Laraque Hits Downie From Behind Video

While I am certainly glad that Downie was able to get up from this hit, there may be some truth to the saying “what goes around comes around“.

Laraque expressed to the media that he simply “pushed” Downie and that if he wanted to hit someone from behind that they “wouldn’t be getting up”.

I wonder if Laraque, given his reputation and lack of “susperstar” status, will receive more than the one game suspension that Kovalchuk received for hitting Rozsival…which was much more intentional in my opinion.