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Originally Posted by Red Menace
I'd be interested to see the Flames penalty stats before and after this incident.
My impression is that we were one of the least penalized teams in league before, and suddenly we are one of the most....is this accurate?
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I don't really think that the refs are punishing the Flames.
Through 55 games, the Flames are the 4th least penalized team with an average of ~7.7 PIMs a game. However, they have had an average of ~11.1 PIMS a game since Wideman was suspended for a 45% increase in penalty minutes. That would move them from 4th, to 23rd least penalized team.