Scott Hartnell picked up an extremely questionable five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct for charging Ben Bishop. Hartnell went behind the net and made contact with Bishop while the goaltender played the puck, but does this contact justify such a harsh sentence?
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There is contact. No one is disputing that fact. Hartnell also could have done more to avoid said contact. That being said, at most this should be a two-minute minor.
The NHL has removed game misconducts off of players’ records in the past. This is another instance in which the penalty on the ice doesn’t fit the crime.
