list.
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Mantis Toboggan (Your comment is awaiting moderation) Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:33 PM
*Assuming his brain becomes unscrambled at some point
He is coming back right before the playoffs. Book it like Bookman.
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bstr0142 Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:35 PM
Come play for the Canucks! Where we put the likes of Tanti, Smyl and Gradin on our Wall of Fame!
And Harold Snepts, don’t forget him. Well known for his…mustache. This is the year though, I’m sure of it!
/not really
//that’s all I’ve got
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Diesel Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:36 PM
For the sake of argument, take out the fact that it was Cooke. Was the elbow really worse that the one Heatley hit Ott with last week? Or the one Marchand hit Umberger with?
Of course not, but you can’t take out the fact that it was Cooke and he is the ultimate repeat offender
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SouvenirCity Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:36 PM
Come play for the Canucks! Where we put the likes of Tanti, Smyl and Gradin on our Wall of Fame!
Harold Snepsts would like to know why he’s not on this list.

Pavel Bure would like to thank you for the brick you sent through his window.
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Geeezeus Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:38 PM
Harold Snepsts would like to know why he’s not on this list.
The Canucks actually had Harold Snepts night last week! He of his 35 goals in almost 800 games with the Canucks.
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Vladdy Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:39 PM
I can’t wait till Flower goes Fedorov and crashes his 6 fig sports car.
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SouvenirCity Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:40 PM
One more Canucks dig.
/Team Richter
//dude was a stud
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Geeezeus Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:40 PM
Of course not, but you can’t take out the fact that it was Cooke and he is the ultimate repeat offender
Absolutely, I qualified with “for the sake of argument”.
The previous suspensions haven’t deterred him, it’s a bit of stretch to believe that another significant one either. I’m just curious to see what magnitude the repeat offender status earns him as compared to somewhat similar incidents.
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Vladdy Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:43 PM
Bure was so awesome. Shame the KGB fucked up his knee.
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bstr0142 Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:44 PM
One more Canucks dig.
That one hit the post if I remember correctly. That was a heartbreaker, even though it was a great series. What gets me about those videos is how much clutching, hooking and grabbing there is. The one Canuck in the Bure vid (can’t see who it is) basically tackles the guy in the front of the net!
Doesn’t matter whether they lost or not, we still rioted.
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Geeezeus Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:45 PM
Doesn’t matter whether they lost or not, we still rioted.
Amateurs.
/Montreal Canadiens fan’d
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SouvenirCity Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:47 PM
Doesn’t matter whether they lost or not, we still rioted.
Please don’t turn Vancouver into Montreal. Vancouver is too pretty to burn couches in the streets.
It was an amazing series. Especially after having two heart breakers in a row the two prior years with the Hawks losing to the Pens in a sweep and Gretz losing as a King.
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Mantis Toboggan (Your comment is awaiting moderation) Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:48 PM
Bure was so awesome. Shame the KGB fucked up his knee.
He stole D.J. Tanner away from me. Fuck him.
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Geeezeus Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:50 PM
He stole D.J. Tanner away from me. Fuck him.
Wrong Bure, that was Valeri.
Even as an Oilers fan, Pavel, pre knee injuries, was one of the most exciting players I’ve ever seen play in person.
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SouvenirCity Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:50 PM
Bure in NHL 94 was sick. Without fail, every hockey thread gets an NHL 94 mention.
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bstr0142 Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:50 PM
Amateurs.
It pretty much was a bunch of amateurs. If I remember they started rioting before game 7 was over! No couches though, just a lot of rubber bullets.
That riot still causes concern whenever there’s a major sporting event. They’ve even talked about extra security when the Whitecaps play Seattle in the MLS. If that causes a riot, well do you need a reason?
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Geeezeus Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:52 PM
It pretty much was a bunch of amateurs. If I remember they started rioting before game 7 was over! No couches though, just a lot of rubber bullets.
I was living there in ’94. IIRC, one guy was killed by a rubber bullet.
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Watsonian Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:53 PM
Bure in NHL 94 was sick. Without fail, every hockey thread gets an NHL 94 mention.
As it should. Best. Sports. Game. EVAR.
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Vladdy Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:54 PM
So Rusty Salei might be playing forward for the Wings tonight.
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SouvenirCity Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:54 PM
I was living there in ’94. IIRC, one guy was killed by a rubber bullet.
I didn’t think there were any French Canadians in Vancouver…
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Mantis Toboggan (Your comment is awaiting moderation) Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:56 PM
Wrong Bure, that was Valeri.
FUCK, that’s the second time I’ve done that in my life.
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Geeezeus Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 1:57 PM
Bstr, speaking of the Whitecaps, it looked like a great crowd for the game vs. TFC, I caught most of it on TSN. Did you see any reports of the actual attendance?
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bstr0142 Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 2:04 PM
Bstr, speaking of the Whitecaps, it looked like a great crowd for the game vs. TFC, I caught most of it on TSN. Did you see any reports of the actual attendance?
It was officially sold out, which at Empire Field is around 23,000. It was a great atmosphere (wasn’t there, just second hand), and some have even commented the Canucks and Lions could learn a thing or two from the Whitecaps. They’ve been around in some form for 37 years or so, so there is a very loyal following. I think they’ll do fine, and I’ll definitely be going to some games. My only concern is that they carry this over to BC Place, which never has any atmosphere.
It was a picture perfect day – sunny, 14 degrees or so – which helps, and beating Toronto at anything is always good. Plus they’re pretty good at marketing themselves as well…(NSFWish)
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Recc40 Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 2:04 PM
Best part about the Cooke hit is that it ultimately cost his team the game. Fucking douchebag.
Great win for the rangers yesterday. I think I like this Rangers team more than any other in a long time.
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geowheel Says:
March 23rd, 2011 at 9:18 AM
From now on a bad hit in Hockey should be refered to as a“Cooke” or ” He Cooke-ed him!” This will be his legacy! I trully hope he iwsn’t teaching his kids hockey!