[Poe969]

I just had an argument with a co-worker about this. I said wideman put his arms up not cross checked the ref because he was woozy and the ref skated into him. Wideman wasn't all there and his depth perception was likely off and because the ref didn't know he was there he just kept skating backwards. Wideman tried to move out of the way but put his arms up instinctively to protect himself. My co-worker said that was a crock of BS and that he only put his arms up to intentionally harm the ref.

I did a little experiment; I hid around the corner and got someone to call that co-worker into the room. As he walked into the room I walked in front of him and we collided. In the split seconds before we walked into each other, his hands came up to try and protect himself.