Yeah, the more we discuss it, the more I'm thinking I was wrong. Like 100% of the time that you see the situation, it's the "victim" who is falling and it's not a penalty. This is the first time I recall seeing the "offender" on his knees as well... but I guess Dobson's stick is above his...
Oh, I didn't realize you were the arbiter of what's right and what's wrong and if I can post or not.
I thought I was being respectful. Sorry to bother you.
I mean we've seen it for years, a player is falling and takes a stick to the face and there's no penalty. I guess we never see it where both players are falling.
It looks like a high stick because you are not taking into account that his knees are on the ground which means his head is at about 3 ft off the ice. 3 ft off the ice is not high sticking.
If you're not in control of your stick and it goes high then yes it is a penalty. If you're not in control of your stick and it hits somebody at 3 ft high then it cannot be a high stick.
Nope not at all. You've been watching hockey a long time and you know that it cannot be a high stick if the stick is not high.
If the ref deemed that he slashed them in the face he could have called slashing I suppose. But you cannot call a high stick when the stick is not high. His stick is 3...
The stick that hit him wasn't high because he was on his knees. The stick was about waist high. You see it all the time, players fall down and get a stick in the face and there's no call, because the stick isn't actually "high."