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Old 02-01-2016, 03:26 PM   #1014
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Originally Posted by GioforPM View Post
No - it doesn't fall under player safety. But there still has to be an "offence" under supplementary discipline. The Paul Stewart article confirms this.

No offence - no punishment. So what is the offence, if not abuse of official?
What text just said is what they said on the radio.

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Instead, it will be reviewed under Rule 28 (Supplementary Discipline) which provides the NHL the authority to “investigate any incident that occurs with any Pre-season, Exhibition, League or Playoff game and may assess fines and/or suspensions for any offense committed during the course of a game or any aftermath thereof by a player…”.

"offence".
The offence is him drilling the official from behind.
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