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Originally Posted by FanIn80
The ref put his arm up and blew the whistle right away. He called it high sticking because from his angle it looked like a butt end to the face. Multi-angle slow motion replay shows that maybe the stick didn't catch him at all, but the ref doesn't have that luxury in real time. Also, the penalty was not reviewable as it was only a minor.
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Isn't butt ending a major penalty? why not call it that and then go to review?
Refs are also afraid to call majors now after the Vegas-Sharks incident. Can't remember the last one involving the Flames for example.