Evan Paul was playing his second game in net for the North Vancouver Wolf Pack when a fight erupted in the third period of his team’s Jan. 25 game against the Richmond Sockeyes at Minoru Arena.

Video of the fight shows Richmond defenceman Eithan Grishin over top of Paul with his arms around the goaltender for close to 20 seconds. When Grishin lets go, Paul slumps to the ice.

Grishin, 19, was (previously) suspended 16 games for incidents earlier this season, according to the PJHL website.

On Nov. 16, he received a 13-game suspension — five games for harassment of an official, three games as supplemental discipline, two games after receiving a game misconduct for being the third man in a fight, and three games as supplemental discipline for being a repeat offender.

  • @ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
    2•10 months ago

    Fights don’t do that, the refs do

    If the rules don’t allow them to protect players then they need to be changed

    The NHL’s problem is that refs are there to keep the games tied so it’s more fun to watch but that issue doesn’t exist here

    • @BlameThePeacock@lemmy.caEnglish
      2•10 months ago

      No they don’t. Refs can’t deal with intent, only result.

      At the speed of hockey, there are a ton of actually accidental contacts that occur. I got hit two days ago in a no-hitting league, and both of us know it was a complete accident because neither of us could stop in time.

      That’s exactly why I said refs can’t tell the difference between someone making an intentional bad hit and someone who just didn’t quite turn out out of the way in time because they didn’t notice early enough.