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Originally Posted by AC
What are you arguing exactly?
https://nhl.bamcontent.com/images/as...-file/file.pdf
Rule 74 – Too Many Men on the Ice
74.1 Too Many Men on the Ice - Players may be changed at any time
during the play from the players’ bench provided that the player or
players leaving the ice shall be within five feet (5') of his players’
bench and out of the play before the change is made.
Both Penguins that were coming off the ice were by the Penguins blueline when their replacements hopped on the ice.
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Illegal substitution seems pretty specific, and if I read right doesn't apply here.
Rule 68 – Illegal Substitution
68.1 Illegal Substitution – An illegal substitution shall be deemed to have
occurred when a player enters the game illegally from either the
players’ bench (teammate not within the five (5) foot limit, refer to Rule
74 – Too Many Men on the Ice), from the penalty bench (penalty has
not yet expired), when a major penalty is being served and the
replacement player does not return to the ice from the penalty bench
(see 68.2), or when a player illegally enters the game for the sole
purpose of preventing an opposing
I do think it was an obvious too many men though.