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NHL disciplines Blackhawks Wyatt Kaiser for cheating in Wednesday's game vs Bruins
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During the Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins game on TNT, young defenseman Wyatt Kaiser got called for knocking the net off its posts on purpose to save a goal.
He was issued a delay-of-game penalty. Which, in other words, is being accused of cheating.
1st period ends with a "deliberately knocking the net loose" penalty on Wyatt Kaiser
IDK how deliberate he did that, rather than just a byproduct of a desperation play in the crease
Nonetheless, Chicago starts the 2nd period with essentially a full penalty-kill
#Blackhawks
IDK how deliberate he did that, rather than just a byproduct of a desperation play in the crease
Nonetheless, Chicago starts the 2nd period with essentially a full penalty-kill
#Blackhawks
In the video, Darren Pang was baffled that they called it deliberate, along with most Blackhawks fans, and jokingly criticized the only thing Kaiser did wrong was miss the puck.
Either way, they took the penalty, but the puck stayed out of the goal with the efforts from Petr Mrazek and Jason Dickinson to clear it out of harm's way.
Kaiser didn't seem to mean to knock the net off, as he was trying to go for the puck and happened to lose his footing.
However, a tied game at one-a-piece, plus the puck being where it was, it isn't out of the ordinary that the referees made the assumption that Wyatt knocked it off on purpose.
Kaiser is young, at 24 years old, and is an Andover, Minnesota product.
He's making waves in Chicago and is competing in a loaded defensive prospect core.
So far, he has only one point in 23 games, but is one of the few plus players on the Blackhawks at a +1.
Wyatt should be on the team in the future, either aa a bottom-six defender or an extra defenseman.
This call is just unfortunate, as it's not a testament to the season he's been having.
Previously on Chicago Hockey Insider
| POLL | ||
DECEMBRE 5 | 207 ANSWERS NHL disciplines Blackhawks Wyatt Kaiser for cheating in Wednesday's game vs Bruins Do you think Kaiser deliberately 'cheated' in Wednesdays Chicago Blackhawks game against the Boston Bruins? | ||
| Yes | 30 | 14.5 % |
| No | 118 | 57 % |
| I can't tell | 41 | 19.8 % |
| NHL refs are biased! | 18 | 8.7 % |
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