Sucks, but you still have to be in control of your stick.
Because they were making sure it was either Naz's stick that hit him, or that it wasn't a follow through. How it hit him in the face doesn't matter (unless it's a follow thru), you have to be in control of your stick at all times.
There has to be a limit to that, you'd think. Like on this one you can see Kadri take his hand off his stick, so he isn't necessarily putting full effort into avoiding the high stick, but I think it's pushing boundaries on what the spirit of the rule.
There should be limits to it, but they'll have to adjust the rule if they want that. High sticking is one of the very few calls that has no grey area
Expect more of this. Tonight is much more what I've expected from this team than the 11 periods before tonight. We have a subpar offense, play tight checking defensive game, but our defense sucks enough that we'll give up more quality scoring opportunities than our opponents. Vladar is the only reason this is tied IMO, despite the low shot totals.
