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I think the term "interference" is a definite misnomer for what actually occurred. I can't recall a time when 'interference' was used as a term for a suspension. There were several other terms that could have been used as we have seen time and time again. A couple of Canucks suspensions come to mind (Both the deserved and undeserved) Interference may have been the beginning of the play but it's hard to rationalize that hit as being 'interference'. Has there been a change in the NHL rule book that indicates that a hit like that one is now suspendable as 'interference'? DoPS screws with the minds of hockey fans once again.

 

(That said, the hit was definitely suspension worthy....whether it's appropriate to call it 'suspended for interference' is another)

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40 minutes ago, Cerridwen said:

I think the term "interference" is a definite misnomer for what actually occurred. I can't recall a time when 'interference' was used as a term for a suspension. There were several other terms that could have been used as we have seen time and time again. A couple of Canucks suspensions come to mind (Both the deserved and undeserved) Interference may have been the beginning of the play but it's hard to rationalize that hit as being 'interference'. Has there been a change in the NHL rule book that indicates that a hit like that one is now suspendable as 'interference'? DoPS screws with the minds of hockey fans once again.

 

(That said, the hit was definitely suspension worthy....whether it's appropriate to call it 'suspended for interference' is another)

I can. Remember Aaron Rome on Nathan Horton in the 2011 Cup final?

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It is my recollection (and in any of the googled hits) that Rome was suspended for a late hit. It wasn't called 'interference' in what I've been able to find. Rome was initially assessed an interference penalty on the ice and given a game misconduct but the DoPS didn't term the suspension as one for 'interference'. It was assessed and suspended accordingly as 'a late hit'.

 

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MIKE MURPHY: I probably viewed it like most of you did. I thought it was a late hit. I thought that the body was contacted. But I also thought that the head was hit.

 

It caused a serious injury to Nathan Horton. So the key components are: the late hit, which I had it close to a second late. We have our own formula at NHL Hockey Operations for determining late hits, and it was late. We saw the seriousness of the injury with Nathan on the ice last night.

That's basically what we deliberated on. We tried to compare it with some of the other ones in the past. But it stands alone. It's why we made the ruling.

https://www.nhl.com/news/nhls-murphy-explains-rome-suspension/c-565132

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26 minutes ago, Cerridwen said:

It is my recollection (and in any of the googled hits) that Rome was suspended for a late hit. It wasn't called 'interference' in what I've been able to find. Rome was initially assessed an interference penalty on the ice and given a game misconduct but the DoPS didn't term the suspension as one for 'interference'. It was assessed and suspended accordingly as 'a late hit'.

 

https://www.nhl.com/news/nhls-murphy-explains-rome-suspension/c-565132

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Rome was assessed a five-minute major penalty for interference and game misconduct at 5:07 of the first period after hitting Horton almost a full second after Horton had made a pass to teammate Milan Lucic.

 

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3 hours ago, Cerridwen said:

It is my recollection (and in any of the googled hits) that Rome was suspended for a late hit. It wasn't called 'interference' in what I've been able to find. Rome was initially assessed an interference penalty on the ice and given a game misconduct but the DoPS didn't term the suspension as one for 'interference'. It was assessed and suspended accordingly as 'a late hit'.

 

https://www.nhl.com/news/nhls-murphy-explains-rome-suspension/c-565132

But this is a late hit, that falls under the interference rule. I'm not sure what other rule you could put it under, regardless of how you refer to it in the video or statements.

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8 minutes ago, elvis15 said:

But this is a late hit, that falls under the interference rule. I'm not sure what other rule you could put it under, regardless of how you refer to it in the video or statements.

Actually, if you look farther down in the article Cerridwen cites, Murphy himself calls it "an interference hit". So it sure looks like Rome was suspended for interference to me.

 

Of course that whole interview was a load of bullocks anyways. If that was an NHL media hack asking those questions, then the bias couldn't be more clear.

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