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Originally Posted by smiggy77
Just need to look at whether this was a hockey play or not. To me a hockey play in this situation is:
1) Puck is near you
2) Pin or check player to get them out of the play/impede players ability to complete a play
3) Puck is no longer near you or gone - hockey play is done.
The first hit/pin to the boards was a hockey play, the shove to the ice was not as the puck was long gone. Pettersson was pinned and likely was not expecting to be slammed to the ice.
Simply put, it was reckless and unnecessary.
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That's a lot to account for when in real time, this literally happened in a second or two? When he first made contact with the player, he had an opportunity to finish the check by placing them on the ice. If there's not an issue with them making contact of the player, but a problem with them shoving them to the ice because the play is gone at the point, then you can't do more that bump a player since a split second later it may not be a hockey play to finish the check.
And I think looking at this at real time is important. It was quick what happened, and with that I don't believe there was any malicious intent. If Patterson got right back up and played the rest of the game, we wouldn't be discussing this at all.