Not to hijack thread, but figured this is relevant to the conversation, RE: his prior suspensions.
I recently played a beer league game where some guy threw a pretty offsides barb at me. We were both fighting for the puck, both got incidentals, and the usual jawing back and forth. Nothing crazy, nothing I haven't said or heard before that would be bad. We get in the box, and he drops "Go back to your country". I paused and asked him to say it again, thinking it was spur of the moment (still not acceptable), and he said it again with some stupid smirk on his face. My league has a zero tolerance policy, and the timekeeper heard it. Buzzed the refs over, while I got out of the box and went outside his to tell him to say it again without the glass. The smirk left his face after that.
Anyways, he consciously made the decision to repeat what he said, and got burned. Once his teammates heard what he said, I got plenty of apologies on his behalf, but none from him. He got a gross misconduct, and has been suspended for at least the rest of the season.
Sometimes people say things spur of the moment, and regret it after. I sure have. But other times lines are crossed and necessary repercussions have to occur.
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