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Originally Posted by IgiTang
I voted suspension. Not because I think it was malicious, but because you have to discipline any sort of abuse of an official, regardless of intent.
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This raises an interesting question though. If you are punishing regardless of intent because an official was hit, what about the hundreds of times in the past officials have been hit?
Errant shots? Clearing attempts? Punches from fights? Body checks to opposing players when linesman was in the way? How about just random running into a linesman?
If what you say is how the NHL handles it, we'd have seen dozens of suspensions throughout the years for inadvertent player/official run ins.