Panthers Ignite East Final Thriller: Explosive Game 1 Clash Fuels Rivalry and Sparks Controversy
Then with 16 seconds left before intermission, Aho was on the right end of another controversial call. Alone in front of the net, he used his skate to initially redirect a shot by Seth Jarvis past Sergei Bobrovsky. Once the puck was on its way, Aho seemed to flick his heel backward for good measure.
If it wasn’t a “distinct kicking motion” used to “propel” the puck, it was as close as Aho could come without reaching that (semi-arbitrary) threshold.
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Is an attempted kick still a kick? Panthers coach Paul Maurice sure seemed to think so as he spoke with referee Eric Furlatt before the second period commenced.
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