In the second SHL round, suspicious filming or enhancements caused strong reactions.
Many were upset when the players were not punished by the disciplinary committee.
– There is no difference in the guidelines, and there are still very clear cases, says Chief Justice Thomas Thorsprink.
At the same time as Örebro’s Jonathan Lekirimaki was sent off for two minutes for cross-checking, Ruggle’s Brandon Davidson received a two-minute sending off for diving.
But the incident was not referred to the disciplinary committee for further punishment.
Växjö’s Robert Rosen bounced and covered his face when Malmo’s Joachim Ryan’s stick went over head height.
This situation was not brought up before the disciplinary committee so that he could be punished with a fine.
– I cannot comment on individual cases. These positions are always detected to be passed to the reference group according to the normal process. Then a joint decision is made, says Thomas Thorsprink.
Players may be warned
The aforementioned reference group includes, among others, players with many years of league experience.
– In such cases, we listen a lot to the reference group because these are people who have been out on the ice a lot themselves. People in the group will often contact players they are about to report. The reference group may have contacted these players and told them they were on the border, says Thomas Thorsprink.
For the reference group, it is also about evaluating organizational issues such as these.
– These people usually tell me that when you get hit in the face with a baton, for example, your head will always turn back and you’ll hit your face if you have normal reflexes. At certain angles, it is also very difficult to tell whether the stick is touching or not, says Thomas Thorsprink.
“I don’t want my loins today.”
Last season, there was a huge focus on filming and reinforcements with players being fined 5,000 kroner.
The setting should not be different in terms of priorities or level of evaluation.
– There is no difference compared to last season. We don’t want daily shows that come and go, where we do one season and then season two. It’s a long-term business. We constantly raise issues with sports officials and how they think. We will also do this once we collect a few cases. “There were a lot of situations last season that were transferred to the control group, and only some of them were then transferred to the disciplinary board,” says Thomas Thorsprink.
The only case to have been taken to the disciplinary committee this season is Leksand’s Lukas Vejdemo, who was banned for three matches for a header on Philipp Haasa in Frolunda.
