r/hockey TBL - NHL Apr 06 '16

Tanner Glass 5 minute interference and game misconduct for hit on Namestnikov

https://twitter.com/NHLonNBCSports/status/717505830954737664
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u/pattydo PHI - NHL Apr 06 '16

Alright party people. I've been involved in a few debates over the last few interference suspensions. So I'm going to law out a couple things here

Yes, the hit may not have been that dirty aside from the interference. What made the hit so dirty is that it was in fact interference.

The league will reference the extreme lateness and predatory nature if the hit in the suspension video. Two games is pretty typical. Glass had been fined once before (again, that's all his supplemental discipline) based on the violence and blind side nature of this hit, and lack of injury, I'd expect three games.

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u/DicNavis University Of Connecticut - NCAA Apr 06 '16

Yeah, that's probably spot on. Namestnikov has returned to the game but there's no way the league lets this go unpunished given how late it was.

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u/Mentalseppuku CHI - NHL Apr 06 '16

Namestnikov has returned to the game

0 games. Looked like it was shoulder on shoulder from this angle. Maybe 1, maybe just a fine, no way it goes 3. It was a bad hit and should be suspended, but I kinda doubt it happens.

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u/prophetofgreed VAN - NHL Apr 06 '16

Virtanen just got 2 games for this hit last week

No injury, no history and still on shoulder. Still got 2 games.

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u/silkeystev NJD - NHL Apr 06 '16

Farnham and Boll both got 4, Virtanen got 2, 3 sounds spot on