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Old 12-30-2013, 09:52 AM   #34
Yamer
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Originally Posted by StAlbertFlame View Post
International play with international Referee's ...they call anything that is considered reckless play...marginal or not.
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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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Isn't it automatic in international hockey? Any hit to the head is 2 + 10?
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...
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