Should Admirals Simon Kubicek Have Been Suspended?

There has been a lot of talk surrounding Norfolk’s Simon Kubicek on whether or not he should have been suspended for his actions during last Friday Night’s game vs Adirondack Thunder after he was tossed from the game as he slammed his helmet in the penalty box while arguing with the ref over a holding penalty, and would then be assessed a 10-minute misconduct; it appeared that he had slashed the linesman as he swung his stick in anger as he was leaving the ice. At the time of the penalty, he was assessed a category I Abuse of Officials penalty, which carried an automatic 20-game suspension, but was later downgraded, however, its not uncommon to see these calls change, as we also saw it changed when Adirondack’s Zach Walker was suspended earlier this year but he ended up getting eight games for his actions, which were not as outrageous as Kubicek’s. One of the things we have to take into account is the referees, who easily had the best angle of it and the idea that maybe he was doing it in anger and wasn’t trying to hit the linesman on purpose.