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What Happened To The Instigator Penalty?
by Paul on 11/04/09 at 09:17 AM ET
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from Darren Dreger of TSN,
Before the start of the regular season, the NHL said the instigator penalty would be called more vigilantly this season than in the recent past. So far, that hasn’t been the case.
Heading in to Tuesday’s games, an instigator penalty had been called in 8 of 117 fights. That’s one for every 14 fights or 6.8%. Although slightly higher than last season’s 5.9% rate, the calling of instigator penalties has declined significantly from the first two post-lockout seasons.
NHL officials were sent memos at the beginning of the season, reinforcing the importance of identifying instigators when the occasion calls for it. One of the most blatant circumstances is fights following clean hits. NHL Director of Officiating Terry Gregson says, “if a player seeks to hand out his own form of justice and his actions meet the criteria, it must be called.”
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I thought it was removed from the rule book after Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals?
Only for select teams. 
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 11/04/09 at 10:18 AM ET
Why is TSN always the ones crying about fighting in hockey?
Posted by PuckCentral on 11/04/09 at 10:49 AM ET
Why is TSN always the ones crying about fighting in hockey?
It has nothing to do with crying about fighting. It has to do with the fact that referees were told at the start of the year to call the instigator penalty more and this hasn’t been done. And to further this the fact is that when it is being called its not done quite so objectively as Dreger points out with those two examples. Nothing about those two central points relate to “TSN crying about fighting” rather they pertain to the failure of this memo from the League of Officiating.
Posted by JBM from Pittsburgh on 11/04/09 at 06:49 PM ET
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I thought it was removed from the rule book after Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals?
Posted by BDH on 11/04/09 at 10:05 AM ET