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Originally Posted by GGG
So after reading the rule I feel he should have gotten a minor penalty for the rule.
The principal point of contact was the head and it was avoidable as Gio was moving up rather than into Aho. He could have let up. However there is no intent to injure therefore per 48.5 no match penalty or supplementary discipline is warranted.
I'm disappointed the NHL doesn't have a blanket no head shots rule as this and most of the Legal hits on the headshot safety video warrant suspensions in my opinion. If this happened to Gaudreau I would be pissed.
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1) the principal point of contact was clearly the chest - the head was shrapnel
2) he was not moving upward, he was actually moving downward, or 'into' Aho. Once their knees hit, their locked legs lifted Giordano up.