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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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They can also fix this by publicly fining players for embellishment more often. GirlySports makes a good point - if the ref saw it the way the ref saw it, it’s a butt-end. There’s either no penalty, or there’s major being handed out - which is reviewable.
That looks like a dive by Couture.