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Should players come onto the ice from their players’ benches after the period ends and prior to the start of an altercation, they shall not be penalized if they remain in the vicinity of their players’ bench and SECTION 6 – PHYSICAL FOULS NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE OFFICIAL RULES 2021-2022 78 provided they do not get involved in any altercations. And 70.10 Fines and Suspensions – The first player to leave the players’ or penalty bench illegally during an altercation or for the purpose of starting an altercation from either or both teams shall be suspended automatically without pay for the next ten (10) regular League and/or Play-off games of his team. There is nothing wrong with Pietrangelo leaving the penalty box (assuming he was let out- there is an issue that the timekeeper should have held him in until the skirmish was over). The issue is that he needed to head straight to the bench. Instead he went straight in and engaged a Panthers player before anyone engaged with him. It's not Vegas hate, it's literally just asking the rules to be applied. The NHL rules determine the penalty box and bench to be one and the same at the end of a period. I believe the Hockey Canada rules are even more clear with it being an automatic penalty to leave the box if there is a fight on the ice whether you get involved or not.
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Doesn’t matter. It’s equivalent to leaving the bench to join a scrum at the end of the game. Rules state you have to go straight off. Instead he skated to the opposite blue line and got involved. Only question which the footage isn’t clear on is did he initiate anything before getting tangled with Tkachuk.
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[Report] Alex Pietrangelo suspended 1 game
NZCanuck replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in General Hockey Discussion
That’s very different to an axe chop with both hands at the top of your stick. -
[Report] Alex Pietrangelo suspended 1 game
NZCanuck replied to -Vintage Canuck-'s topic in General Hockey Discussion
DOPS is a joke. I’m sorry but that’s a blatant attempt to injure and Pietrangelo shouldn’t be lacing up again in the playoffs. The fact that Nurse gets the same suspension for instigating shows how bad the discrepancy is. -
His head is barely down. I love watching hits like that for entertainment value but the NHL has changed the rules so responsibility is on the hitter. Trouba comes blindside and hit is high enough that even an upright meiers would have taken it face first. There’s a reason no one else hits like Trouba and it’s because they’d be tossed.
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The hit from Makar was fine but when a player isn’t even thinking about getting hit it’s just as dangerous as the outcome showed with McCanns injury. I thought that should have been much more than one game. If that had been someone like Wilson rather than Makar he’d be done for the playoffs. Looks like the NHL agrees with my assessment as no hearing to occur (although DOPS isn’t exactly the standard bearer for consistency) Btw I don’t like the hit. Think it’s predatory and unnecessary. I just don’t think it meets the criteria for a major or suspension because of where he made contact and Cogs dropping his head last second making it look substantially worse. In my mind this is why the NHL needs enforcers back- way too many gutless hits occurring these days because players aren’t scared to make them.