This article is stupid:
http://www.tsn.ca/talent/wideman-cou...esman-1.429825
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Even if it was unintentional, Wideman’s hit may result in a 10-game suspension for physical abuse of officials according to Rule 40 (Physical Abuse of Officials) in the NHL’s rulebook.
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The lesser penalty, a minimum 10-game “Category II” suspension, is for “any player who deliberately applies physical force to an official in any manner (excluding Category I), which physical enforce is applied without intent to injure.”
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Emphasis added.
Does the NHL consider intentional and deliberate to be different things all of a sudden?
But hey, I guess it gets more click bait to write about how he's in trouble than saying "he'll probably get nothing".