why shouldn't the hit from behind have been a 5-minute major and a misconduct?
Sure, the BC player looked around and saw that an OSU player was skating
towards him--he was about 50 feet away at the time--but the BC player didn't
draw the penalty by turning his back at the last minute. The BC player was
facing the boards the entire time, and all the OSU player had to do was to not
hit him in the back and drive him into the boards. Instead, the OSU player
skates towards the BC player at full speed in a straight line and nails him,
fluch on the back. If that isn't five minutes, then your saying that hitting
from behind is a minor penalty unless a major injury occurs, which is how
major injuries occur in the first place.
 
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