Can’t say we’ve seen this one before…
Toledo Walleye forward Kirill Tyutyayev received a ten-minute misconduct penalty for shooting a chicken nugget over the glass into the crowd during Wednesday’s afternoon game against the Kalamazoo Wings.
Moments before a faceoff in the K-Wings end, a fan threw a chicken nugget over the glass and on to the ice. Tyutyayev simply returned it.
Something gets thrown onto ice — at a morning kids game in Toledo — and Kirill Tyutyayev shoots it back into crowd. Gets a 10-minute misconduct. Gonna be interesting to see if league gives supplemental discipline. It’s pretty vanilla, but they don’t like shooting into stands. pic.twitter.com/ci1cd4kilw
— Justin A. Cohn (@SportsiCohn) December 6, 2023
Referee Trevor Wohlford issued the Toledo forward a misconduct penalty under Rule 39.4:
Misconduct penalties shall be assessed under this rule for the following infractions …
(vi) A misconduct penalty (or game misconduct penalty at the discretion of the Referee) shall be imposed on any player who deliberately throws any equipment out of the playing area.
Rule 75.4, for Unsportsmanlike Conduct, covers the same topic:
Misconduct penalties shall be assessed under this rule for the following infractions …
(ii) Any player or goalkeeper who deliberately throws any equipment out of the playing area. At the discretion of the Referee, a game misconduct may be imposed.
By definition, we suppose that means that ‘chicken nuggets’ are now considered equipment.
No word on where the nugget ended up. If it found its way to the penalty box, it might’ve made a nice snack during Tyutyayev’s incarceration.
The K-Wings went on to win the game 6-2. Officials were referee Trevor Wohlford (#38) with linesmen Chad Fuller (#76) and Christopher Williams (#62).
