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Originally Posted by sworkhard
That's not how I read the rule. Contact above the opponents shoulders is a high stick. It will be called as such unless its a normal follow through. A wild swipe at a puck is not a normal follow through but that contact was a normal follow through and therefore not a penalty.
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I stand corrected. Seems likes an exploitable loop-hole to me. I'd prefer the goal stands but inability to not avoid stick to head draws penalty immediately after. Probably too much to ask of the officials as it is and there's never been a rule implemented like that afaik