![]() ![]() Let me offer the following: It certainly should be the goal of all of hockey to try and expand the scope of the two extremes of the spectrum, as outlined above, and try and really narrow down those calls that could go either way. No rewinding the tape to take a look at the slash over and over again in fine detail. Just to keep things simple, let’s assume we define the degree of aggressiveness by the speed at which the stick is travelling at the time it makes contact with an opponent. To me, the question seems simple enough: If you believe the rulebook is so easily interpreted, please explain to me exactly the point at which the swing of a stick crosses that threshold from non-aggressive to aggressive. They will point to the definition and suggest I would have to be an idiot not to understand the difference between a stick chop of which Paul Bunyan would be proud and a mere tap to the shins, as if these end-of-the-spectrum examples were the only times in which stick contact is ever made with an opponent. ![]() The mere insertion of the idea of “non-aggressive stick contact” should strike fear in the heart of the call-the-rules brigade. Non-aggressive stick contact to the pant or front of the shin pads should not be penalized as slashing.” “Slashing is the act of a player swinging his stick at an opponent, whether contact is made or not. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. ![]()
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