I attended the game at the RBC on New Years Eve, and my son, wife, and
I are confused about a penalty situation that occurred almost midway in
the third period.
A delayed penalty was being called against the Islanders when a bit
of pu****ng/shoving match then occurred between the Islanders' Bergenheim
and the Hurricanes' LaRose. After penalties were *****sed, it was
announced that Bergenheim got a double-minor (kneeing and roughing)
and LaRose got a minor (for roughing). At that point I would have
assumed that the teams would skate 4 on 4 for two minutes, and then
the Hurricanes would have a 2min powerplay.
Instead, a second Islander was put in penalty box, 2min for LaRose
AND 2min for the 2nd player were put on the board. Carolina then
skated with a 5 on 4 powerplay (not 4 on 3 as I would have expected
with two men in the Islander box).
When the 2min was up, LaRose and the 2nd Islander were freed from the
penalty box, but Bergenheim continued to sit in the box. At this point
there was no penalty on the board, and both teams were skating 5 aside.
In looking at the box score, I can find nothing that indicates WHY
two Islanders were in the box, or why Bergenheim stayed in at least
an additional 2min. I had assumed that the 2nd player was in the box
to work off Bergenheim's kneeing penalty, and that once the two min
were done, he would have been eligible to come back out.
I have 35+yrs of hockey fandom under my belt, and I'm still trying
to figure out what happened...
jerry
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