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Originally Posted by flamesfan1297
^^When I played hockey, coached, and watching hockey I've always been under the belief that it was 3 strides or 3 seconds for charging. That definition is extremely vague from the NHL though
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Starting from when though? Every player, ever, took more than 3 strides before throwing the hit.
The purpose of the rule, I believe, is to target violent 'runs' at players. And Tkachuk's hits weren't 'runs'. They were big hits to be sure. And they were designed to illicit a reaction. But peoples' attempts to call them charging are as undirected as the rule itself.