Quinn Hughes 5 min major Game Misconduct for hit on Josh Norris

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

This is the perfect example of how the league allows hits and shoves from behind, up until something happens because of a fluke and there's an injury.

It's nonsensical.

 

[ToDavid]

Injury to the head or face is only an automatic game misconduct if the penalty is deemed a major penalty.

Major vs minor is entirely in the discretion of the officials, however if they choose major *and* there’s an injury, then it must also get a game.

That said, whenever there’s an injury officials almost always pick major because that means they had to do less thinking and less game management.

No, the boarding rule has its own exception. Any injury to the face or head from boarding is an automatic game misconduct.

 

[LivingRentFree]

Knies call was called by the rule book
So was this play.

Seems like your issue is with the rule book.

I think we all know that it depends which team you like/dislike, on how you comment on these things.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

The league has serious issues when it comes to officiating. Clearly this okay is a two, but nothing more. The hit on Knies is so much worse. There’s obvious intent to hurt the opponent. Yet nothing.

I'm sure you're objective on the manner.

Knies skated head first into Whitecloud.

 

[Master P]

2 min penalty at most.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Strictly speaking this is a boarding call because it involves pushing an opponent in such a way that he has a dangerous collision with the boards; and the game misconduct is automatic because it was a major penalty resulting in injury to the face or head.

But I take issue with the major penalty itself. The major is written to allow the refs wide latitude for subjective judgment based on “degree of violence of the impact with the boards”. I don’t see how anybody could look at this and say it was an exceptionally violent hit.

 

[LOFIN]

I think we all know that it depends which team you like/dislike, on how you comment on these things.

I think we all know reading comprehension seems to be on pretty lousy foundation in Toronto these days, since so many people can't understand what the rulebook says.

 

[Golden_Jet]

I think we all know that it depends which team you like/dislike, on how you comment on these things.

That will influence some yes.
But if you ask yourself, did they call them as the rule book states
The answer is yes.

I'm sure you're objective on the manner.

Knies skated head first into Whitecloud.

I still can’t figure out , why he never tried to protect himself. He had to be looking down, but it didn’t look like it.

 

[coolboarder]

This opens up a paradox box with players going acting like if he is injured and come back like nothing happen in the near future with faking injury from this point on. This is something the league wants to avoid. Amend this rules or else this will make the league a laughingstock around the world.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

This is the perfect example of how the league allows hits and shoves from behind, up until something happens because of a fluke and there's an injury.

It's nonsensical.

This is what's so frustrating. If they actually called all the hooking, shoving and general nonsense players get away with, especially in the playoffs, I'd still call this soft but begrudgingly say whatever. At least it's consistent.

Instead, it's all but bloody random when they decide "oh hey, NOW it's a penalty. Only for this one game though."

This opens up a paradox box with players going acting like if he is injured and come back like nothing happen in the near future with faking injury from this point on. This is something the league wants to avoid. Amend this rules or else this will make the league a laughingstock around the world.

Unironically, this is something Steve Dangle has said several times now as a point of emphasis for how inconsistent refs are. "Just pretend you're dead. Make them get out the stretcher and everything." The sad part is, he's entirely right.

 

[nerevarine]

10 games minimum, a known dirty player and a super dangerous play

 

[KevinRedkey]

2 minutes for Hughes and 2 minutes for Norris for the embellishment

Thats ridiculous. You honestly think he meant to shove his mouth on to the boards and potentially lose teeth? Cmon now...

Should have been 2mins for Hughes and that's it. Had Norris not fallen, it would have been a nothing play, but unfortunately (for Hughes), Norris did (fall).

 

[Three On Zero]

Thats ridiculous. You honestly think he meant to shove his mouth on to the boards and potentially lose teeth? Cmon now...

Should have been 2mins for Hughes and that's it. Had Norris not fallen, it would have been a nothing play, but unfortunately (for Hughes), Norris did (fall).

Players need to be held responsible.

 

[Bankerguy]

Horrible call Quinn Kasparaitis Hughes Hah.

No Demko, No Miller, No Boeser, No Hughes
still win.

imagine losing 100 pt Center, 40 goal winger, norris winner and vezina finalist and still winning a game

 

[canadianmagpie]

The funny thing is that Zub did the exact same thing to Blueger just a few minutes earlier. However, since Blueger was fine, it's a 2 minute penalty. For Hughes, because there's an "injury", it's five and a game? That's just encouraging players to milk the call to get the 5 and a game for the opponent.

 

[3074326]

Looks like a 2 min boarding penalty