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Originally Posted by Ashasx
I just don't see how this is deliberate and a suspension, as a means to deter, should not come into play for something that is not plainly intentional.
If step 1 is determining whether or not this was an accident, I don't see how you move past this to step 2.
A suspension doesn't even make sense to me.
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I was thinking about it this morning and came to the same place as Textcritic mentioned; the contact itself IMO was incidental. If they'd just collided it would have been fine. That it was a stick in his hands may make the difference.
If it was another player it'd probably be penalty worthy since a player should always be in control of their stick (i.e. an accidental stick to the face still results in a penalty, so would an accidental crosscheck).
That's the way I see a suspension coming out of this; intent being disregarded, it's a stick in the hands and should be controlled, it wasn't, combined with the desire to protect the refs...