At least he wasn't going for the nut sack.
Very interesting discussion on the BTN last night. Mike DeCourcey, and Jay Bilas who was doing the Michigan vs Indiana game, were critical of the hand checking and outright body checking going on in the B1G, particularly when an offensive player attempts to cut across the lane. Bilas, on the air, said it was turning into football.
Rob Hummel, who of course played in the B1G when he wasn't ripping his ACL's, defended the physical play, saying this is what players sign on for, that the defensive player has just as much right to that space, and that offensive players shouldn't be allowed to go wherever they wanted. "What do we want, 100-95 games?" he said at one point.
Players will do what the officials allow them to do, just like pitchers will pitch to the strike zone the umpire gives them. But B1G officials are horribly inconsistent within the course of a game. How would a pitcher like it if the home plate umpire's strike zone changed from one inning to the next? Wouldn't be very happy I guarantee that.