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Originally Posted by JetsFlamesFan
https://youtu.be/CBT3tMAO9GI
here's the Daniel Carcillo incident that warranted a 10 game suspension (in the playoffs, I might add). I gotta say, that looked pretty tame by comparison to what Wideman did. Obviously, it will come down to what his intention was, but it looks pretty nasty.
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The rule book is pretty clear that if you fight back against an official after he has broken up an altercation, it's a game misconduct and an automatic 10 game suspension (20 if there was intent to injure). Carcillo takes two swings at the linesman and fights back when the linesman is trying to put him in the box.
He probably would have gotten away with the first swing in the heat of the moment, but the second swing and unwillingness to go into the box were what pushed it over the line.
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Originally Posted by sun
Some more accidental collisions:
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The Clifford on Neil hit about 2:30 into this one, and the Marleau on Burns hit around 4:14 are both very similar to the Wideman hit. In each case, one player sees the other guy at the last second and throws up his arms to protect himself, but because he's holding his stick, he ends up cross-checking the other guy.
Other than being in open ice instead of at the boards, the Marleau-Burns is almost identical to the Wideman hit. Burns is skating backwards, Marleau throws up his stick and hits Burns pretty hard in the back, knocking him down. Like Wideman, Marleau has no reason to want to hit Burns.