DOPS: Sunday 2nd March 2025
The EIH Department of Player Safety have adjudicated and reviewed the penalty sent to them by the PINIHL Game Review Panel from a DRS Review request from Milton Keynes Lightning during their fixture with Peterborough Phantoms on Sunday 2nd March 2025 and confirm:
Peterborough Phantoms #2 Thomas Norton
Rule 60 – High Sticking @ 40:00
Pb#2 was assessed a minor penalty during game for high sticks this has been upgraded to a 5 + Game under Rule 60.4
Rule 60.4
The Referee, at their discretion, may assess a Major Penalty and an automatic Game Misconduct Penalty if, in their judgment, the
Player recklessly endangers their opponent by “high-sticking”. Such assessment of reckless endangerment shall be based on the severity of the infraction, severity of the contact, the degree of violence and the general reprehensibility involved.
Therefore, the player is suspended for 1 game and receives 5 penalty points.
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