eh, Grabbo kicking the helmet seemed sketchy to me too, but i understand that they can’t tolerate anything that would seem like a slight against an official, so….
whatever.

Honestly, if the ref made such a big deal out of it he would have been out of the game. He wasn’t even looking at him when he made contact so let’s hope the NHL doesn’t act like a bunch of idiots…oh wait.

This feels like the Cujo/McGeough incident… it will probably largely depend on the official’s report. He looked like he was off-balance, but if they decide Orr was too rough and he gets three games I wouldn’t really have a problem with it.

I kinda expected this to happen, unfortunately.

It’s hard to have a gray area when it comes to player/ref contact like that. Although considering every other rule in the NHL is a gray area…

I guess this means Rosehill slots back in?

As long as Mayers doesnt get back in im fine

Whatever, if it makes the refs feel better. One game or a fine is good

This SO invokes the “Club Two Minutes” mentality of Stephen Walkom…

I don’t like this. Orr and Parros were still going strong in their fight; they weren’t tangled up or hugging it out, and that linesman started coming in to break them up. Orr basically told him to stay out of it, and unfortunately when a 6’4" enforcer pushes a smaller linesman, he went down.

Imagine if Orr hadn’t pushed him away and Parros sent a punch at Orr that caught the linesman square on the jar. That would have been terrible.

WHEEL. OF. DISCIPLINE.

Anyone else feel Colie Campbell just picks a number out of a hat when determining supplementary discipline for any in-game incidents?

That said, there isn’t nor should there be any wiggle room when it comes to abuse of officials. I didn’t get a good look at the incident, but if it is deemed worthy of an automatic suspension, oh well.

Anyone see the Vikings/Steelers game on sunday? An official got absolutely leveled on a punt return. Accidental probably, but I still find it strange there wasn’t some talk of penalty for the guy who ran into him.

i don’t think it was intentional but I really have no clue when it comes to suspensions.

I think the league has a no tolerance deal with contacting an official during a game, but I think it’s all up to the report the crew gave post game. I think the rule is 3 games, which would be disappointing for a minor shove

They were talking to Parros during the first about the fight and he said, “And then Orr pushed the ref, that was pretty funny.” So at least George liked it.

My first thought was to laugh, my second though was “oh shit, he is in trouble”.

I actually Like Orr, however, shoving or even touching a ref in a negative way is up there with pushing or running a goalie; you just don’t do it. If you do there is going to be consequences. I guess he REALLY wanted to fight parros.

Aside from the hilarious Falling Ref incident, these staged fights are starting to get boring…

It is only a spendable offense if you agree that Linesmen have souls

The fight was clearly not over yet, they weren’t hugging and punches were being thrown. I think it’s the linesman’s own damn fault that he tried to move into a fight that was still alive. That being said, Orr probably shouldn’t have stuck his arm out. I don’t think he intended to knock the ref over and the helmet clearly was a part of it. If I was Campbell I wouldn’t give out a suspension.

Corey Perry should be suspended just for being a douche bag :P

PPP is alive, he emailed me to say he has the flu. So, I didn’t kill him.

NO SUSPENSION.

Everything is coming up Millhouse…

I’m glad Colin Campbell came to his senses. Cam Janssen pushes the linesmen away on almost every fight and he never gets penalized.

As mentioned above, a lot of the ruling probably depends on the ref’s or linesman’s report of the on ice incident. If the Linesman felt it was accidental or it was his own fault then I can see the reasoning behind the call.

Personally I could see the call going either which way and I wouldn’t really get upset it.