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Carcillo Hulks Pitkanen, Disciplined for Superhuman Strength

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Dan Carcillo faced disciplinary action today for his bunt delivered to Joni Pitkanen, sending him diving into the boards nearly two minutes into the first period of Friday nights game versus the Carolina Hurricanes at the library known as the RBC Center.

The verdict: Carcillo suspended for 2 regular season games.

Fortunately, Pitkanen was not injured and no penalty was accessed during play. The hearing was specifically called by the league in order to take action on the bump.

Here is an explanation of Rule 43:

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Checking from Behind – A check from behind is a check delivered on a player who is not aware of the impending hit, therefore unable to protect or defend himself, and contact is made on the back part of the body. When a player intentionally turns his body to create contact with his back, no penalty shall be assessed.

Fines and Suspensions - Any player who incurs a total of two (2) game misconducts under Rule 41 and/or Rule 43, in either the Regular season or Play-offs, shall be suspended automatically for the next game of his team. For each subsequent game misconduct penalty the automatic suspension shall be increased by one game.

If deemed appropriate, supplementary discipline can be applied by the Commissioner at his discretion (refer to Rule 28).

With that in mind, Carcillo did not receive a misconduct or a penalty on the play, so this is a case where supplementary discipline was applied by the League at their discretion. Otherwise, no hearing would have been called.

Finally here it is, a true display of superhuman strength that sent Pitkanen diving into the boards:



Judges score it 9 out of 10. Your call?

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