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Originally Posted by transplant99
Yeah fair enough, I have no intimate knowledge of the IIHF rules, but just assumed that any sort of action like that would be severely frowned upon by them. But you are right, they walk to their own beat for sure.
I dont even mind that the kid did what he did and stood up for his teammate, but that doesnt mean it shouldnt have consequences.
Who knows though.
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FWIW, I just looked up the IIHF rulebook. It doesn't spell out automatic suspensions like the NHL rulebook does. There'd be no question in North America. Petterson would be gone for ten games. The IIHF has plenty of outs if it wants, though MacKenzie did say they were investigating the incident. By rights, both Russia and Sweden should be down players tomorrow. But there is always that "don't want to impact a championship game" mentality.