Leaving the bench during an altercation is an automatic 10 game suspension in the NHL and they do enforce it every time.
Leaving the bench early is a 2 game suspension in the ohl.
Hard to say. With all the commitments to the USHL/BCHL amongst first round rated players it will be interesting to see how it plays out. Couple Soo area players to keep and eye on tonight in Blonda and Rossetto who played in Pittsburgh this past season. Would be nice if Blonda slipped to the Soo at 18 but I don't think that will happen.
I don't have the rules that you do, but do they say that this automatic 2 game suspension is contingent on getting into a fight? It's not in the NHL. It's a blanket rule.
Nobody left the bench to join an altercation. There was minor pushing/jawing that you can see in the game feed and then the refs push the Soo players back across the redline and then the Spirit team came on the ice to congratulate the goalie the same way every team does it all season. The teams were still jawing at each other and when the Spirit players came to center ice to do the normal stick taps and salute to the crowd, the Soo players/coaches hadn't left the ice and a few Spirit players skated farther to the opposite end than they should have. That's what the misconducts were for. There won't be any suspensions and shouldn't be...it was a very competitive game and Oke outplayed Schenkel...that was the difference in the game. Oke controlled every puck and Schenkel was shaky on rebounds and had two he didn't squeeze enough. Shots and gameplay were pretty even all game.
Leaving the bench in general it’s 2 mins plus a misconduct. They typically only suspend if there is an altercation.
Pushing and jawing is an altercation. NHL players get suspended for simply leaving the bench. They don't have to do anything else. I honestly can't really tell what happened with Beck after the game and don't know why he alone was penalized. If it wasn't serious, then it's an odd penalty to assess, given the automatic suspension attached to it.
We need some vets to step up and go to the trenches like Martin and T. Hayes have been. Our top line was good but can be better too, some turnovers hurt us and ended up in net, few squekers Charlie would like back I'm sure but we need to score to win. Definitely need more traffic and net front presence to make life miserable for Oke, whatever punishment their D give us we have to give it right back. Not a fan of how wide open we leave Parekh at times, also have to hit him every chance we get.
Definitely a bit surprised at this pick only because of his commitment to the USHL and their flagship franchise the Chicago Steele. Normally kids who tender here stay committed to the program and have NCAA in their sights.
It's a bit of a catch-22. If we get physical then calls will be made against us and not on them, due to Hache and the fact that they are hosting. We certainly saw the double standard in the first game. It's an unfortunate situation, but reality.
Taking a chance on the croskersy pick, the Harris pick I can see 100%…have lacked size on d, with the exception of Gibson, but Gibson played a different game than their last big d Thompson. The goalie pick is nice to see. They’ll have a goalie develope and join roster every year. Miller now, telegarr this upcoming year and the 4th rounder the next year. Smart for sure.
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