Ottawa Senators forward Brady Tkachuk was furious after Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov took out the puck – and Tkachuk – on a penalty shot. 

Ottawa’s Tim Stutzle broke into the Canes zone on a 2-on-1 with Tkachuk. Kochetkov moved quickly left to right, following Stutzle’s cross-ice pass — and dropping his stick in the process. 

Referee Garrett Rank immediately called for a penalty shot for Kochetkov throwing his stick. 

53.7 Penalty Shot – When any member of the defending team, including the Coach or any non-playing person, throws or shoots any part of a stick or any other object or piece of equipment at the puck or puck carrier in his defending zone, the Referee or Linesperson shall allow the play to be completed and if a goal is not scored, a penalty shot shall be awarded to the non-offending team. 

Tkachuk, awarded the shot as the player impacted, moves in on the penalty shot. Kochetkov takes an aggressive approach, moving out towards Tkachuk to deliver a poke check.   He gets the puck – and the man.  

The Sens’ captain crashes hard into the boards, furious at the goaltender.  Tkachuk picked up a misconduct penalty for his tantrum.

 

The refs determined that it was a clean stop.  The puck hits the goaltender and is stopped prior to the contact with Tkachuk.  Had there been an issue, like Kochetkov tripping Tkachuk prior to the shot, the refs could’ve requested a do-over, giving Tkachuk a second attempt.

Should the goalkeeper leave his crease prior to the player taking the penalty shot touches the puck, or commits any infraction, the Referee shall allow the shot to be taken. If the shot fails, he shall permit the shot to be taken over again. When an infraction worthy of a minor penalty is committed by the goalkeeper during the shot causing it to fail, no penalty is assessed but the Referee shall permit the shot to be taken over again. Should a goalkeeper commit a second violation and the shot fails, he shall be assessed a misconduct penalty and the Referee shall permit the shot to be taken over again. A third such violation shall result in the goalkeeper being assessed a game misconduct penalty and the Referee shall permit the shot to be taken over again, against the alternate goalkeeper.

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The goalkeeper may attempt to stop the shot in any manner except by throwing his stick or any object, or by deliberately dislodging the goal, in which case a goal shall be awarded.

Goaltender Devan Dubnyk loved the move, as he discussed on NHL Network. 

 

The Carolina Hurricanes went on to win the game 4-1. Referees were Jake Brenk #26 and Garrett Rank #7, with linesmen Caleb Apperson #77 and Tyson Baker #88.