100% dumb play - you need and expect overage players to be leaders and stay away from that kind of dumb, selfish play. You bet the OHL will ding him for a game if for no other reason than to settle the series down and let the teams know that garbage won't be tolerated. (My guess is the Mutter gets three.)
Great game today from DiPietro - he finally settled down in there and stopped overplaying pucks. He's much better when he plays a calm game as opposed to a hyperactive one...
I was at the arena, and my view was kind of blocked from the Maksimovich hit on the goalie. From my view it just seemed they were both racing to the puck and collided. Did Maksimovich not try to play the puck? I was really surprised they kicked him out for it but it makes sense if there was no intent to play the puck.
Actually thought the same for the cross check from the Hamilton player, it seemed way worse because he broke his stick, but I thought a Match penalty was a bit excessive. Do Match penalties still carry automatic suspensions?
I also wouldn't be surprised if they suspend just to send a message, as you said. It did get quite heated at times.
Great game by both the Clark(e)s. You can tell Kody is really starting to piss the Hamilton players off, he just needs to watch out to not take stupid penalties.