Even though the season is now officially over, the National Hockey Leagues Player Safety department might not be. During the 2nd period of last nights game, Ryan McDonagh landed a hit from behind which the referee's immediately blew the whistle and called the penalty.
After they blew the whistle, Stamkos loses his cool. Stamkos had the puck when the referee blew the whistle and he turned and fired the puck right at official Gord Dwyer.
Stamkos literally shot the puck at the ref after they called McDonough for that hit pic.twitter.com/WY3zhGwuCs� Rink Rat Report (@RinkRatReport) June 27, 2022
The Lightning captain was quick to apologize for the referee, but if this were a regular season game, that would have been an automatic penalty. There have been a large amount of dangerous calls that were not called in these playoffs and it's been frustrating for the players.
Under these rules, Stamkos could be looking at a suspension:
Do you think the Lightning are getting away with some things in this game or should there be a longer leash in the #StanleyCup Final? pic.twitter.com/nyl82Ih0XT� Tim and Friends (@timandfriends) June 27, 2022
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27 JUIN | 639 ANSWERS Steven Stamkos is PISSED and shoots the puck at the ref - possible suspension coming! Will Stamkos be suspended? | ||
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