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Lithuanian forward Danielius Nomanovas may have just lost his assistant captain's status after throwing a stick at linesman Toivo Tilku of Estonia immediately following Great Britain's victory over...

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Give credit to the linesman for keeping his cool. He got right up and prevented the GB player from going after the stick thrower. If that was me I would've waited a little longer and let that kid get his ass kicked.

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That, umpire friends, is what we call a Match Penalty.

Brendan Shanahan would have a field day with that one.
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IIHF has some aversion to calling penalties after the final whistle (like the NBA with technical fouls). If Delmon Young got his 50 games for throwing a bat in MiLB...

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Why did he drill the linesman?  Just becasue he saw the stripes?  Hit the ref, for Christ's sake!  They get paid the big bucks. 

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