A terrible call in NCAA hockey leads to game misconduct
No one likes to see head hits in hockey. They can be incredibly dangerous, and some can take years off the career of the person getting hit or even end it immediately. Sometimes, though the officials get it wrong. We believe this is one of those cases.
During a game between Omaha and Miami in the NCHC conference of NCAA hockey, Omaha captain Kevin Conley was initially given a two minute penalty for a hit to the head of Miami's Ryan Savage. After the two referees watched the replay and discussed what took place, Conley's penalty was increased to five minutes, which comes with an automatic game misconduct in NCAA hockey. The terrible part of all this is the replay seems to show that Savage ran into Conley's arm while he has his head down. It doesn't appear that Conley initiated the contact at all. Take a look. The slow-motion, zoomed-in replay begins at around 20 second into the video.
You can see some slight movement from Conley's arm just before Savage's head hits him, but that's about it. It should be noted there is no real size difference involved in this play. Conley is six-foot, while Savage is five-foot-eleven. This just seems like an incident where the referees got it wrong. What do you think? Let us know below.
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DÉCEMBRE 5 | 228 ANSWERS A terrible call in NCAA hockey leads to game misconduct Did this deserve a five minute major penalty and game misconduct? | ||
| Yes | 89 | 39 % |
| No | 139 | 61 % |
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