Have the Flames issued any statements about this?
I still think its unintentional. If you actually look at his skates it looks like he might even be trying to get out of the way at the last second but he gets his hands and stick up in a reactionary manner.
He will get a suspension and probably deserves one, intentional or not you can't touch an official and he has to be in better control of himself.
But the witch hunt right now is overboard.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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