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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I don't think everything can be classified as "intentional" and "non-intentional". Reactive and instinctive behaviour is not intentional, but it tends to carry with it consequences that assume some level of intent. Can we call this an incident of consequential contact?
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That's the way I see it. If a player fell to the ice and kicked out his leg instinctively to get another player away from him he'd be responsible if he cut the other player on the leg. You're responsible for your actions on the ice, and being careless is absolutely something you can be penalized or suspended for.
It looks to me like Wideman was frustrated and embarrassed, and instinctively shoved the ref out of his way. The bonehead thing was doing the shoving with his stick.