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.