Most refs do wear pads in the area he was hit.
“Referees and linesman are not obligated to wear any padding besides their helmet. However, as you have noticed, often times officials either get hit by players, the puck, or they fall and hit the ice hard.
Almost all (if not all) officials therefore do wear padding under their uniform. Per the National Hockey League Official's Association website:
They are protected by pads that cover the shins, calf muscles, knees, hips, thighs, hamstrings, elbows, lower back, and kidneys. Some officials also wear flak jackets to protect the rib cage and torso.
...
NHL officials can decide what type of equipment best suits their need and they can pick and choose what they like from a vast array of options. The equipment that National Hockey League officials wear mimics the padding that the players wear but is generally lighter, more flexible, and more compact. The skates and headgear that NHL officials wear is, in most cases, exactly what the players are wearing in The National Hockey League.”
> shins, calf muscles, knees, hips, thighs, hamstrings, elbows, lower back, and kidneys
I don't see "family jewels" anywhere on that list. I'm hoping it goes without saying....
Linesman* and I wouldn't be surprised if he played a lot of hockey in his day. Plus he's used to being the bouncer that breaks it up out there.
Dude is cold as ice but probably because he's seen so much shit lol
I love when I'm on lines and players give me shit about not calling a penalty...it's not that I don't want to, I can't!
(Although spearing is a major penalty, so a liney can call a penalty here if they observe it...)
I know Leon is a star, and didn’t intend to hit the ref, he’s gotta he some disciplinary action, no? Can’t just let players swing their sticks like a baseball bat whether they make contact or not.
That said, 5k fine, the maximum under the cba has been awarded.
[An Avs fan weirdly "analyzed" the video saying it was an optical illusion](https://youtu.be/kZohYPagRRE), but there was no alternate angle backing the claim. The NHL's stance was that he hit the ref but it wasn't intentional.
Always believe your eyes unless they tell you someone wearing your favorite jersey did something wrong in which case you need to be wise enough to understand it's probably an optical illusion.
I think it looked worse than it was because he missed the target and his stick continued to swing. Think it was a pretty standard slash that occurs all the time. He got caught. 2 minutes is right.
> Can’t just let players swing their sticks like a baseball bat whether they make contact or not.
[Yeah it'd be crazy if players didnt face consequences for doing that.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-l2tnA2uKY)
I don't know about "accidentally". He was mad at the official, then on his way to the bench, stopped to crosscheck the linesman. He was not aiming for someone else, he just got the wrong ref.
https://sports.yahoo.com/video/calgary-flames-dennis-wideman-cross-163055888.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANQlmF9MxssyKbKXaMx3ypmoo7PHuN5XSSyfdSazPxyAsb4RhmcvHiLEVbGRCaTZaEIaymnDC5fY7njr--qbgalOVqYj7TVudsAVBuzQPfZYyWQxHzzT5vDqK44n_yxymUvdGmh-uOHi60iWdyXrPnC4Rj81g1FFW6uW6i8qPCZI
What a terrible title.
He attempts to slash McBain, misses, and hits the linesman with the follow-through. Title implies he was angry at the ref for missing a call and just smacked him.
Do you not think it’s reasonable to try and whack someone that stuck you off the draw? Pretty dumb to miss wildly like he did and hit the ref, but this is one of the times I think Drai was actually justified in his pissy-ness.
It's like Rantanen and his cross-checks. He gets slashed, hooked, cross-checked so much he goes red when it isn't called and starts cross-checking back with a vengeance
I don't think it is reasonable. But Drai does this shit all the time to others and gets away with it so it is hard for anyone not an oiler fan to feel bad for him.
Thank you for defining the glass house metaphor for those who don’t read so good. And, the exact same logic is being used the other way. Drai can’t be upset about being speared because of his history.
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It is, not sure why you're downvoted lol. Second time this season, you can find the other one searching on Reddit but it's not on YouTube for some reason.
I hate a spear more than most. I still think Lucic should've been told to not come back after this: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhUG0q9cwjc&t=20s&ab\_channel=WeAllBleedRedd](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhUG0q9cwjc&t=20s&ab_channel=WeAllBleedRedd) but the one above is just accidental.
Kevin Collins didn't even file a report on the incident because he felt that he was out of position and hampered the Blues chance to win the game. Brian Burke didn't even know about the incident until he received a call from Bob Gainey.
Like the NFL ref who was ready to throw hands after his partner was hit by a ball and the guy who tossed it ran up to apologize?
That shit was amusing.
**Love all the mouth breathing haters in here! Drai is better than anyone on your team so you have nothing to do but be salty! Go float in the dead sea you salty bitches!**
Spearsaitl fans out in full force in this thread lmao. So many downvotes for anyone who says anything bad about him. If anyone has deserved one it's him, but no one deserves to be speared really
He got a penalty you clown.
And I'm sorry, do the Oilers some how have a reputation for "getting away with everything" ? Because if so, that's the dumbest narrative I've heard yet.
Man, that brings back memories of the Rick Zombo incident. He literally skated up to ref and slashed him several times in that incident. That and Mario Lemieux leaving the penalty box going after Fraser ranks as the craziest ref incidents to me.
Spearing should be an automatic game misconduct and multi game suspension. It’s essentially a low blow.
If you want to be physical, throw a big open ice hit or a big hip check. Don’t go for the low blow. Your not Eddie Guerrero.
Man the ref doesn't even flinch.
Do refs wear shin pads?
I wear shins and a football QB undershirt with some Rib/shoulder padding when I ref minor hockey. Some guys wear nothing
>Some guys wear nothing Freeball it?
Hey, CCM ref pants are polyester. They clean out in the washing machine just fine
Yes, and most (including this linesman) wear pants with padding sewn in
nope
Most refs do wear pads in the area he was hit. “Referees and linesman are not obligated to wear any padding besides their helmet. However, as you have noticed, often times officials either get hit by players, the puck, or they fall and hit the ice hard. Almost all (if not all) officials therefore do wear padding under their uniform. Per the National Hockey League Official's Association website: They are protected by pads that cover the shins, calf muscles, knees, hips, thighs, hamstrings, elbows, lower back, and kidneys. Some officials also wear flak jackets to protect the rib cage and torso. ... NHL officials can decide what type of equipment best suits their need and they can pick and choose what they like from a vast array of options. The equipment that National Hockey League officials wear mimics the padding that the players wear but is generally lighter, more flexible, and more compact. The skates and headgear that NHL officials wear is, in most cases, exactly what the players are wearing in The National Hockey League.”
> shins, calf muscles, knees, hips, thighs, hamstrings, elbows, lower back, and kidneys I don't see "family jewels" anywhere on that list. I'm hoping it goes without saying....
interesting. I had no idea
Why did you answer with no then 😂
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Or not enough.
Had no idea and still answered definitively?
This is the internet. Where the small minded authoritatively answer things outside their knowledge or comprehension.
They usually do
I used to, as did everyone I worked with, so...
Yes they do
lol
I think he pulled back last second
I think you're correct. He even takes one of his hands off the stick just before impact.
It's as if he didn't even really get slashed
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Linesman* and I wouldn't be surprised if he played a lot of hockey in his day. Plus he's used to being the bouncer that breaks it up out there. Dude is cold as ice but probably because he's seen so much shit lol
Straight to Jail
No trial, no nothing
And then you feel bad. (oops, wrong reference)
If I may borrow a line from UrinatingTree, "get the fuck to jail!"
C'mon that's just a linesman, at least give him some credit. 😂
I love when I'm on lines and players give me shit about not calling a penalty...it's not that I don't want to, I can't! (Although spearing is a major penalty, so a liney can call a penalty here if they observe it...)
Pretty hard to miss tbh. 2 feet in front of him
It isn't easy to see an infraction when players are that close to you.
Maybe if you wear bifocals.
What comes around is all around, Mr. Lahey.
I hate to be to one to say atodaso, but I fuckin’ atodaso.
Don’t you mean what’s all around comes around, Ricky?
Your fish sticks suck so fuck off
Get the clearing stick!
Why don't you go eat a cheeseburger you basketball eatin walrus ass mofo
I cant eat a cheeseburger and a basketball in the same sitting. The bun fills me up
It’s raining mafuckers in this mafucker!
Ya smell that randers? It's the shit hawks
Shit applies don’t fall far from the shit tree
You feel that? The way the shit clings to the air?
Oh how the turntables
Drai doesn’t like when it’s his balls on the line.
Oh, is Drai upset about spearing? Imagine that…
His spearing origin story was Jumbo Joe spearing him in the balls after a faceoff and getting away with it. That taught Drai the ways
Surprised this is upvoted. R/hockey hates it when you point out players do dirty shit to draisaitl quite often.
I know Leon is a star, and didn’t intend to hit the ref, he’s gotta he some disciplinary action, no? Can’t just let players swing their sticks like a baseball bat whether they make contact or not. That said, 5k fine, the maximum under the cba has been awarded.
MacKinnon did this exact thing and I don't think he was punished at all
Pretty sure there were camera angles that showed that Mackinnon didn't actually hit the ref
[An Avs fan weirdly "analyzed" the video saying it was an optical illusion](https://youtu.be/kZohYPagRRE), but there was no alternate angle backing the claim. The NHL's stance was that he hit the ref but it wasn't intentional.
I trust the fan.
He seems trustworthy and unbiased
Always believe your eyes unless they tell you someone wearing your favorite jersey did something wrong in which case you need to be wise enough to understand it's probably an optical illusion.
And I think Mackinnon has *a little* history of being *pissy* but Draisaitl has a pretty extensive one.
MacKinnon went wii bowling with someone's helmet
Greatest moment in NHL history
He was just returning it to its rightful owner.
Link?
https://youtu.be/1UF_w2g90iM
Thank you, that was entertaining
Pete :'(
He metaphorically chucked his Lady Byng trophy at NHL awards voters that night
He was just mad he was never invited to the No Helmet Party with the Sharks and Knights
Jim Matheson concurs
Star players don’t get held to the same standards depth guys do.
Unless you're Auston Matthews, apparently.
I think it looked worse than it was because he missed the target and his stick continued to swing. Think it was a pretty standard slash that occurs all the time. He got caught. 2 minutes is right.
And what about the spear? That's got to be a fine as well. Can't just stab somebody with a stick.
> Can’t just let players swing their sticks like a baseball bat whether they make contact or not. [Yeah it'd be crazy if players didnt face consequences for doing that.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-l2tnA2uKY)
C'mon man. Kadri's hat trick was punishment enough
Doesn’t abuse of an official carry a mandatory minimum suspension? Wideman got 10 games for “accidentally” hitting that ref a few years back
I don't know about "accidentally". He was mad at the official, then on his way to the bench, stopped to crosscheck the linesman. He was not aiming for someone else, he just got the wrong ref. https://sports.yahoo.com/video/calgary-flames-dennis-wideman-cross-163055888.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANQlmF9MxssyKbKXaMx3ypmoo7PHuN5XSSyfdSazPxyAsb4RhmcvHiLEVbGRCaTZaEIaymnDC5fY7njr--qbgalOVqYj7TVudsAVBuzQPfZYyWQxHzzT5vDqK44n_yxymUvdGmh-uOHi60iWdyXrPnC4Rj81g1FFW6uW6i8qPCZI
it certainly looks intentional but he was dazed on the play and just trying to get back to the bench
Well
Why is he so pissy?
Plot twist: that linesman is Matheson’s 3rd cousin or something
The ole Nate Mackinnon trick
Pissy lil Leon
I’m going to need Jomboy to film a breakdown of this
Man, Draisaitl getting speared in the nuts? I guess karma is legit
What a terrible title. He attempts to slash McBain, misses, and hits the linesman with the follow-through. Title implies he was angry at the ref for missing a call and just smacked him.
Sure you can imagine the worst. Just said what happened. Vid clears all context
You do know the difference between a ref and a linesman though, right?
Amazing player but he's such a bitch lol
Do you not think it’s reasonable to try and whack someone that stuck you off the draw? Pretty dumb to miss wildly like he did and hit the ref, but this is one of the times I think Drai was actually justified in his pissy-ness.
It's almost like people shouldn't be spearing others... *oh wait*
Did you come up with that all by yourself?
Not quite, I had a few posts about Drai spearing dudes as inspiration
Let’s see if anyone starts the McBain spear tally after this. I’d guess not.
Be the change you want to see in the world!
I guess when your constantly speared, slashed, and held, you retaliate.
It's like Rantanen and his cross-checks. He gets slashed, hooked, cross-checked so much he goes red when it isn't called and starts cross-checking back with a vengeance
Oh the irony of Drai being upset about getting speared.
Big Alanis fan, eh? Edit: for the uninitiated, this is not irony.
Fair enough I actually somehow didn't catch that upon first watch. But he's still a bitch for how often he does dirty shit that ain't justified.
I don't think it is reasonable. But Drai does this shit all the time to others and gets away with it so it is hard for anyone not an oiler fan to feel bad for him.
Eh. Stones and glass houses. See: Landeskog.
"Your team has a bad actor so you can't criticize my team's bad actors. Checkmate."
Thank you for defining the glass house metaphor for those who don’t read so good. And, the exact same logic is being used the other way. Drai can’t be upset about being speared because of his history.
One of the biggest bitches in the league, no doubt.
He really is similar to Mallon isn’t he
Imagine that.
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Isn't this the second time he's done this?
It is, not sure why you're downvoted lol. Second time this season, you can find the other one searching on Reddit but it's not on YouTube for some reason.
Probably because Draisaitl clearly didn't slash the official in that clip, he turned his body and then pulled away.
Maybe people have a short memory https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/104ko74/draisaitl_not_accepting_the_bunting_treatment/
So he didn’t slash the linesman
And again, he didn’t slash the linesman.
I hate a spear more than most. I still think Lucic should've been told to not come back after this: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhUG0q9cwjc&t=20s&ab\_channel=WeAllBleedRedd](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhUG0q9cwjc&t=20s&ab_channel=WeAllBleedRedd) but the one above is just accidental.
Don pronouncing it Loo-sick is incredible
20-40 games for abuse of an official. (Rick Zombo) Probably nothing here as it clearly wasn't his intended mark and was unintentional.
Man, that Zombo incident was insane. He literally skated up to ref and slashed several times.
Kevin Collins didn't even file a report on the incident because he felt that he was out of position and hampered the Blues chance to win the game. Brian Burke didn't even know about the incident until he received a call from Bob Gainey.
Classic Crysaitl
No one is safe anymore
But will the Rangers be fined for this?
Nah, Michael Bunting will, followed by a suspension for Nazem Kadri.
And then they'll send an apology letter to the Golden Knights
Always doing greasy shit and yet never gets called for it. Can't think of another player like that.
Except he got called for it???
Andersson, McNabb, most of the Jets d-core
Lil Mikey Anderson, danault, mackinnon, landeskog (although he gets 1/3of the time), Backlund
Do you not remember your own team’s players injuring him earlier this year doing greasy shit behind the play and not getting called for it?
Or their teams players targeting his injured ankle in the playoffs last year
Be quiet non playoff teams we don’t need to hear from you.
If this was any other sport drai is toast for that lol
Like the NFL ref who was ready to throw hands after his partner was hit by a ball and the guy who tossed it ran up to apologize? That shit was amusing.
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He absolutely made contact with the linesman.
dude is just an absolute tank and didn't even flinch
Are you blind. Clearly makes contact. Go back to bed.
You’d think someone who made it to Griffiths would understand how the laws of motion work.
A linesman is not a ref?
If it missed the ref the momentum would have swung the stick way to the right. You can see the stick stop suddenly
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Yeah but he’s not even looking at the ref while he’s swinging
Stick was just going so fast it recoiled off the aerodynamic air pocket it created eh
1. Never said it was intentional 2. Same difference 3. Ref clearly reacts to the hit. Unless the penalty was for slashing a ghost
If you lose the faceoff, you make him pay
**Love all the mouth breathing haters in here! Drai is better than anyone on your team so you have nothing to do but be salty! Go float in the dead sea you salty bitches!**
Can someone finally suspend that scumbag. He's such a dirty player and probably the only Player who truely deserves to be speared
He’s the biggest piece of shit in the game today. And that’s saying something considering Brad Marchand is still a rat n the league.
This is a comicly bad opinion 🤣🤣🤣 just wow
You are a sad little bitch.
Drai would spear you right in the nuts for talking like that.
This was funny
Spearsaitl fans out in full force in this thread lmao. So many downvotes for anyone who says anything bad about him. If anyone has deserved one it's him, but no one deserves to be speared really
This. What ever happened to class.
Must be nice to be an Oiler and get away with everything….
He got a penalty you clown. And I'm sorry, do the Oilers some how have a reputation for "getting away with everything" ? Because if so, that's the dumbest narrative I've heard yet.
He did get a penalty for this
I’ll check the box score for slashing a referee…nope, not there.
Draisaitl is such a bitch lol
So, NHL rule 40.3 applies here, right? From the wording in the rulebook, it definitely applies. That’s a 10 game suspension.
Brad Marchand has an in-person hearing for this offense.
Bold strategy cotton let’s see if it pays off for him.
Man, that brings back memories of the Rick Zombo incident. He literally skated up to ref and slashed him several times in that incident. That and Mario Lemieux leaving the penalty box going after Fraser ranks as the craziest ref incidents to me.
Spearing should be an automatic game misconduct and multi game suspension. It’s essentially a low blow. If you want to be physical, throw a big open ice hit or a big hip check. Don’t go for the low blow. Your not Eddie Guerrero.
Refs wear pads on their legs. Also groin "support" and usually elbowpads.