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After watching his team get thumped on its home ice, 6-1 on Sunday afternoon, Chicago Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville sounded off in the postgame press conference, berating the officiating crew of Marc Joannette and Kevin Pollock for issuing Matt Walker a roughing penalty at the end of the first period, leading to Detroit's third goal of the game. Quenneville called it the worst call in the history of sports, and essentially used it as an excuse for his team not showing up in the second and third periods. As punishment for his rant, the NHL announced on Monday that Quenneville will be fined $10,000.
While I have no problem with the NHL fining him for what was, basically, a temper tantrum, I'm kind of troubled that the NHL would issue such a harsh fine. Consider this: Ryan Bayda was recently fined just $2,500 for a match penalty that led to a line brawl in the closing minutes of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals. In the previous series, Scott Walker was fined the same amount ($2,500) for his one-punch knockout of Boston Bruins defenseman Aaron Ward, which is identical to what Chris Kunitz received for cross-checking Simeon Varlamov in the head.
Is criticizing the officiating crew, regardless of how absurd the criticism is, $7,500 more severe than starting a line brawl at the end of a game that's already been decided (especially when the NHL is supposedly trying to remove such shenanigans from the playoffs)? Or punching a guy in the face? Or cross-checking a goalie in the head? Add all of those fines up and it's still not equal to what Quenneville received for making himself a laughing stock. I mean, it's not like he punched the ref in the face ... or told him to have another donut.
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