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Loading ...As always, let’s go to the videotape.
The Pflyers are playing in Buffalo. There’s a scrum in front of the net, and Maxim Afinogenov not only slew-foots Scott Upshall, but he then tries to stomp him while dudeman is laying on the ice.
I’m sorry, what? That’s actually WORSE than the Simon-Ruutu incident, because the risk of serious injury is actually greater given where Afinogenov aimed his skate-blade: Upshall’s side/midsection.
Those kidney-pads on the pants only cover so much, kids. The chest protector only covers so much–there’s a lot of area left unprotected, and the midsection (last I checked) contained some vital organs. But nothing will happen, because Afinogenov doesn’t have the history of bad behaviour that Simon has…and because it’s the Pflyers, who have made their reputation for being cheap assholes this season, so it’ll be excused with the lovely catchphrase “he deserved it”.
Because, of course, the innocent should always be punished for the sins of the guilty amirite?
Small problem with that though is its not a stomp because if you look, Upshall has Afinogenov’s foot. So therefore, he’s trying to get his foot away. Since there was a ref actually holding onto Afinogenov, if there was a conceived stomp the ref would have automatically thrown him out of the game.