A Triple Minor!?!?!?!?

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Originally Posted by JayC

I really don't get it. According to the rulebook, roughing is "a punching motion with the hand or fist," and "a minor altercation that is not worthy of a major penalty." While there are some physical violations for which the book specifies the option of a double minor (head butting, high stick with apparent injury, etc.), roughing isn't even one of them. The rulebook says a minor, unless it's a goalie who used his blocker to make the hit, in which case it's a match penalty. And while the rules are specific about how double-minors are served, there are no provisions for a triple-minor.

So was the interpretation that his actions constituted three different roughing penalties? What would that mean, three separate blows? While the rules aren't specific about whether it could be called that way, I've certainly never seen it... a normal rouging penalty often comes from multiple "punching motions."

Did you see who called this? Was it Fraser? He's done some bizarre things, but he's been around for decades so I can't really see him breaking this far from the norm... or was it Chris Ciamaga?

P.S. Yeah, some of us Americans do pay attention to hockey.

The refs don't followe the rulebook to a tee. If someone makes 4 and a half punching motions, they do not get 9 penalty minutes. Its really up to the referee's discretion as to what merits a roughing penalty.