Comparing the Bertuzzi hit to this just seems crazy IMO.
One was a player with a history of anger management and violence issues chasing after a player who was known to be targeted and then attacked him with a blindside punch.
The other was a player with no violent history to speak of who hit an official that had no reason to be targeted and wasn't in any way involved with the player other than being in front of him. While nobody argues the cross check occurred, there is no way for anyone to speak with any certainty as to amount of intent or malice.
What Bertuzzi did was far worse than what Wideman did, and I'm not even trying to defend Wideman here.
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