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Call The Dive
by Paul on 12/02/09 at 08:55 PM ET
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from Chris Kerber of HockeyChats,
With the Olympics right around the corner, it’s a good time to remind all NHL’ers that diving is a summer Olympic event, not a winter event. Diving continues to be the one call the NHL does not call enough. A player that dives embarrasses the referee, other players, and most importantly the game. It’s not a smart move or a veteran play. Diving is embarrassing and should be handled that way. Embarrass the diver.
Before we go further, yes it is possible to have a penalty and a dive on the same play. Not always, but it can happen. A player can hook another player and the other player can embellish the act and therefore take a dive. This is where the rule must change. If a dive is handed out, it should automatically negate the other penalty. That’s an easy one and hard to understand why it doesn’t happen.
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