Jay Lau writes:
 
>>Tommi Degerman was caught cheating by using an illegal stick (huge curve) on
>>Saturday in the Maine-BU series. When confronted with the stick challenge,
>>Degerman tried to run to the BU bench and only the actions of a Maine player
>>who went into the BU bench prevented Degerman from hiding the illegal stick.
>>As the players struggled for the stick, the referee skaated in and yanked the
>>stick from Degertamn's hands. This was one of the strangest things I've seen
>>in awhile.
 
>>This sequence raises a couple of questions in my mind:
 
>>1. Does Degerman face additional action from Hockey East (ie suspension) or is
>>the two minute penalty he received the only punishment he'll get for the
>>illegal stick?
 
>>2. Along the same lines as question 1, since Degerman tried to run from the
>>ice and hide the illegal stick, does he face league action for his
>>unsportsmanlike conduct?
 
DGMacJr replies
 
>Read your rule book! There are no game disqualifications or sanctions for an
>equipment violation.  Maine had a 2 minute power play to make up for the fact
>that the stick was not conforming to the rules.
 
        There is, however, an automatic 10-minute misconduct, which
can be pretty significant since most stick challenges occur in the
final minutes of the game.
 
        I think part of the question is whether there's an additional
punishment for attempting to get rid of the stick.  Presumably not,
since when a Vermont player broke his stick before it could be
measured in the Cornell game last year, he was given the same
minor+miconduct as if it had been illegal.
 
        There was an animated discussion about stick measurements on
this list last year after that Cornell-Vermont game...
 
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