NHLOA probably has to be upset with this. An NHL executive pretty much undermined their case.
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My opinion on the question of intent is supported by an important piece of new evidence, in the testimony of Stephen Walkom, the NHL’s Senior Vice President and Director of Officiating. Mr. Walkom summarized his testimony as follows:
“My testimony is that he [Wideman] was upset, he’s skating to the bench, and he made a mistake, and he cross-checked the Linesman, and he knocked him to the ice with enough force to hurt him, even though he probably didn’t intentionally mean to hurt him.”
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