Thanks for explaining that...

I thought anything that looked like a deliberate punch to aim and hurt was not allowed. Did that change in the new rules, or are you saying it still isn't really allowed to hit the player with a closed fist, but because two other players fought over it that's why it was left uncalled?

I seem to remember something in the hockey rules that a closed fist used to hit another player was a no no.

Would it have been a different scenario if the punch had truly injured Crosby? Maybe that was the difference?

I'm still trying to grasp the new hockey rules, and I barely had a grasp of the old ones! ;)

Brenda