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The situation on Saturday was unique. It was not a straightforward bench clearing brawl. A melee (not the player) started on the ice after the Peterborough scored in overtime. It all started when Noah Roberts slashed Connor Lockhart, Lockhart then slashed him back and as result Florian Xhekaj came off the bench to go after Lockhart. Somewhere in there the Petes players left the bench to celebrate the win and a few got involved with the Brantford players. Most of the Petes did not get involved until the Bulldog players left their bench. The reason I think that Konnor Smith and Brayden Velliaris got game misconducts for leaving the bench because they got involved in the scrum. I am not sure when Lawson Sherk left the bench. I expect Smith will likely get two games for the second fight and two or three games for leaving the bench and Velliaris will get two or three games for leaving the bench. They could get an extra couple of games but I doubt it. I expect Xhekaj to get seven to ten games because he came of the bench to go after Lockhart. Sherk will likely get two or three games for leaving the bench. He also could get a few more games but again I doubt it. Roberts will get two games for the second fight. Lockhart, Liam Sztuska, Matteo Drobac and Cole Brown will likely not get suspended as they did not receive game misconducts. Jay McKee will get an automatic two game suspension for not controlling his bench. I am not sure if Rob Wilson will be suspended because the Petes left their bench to celebrate the win and yes a few people players became involved the others did not until the remainder of the Brantford players got involved.
Looks like you were pretty close with your assessment. Suspensions just got posted. I assume they post them all at once and that’s it, although I expected a bit more.
The only surprise was that Florian Xhekaj was not suspended as he came of the bench to go after Connor Lockhart. I expected him to get a long suspension. Was it because he not get a major for fighting and that would explain why Brayden Velliaris and Lawson Sherk were also not suspended. I think coach suspensions are usually posted. I guess both escaped suspension.
I also wondered about Velliaris for removing Sherk’s helmet, especially with him wearing the cage. Looks like they let that go too.
I doubt they could see the individual situations going on the ice with all that was going on. They were focusing on getting the situation under control and likely did not see it.
Yes, Reed Duthie is still calling the games
Lol the one against the greyhounds barely classifies as a fight. No videos of the others, i suspect more of the same. Seems to pretend. New era I guess.
I am a bit confused of why Konnor Smith got four games if they were letting the leaving the bench misconducts go. He should have only received two games. He would have the left the bench with the rest of his teammates to celebrate the win but got involved in the melee instead. However he did not leave the bench in an intent to get involved in an altercation but reacted when he saw what was going on. Xhekaj left the bench and shoved Lockhart into the net and receives no suspension. By his actions he was involved in the brawl.
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Konnor Smith only had one fight in the game not two. The Petes got off lightly with only one player getting suspended to is not good that it is our second best defenceman.
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I think the implication is that incident was as close as you are going to get to a "bench brawl" in todays OHL
Honestly, I expected a much worse result tonight and thought we might see London hit double digits, especially with a depleted defence.
