On the Thornton/Sekera coincidental minors, why did they give Sekera a double minor instead of consecutive ones? I have to assume there's something about Thornton having to be unavailable during the power play, but if the reason for the pp is Thornton's injury, I don't understand why they wouldn't have played 4 on 4, then gone to a Canada pp after two minutes. As far as i can tell, unless there's a pre-existing penalty, coincidental minors don't have to be played at 5 on 5 until there's a whistle to let the guys out of the box.
I may need an ELI5 here. Or to be told "it's at the ref's discretion." I did in fact try reading the rules for coincidental minors, but it's possible I just can't comprehend cause I'm not willing to mute the audio of this game.
Re: Game day thread 21 Sept 2016
On the Thornton/Sekera coincidental minors, why did they give Sekera a double minor instead of consecutive ones? I have to assume there's something about Thornton having to be unavailable during the power play, but if the reason for the pp is Thornton's injury, I don't understand why they wouldn't have played 4 on 4, then gone to a Canada pp after two minutes. As far as i can tell, unless there's a pre-existing penalty, coincidental minors don't have to be played at 5 on 5 until there's a whistle to let the guys out of the box.
I may need an ELI5 here. Or to be told "it's at the ref's discretion." I did in fact try reading the rules for coincidental minors, but it's possible I just can't comprehend cause I'm not willing to mute the audio of this game.