Do the officials ever get called out? The way I see it, the linesmen failed 3 times over. They let Wittkowski slam Kulak to the ice 3 times after knocking him down and while they had a hold of him, shoved them aside and lunged at Hamonic (at least they stopped that altercation from happening), and then let him back on the ice. They also let Mantha wail away on Hamonic at the Wings bench. Howard also come over, starts throwing shots with his blocker, then throws off his gloves, Gillies feels obliged to come over and they get equal penalties. No extra sanctions from the officials for Wittkowski, Howard or Mantha and Tkachuk gets a major for spearing?
Then the next night, both refs and linesman miss a blatant slash to the head by Gudas. Give them coincidental minors. Need a video review to wake them to the obvious. The league is just embarrassing itself on a nightly basis.
If Tkachuk gets suspended for that tap above the major, I will be incensed. The league is losing all credibility.
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