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Originally Posted by transplant99
The rule was originally instituted for guys coming off the bench to join in an existing brawl and by default was extended to guys that had already hit the dressing room after being tossed.
Witkowski (or whatever his name is) was technically off the ice (for all of 2 seconds) before re-engaging, but had not been "off the ice". At least as I saw it.
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The two seconds doesn't matter, the ref escorted him off of the ice, he was done, it doesn't matter if it was one second or less. Beyond that if the ref had ejected him and went to escort him off of the ice and he broke free and started another fight, he would have been suspended. He was out of the game as soon as the ref said, you're gone.