Why the double minor for blood drawn?

[Dave]

Maybe because the injured player might miss extended time due to being repaired... so the offending player gets penalized more to compensate.

 

[SladeWilson23]

It's actually supposed to be 100% the ref's discretion, and NOT black and white like that.

 

[10coach*]

Worse, it's an incentive to not wear a visor.

LOL

 

[Seanaconda]

Its just easier for the ref.

 

[LeafFever]

I HATE the idea blood somehow makes it a worse hit or infraction. You could get your brains scrambled and career ended and there's no blood. Ridiculous thinking in 2018.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Its just easier for the ref.

why the necrobump

 

[Inglewood JACKets]

I get what your saying, but they can only judge on what they can see. What are they going to do? Pause the game so they can get an MRI to decide the severity of the penalty?

 

[CanadianPensFan1]

I'm ok with the extra 2 for blood. No big there.

The one that gets me is 2 min for knocking the stick out of a players hands.

If the stick breaks? Sure. As brittle as these sticks are, you gotta hit it pretty damn hard to split it in two.

But knocking it out of his hands? You can fart next to a guy a the stick falls.

 

[SUBdrewgANS]

Its just easier for the ref.

Why did you bump this thread I made 3 years ago?

 

[Seanaconda]

Why did you bump this thread I made 3 years ago?

Oh did I it showed up at the top of my forums probably accidently hit oldest to newest my bad

 

[Rodgerwilco]

It's a really stupid rule, in my opinion.

The other day in a Penguin game (I don't remember the opponent), but a guy got high-sticked and after a few moments, he started checking for blood and appealing to the referees that there's blood so they demanded a double-minor. Glad to see the referee just give the minor penalty. If I recall correctly, there is no actual rule in the NHL rulebook that states that blood warrants an extra penalty.