Lifting a player's stick with excessive force causing them to lose it, penalty?

[Filthy Dangles]

I've seen this happen periodically in the NHL, it's not common but after it happened to me in a rec game with no call I was wondering to what degree it's illegal.

For example, say you are engaged with another player along the boards and an opponent comes and unsuspectingly lifts his stick with unncessary amount of force causing him to lose it, Almost like the opposite of a tomahawk not chopping down, but lifting up with excessive force.

should it be a penalty? And if so under what rule specifically, slashing? interference?

 

[Dust]

I feel like I've seen players called for hooking for something similar, but as to the actual definition of the rule, i'm not sure. If you skate up to a player and then yeet their stick into the sun with a stick lift I feel like you're probably going to get a penalty for it.

 

[OilerTyler]

Adam Foote did this on his last shift and didn't get a penalty. Skip to 30 seconds into this video.



That doesn't really answer if it is a penalty though because they definitely weren't going to call anything on Foote in overtime, at home, in his last game no matter how blatant it was.

 

[Chips]

They used to say hold your stick. I think the refs will use discretion in deciding if they think there was much force but it’s probably harder

 

[kerrabria]

If they were holding their stick tight enough, it either wouldn't go flying or it would break.
If someone hits your stick (not hands or body) with enough force that it can only snap if you don't let it go flying, then that's an automatic slashing penalty.

 

[Norwegianoiler]

They're talking about interference for this amazing stick lift by Chara.

 

[pb1300]

Would it be considered slashing or interference? Barkov is a wizard defensively when lifting an opposition players stick, but I’ve seen players do it forcefully at times, and I would think you can call a slashing penalty if it went wrong.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

I’m all for calling rules a bit tighter, but imo this should never get called unless you get in around the hands. If the opponent is gripping his stick tightly that’s the result- your stick slides up towards their hands and then it’s a hooking/slashing issue, I don’t care on the terminology. I suppose interference could be called for what Foote did, but eh, ticky tack contact is ignored all the time- takes less time to reset stick position than body position as long as you hold your stick right.