Saturday night full of diving penalties

Last night there were quite a few diving penalties.

In the Flyers-Lightning game last night, Lightning star Martin St. Louis was called for diving. St. Louis is known for occassionally going down easily.

In the Devils-Islanders game last night, Islanders' Andy Hilbert was called for diving.

In the Sharks-Predators game last night, Predators' tough guy Jordin Tootoo was called for diving. Tootoo, known for his physical play, is also known to exaggerate things at times and goes down easy sometimes as well.

Jared Boll caught diving again

On December 27th, in the Blue Jackets-Predators game, Blue Jackets rookie tough guy Jared Boll was called for diving. This is the second time this season that Jared Boll has been called for diving.

So now Jared Boll and Blackhawks' star Martin Havlat have both been caught diving twice this season.

James Wisniewski gets called for diving

On December 26th, in the Predators-Blackhawks game, Blackhawks defenseman James Wisniewski was called for diving. Being a tough defenseman, he should know better not to dive.

Martin Havlat caught diving again

In the Florida Panthers vs Chicago Blackhawks game a little earlier tonight, Blackhawks' winger Martin Havlat was caught diving and was penalized for it. This is now his second time called for diving, as he was penalized in the December 5th game vs the Vancouver Canucks.

So as of right now Havlat leads the NHL in diving penalties with 2.

Marian Gaborik gets caught diving

On Saturday, December 15th, in the Minnesota Wild vs Los Angeles Kings game, Wild winger Marian Gaborik got a penalty for diving. With a name like "Marian" I'm not surprised. He's a good player too that can score, but he like other soft stars in the game tend to embellish things at times.

Dainius Zubrus tried to get a call

On Sunday, December 9th in the Devils-Rangers game, Devils' forward Dainius Zubrus was called for diving as Rangers' Michal Rozsival was called for hooking at the same time.

Daniel Alfredson caught diving

On Friday, December 7th, in the Senators-Stars game, Senators' captain Daniel Alfredson was called for diving.

Moore and Havlat caught diving

In Wednesday's games (12/5), there were two diving calls. In the Flyers-Wild game, Wild forward Dominic Moore was called for diving. In the Canucks-Blackhawks game, Blackhawks' skilled forward Martin Havlat was called for diving.

Jamal Mayers penalized for diving

In the Blackhawks-Blues game on December 1, 2007, Blues tough guy Jamal Mayers was called for diving. Mayers isn't known for diving as he plays a gritty tough game so this is a surprise.

All-Star Brian Rolston caught diving

On Friday, November 23rd, Wilds' Brian Rolston was called for diving. That is the first that I have heard of Rolston diving, hopefully he doesn't continue it.

Predators' Scott Nichol called for diving

In the Red Wings-Predators game yesterday, Predators' Scott Nichol was called for diving. Nichol is a small guy but tough and has been known to dive before.

Jarkko Ruutu penalized twice for diving in same game

On Thanksgiving day (November 22nd), in the Penguins-Senators game, Penguins' agitator Jarkko Ruutu was called for diving twice in the game. Everyone who watches hockey knows about Ruutu and his antics. A lot of players would love to be able to drop the gloves and pound him.

Scorer Marian Hossa called for diving

On Monday, November 19th, in the Lightning-Thrashers game, Thrashers' forward Marian Hossa was called for diving and given a penalty. This isn't something new for Hossa. He's a scorer and a really good player but does go down easy at times. He needs to stop doing that.

Steve Begin caught diving

Tonight in the Bruins-Canadiens game, Canadiens' forward Steve Begin was called for diving. Not a surprise to me, this guy and other Canadiens' players have been known for going down easy over the past few seasons.

Chris Clark called for diving

On Thursday, November 15h, in the Capitals-Panthers game, Capitals' forward Chris Clark got a penalty for diving. Clark is one of those hard working gritty kind of players that any team would like to have on their team, but he got caught diving here.

Jiri Tlusty caught diving

On Tuesday, November 13th, in the Canadiens at Maple Leafs game, Maple Leafs' forward Jiri Tlusty was called for diving.

Daniel Carcillo gets called for diving

On November 8th, in the Stars-Coyotes game, Coyotes' energy player Daniel Carcillo was called for diving. Carcillo is leading the NHL so far in penalty minutes with 75. He's a tough kid and it's too bad he dived to try and get a penalty call. I would think that the tougher players wouldn't do this but we all know some do.

October diving penalties

Well I just started tracking diving penalties starting with the games on October 31st, so this post is looking back in the month of October to see who got caught diving. Of course if I missed any diving penalties, please leave a comment and tell us who it was that got caught.

On Wednesday, October 3rd, in the Ducks-Red Wings game there were two diving penalties. The first diving penalty was called on Red Wings' goalie Dominik Hasek. What a surprise there huh? He may be the all-time goalie with the most dives (called or not called). Ducks' defenseman Francois Beauchemin was also called for diving.

On Thursday, October 4th, in the Maple Leafs-Senators game, Senators' tough guy Chris Neil was called for diving. Even though Neil is a tough guy, he has been caught a few times diving in the past as well.

On Wednesday, October 10th, in the Rangers-Islanders game, Rangers' forward Ryan Callahan was called for diving.

On Saturday, October 13th, in the Devils-Thrashers game, Thrashers forward Todd White was called for diving.

On Monday, October 15th, in the Maple Leafs-Sabres game, Sabres forward Paul Gaustad was called for diving.

On Thursday, October 18th, in the Canadiens-Senators game, Canadiens forward Tomas Plekanec was called for diving.

Jared Boll called for diving

On Sunday, November 4th, in the Blues-Blue Jackets game, Jackets' forward Jared Boll was called for a diving penalty. He's known for being a physical tougher player but he was caught diving.

Two Hurricanes players called for diving

On Wednesday, October 31st, the Carolina Hurricanes played against the Florida Panthers. The Hurricanes had two diving penalties. The first one was by Chad LaRose. The second diving penalty was by Justin Williams.

Mike Ribeiro #1 NHL fairy

Former Montreal Canadiens forward Mike Ribeiro has to be the biggest fairy in the NHL today. If you don't remember his fairy acting job against the Boston Bruins in the NHL playoffs a few years ago, you can view the video of it below, courtesy of YouTube.com.