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Originally Posted by StAlbertFlame
International play with international Referee's ...they call anything that is considered reckless play...marginal or not.
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Originally Posted by Derek Sutton
It does not matter if he ducked or not, gloves to the head and the helmet came off, the official made the right call based on IIHF rules.
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Originally Posted by M*A*S*H 4077
Isn't it automatic in international hockey? Any hit to the head is 2 + 10?
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I get all that, but as I said based on how the Slovak player ducked (which absolutely should matter) it wasn't an intentional hit to the head. It was a high hit with his hands up, and 9 times out of 10 in that situation it's elbowing/roughing and only 2 minutes.
Moving on...