Got a question on rule clarification, comments on rule enforcements or some memorable NHL stories? Kerry wants to answer your emails at cmonref@tsn. Cheap Shoes For Sale .ca. Good morning Kerry, I love your daily clarifications to help everyone understand better why some calls are made! My question is in regards of spearing. As you know by now, Milan Lucic speared Alexei Emelin in Game 3 - again! I understand that at times some calls be overlooked, but why is he continuously getting away with it? If there is video evidence, why nothing is done afterward to avoid any precedence to be set? My last question: is this not making the officials in a difficult position? Thank you very much for your time. Lyne Laurendeau Lyne: The act of spearing and butt-ending seldom result in a player suspension. Instead, a fine may be imposed (but not always as we have seen) by the Player Safety Committee. It would appear that players are utilizing both ends of their hockey stick on a more consistent basis in violation of rule 58 (butt-ending) and rule 62 (spearing). This season the following fines have been levied for these illegal acts: February 6, 2014: Alexei Emelin - Montreal Canadiens - Butt-ending Pascal Pelletier ($5,000)March 20, 2014: David Legwand - Detroit Red Wings - Butt-ending Evgeni Malkin ($5,000)April 13, 2014: Scott Hartnell - Philadelphia Flyers - Spearing Brett Bellemore ($5,000)April 18, 2014: Milan Lucic - Boston Bruins -Spearing Danny DeKeyser ($5,000)April 25, 2014: Ryan Garbutt - Dallas Stars - Spearing Corey Perry ($1,474.36) You also might recall in the Ducks-Stars series on April 18th that Corey Perry was given a "slashing" minor when he "speared" Jamie Benn at 7:25 of the first period. Perry remained in the game as a result the "slashing" assessment and then scored an unassisted goal at 16:15 of the second in a 3-2 Anaheim win. Milan Lucic was also guilty of an undetected backdoor spear motion on Alexei Emelin in a game March 24. Neither of these incidents resulted in a fine. Beyond the non-call in the Bruins-Habs game the other night, no disciplinary action or fine will result from Lucics latest spear on Emelin. It should also be noted that Emelin was guilty of cross-checking on the play and was not penalized for the infraction as well. Fouls can be missed in the fast pace of the game. There is obvious reluctance on the part of the referees to call "spearing" for what it is due to the severity of the penalty that they must impose under the rule. Only when contact is significant, as in the Ryan Garbutt spear on Corry Perry, will we see the accurate call made. Perrys action on Jamie Benn was no less a spearing motion than Garbutts, but due to lesser degree of contact (deemed to be minimal by the ref) the infraction was called slashing. It is not the referees job to interpret the relative value of the rule or base their assessment on the degree of contact (or non contact) when a spearing motion is delivered. That however is exactly what is being done. Under rule 62, the referee is empowered (and expected) to assess a double minor is imposed when a player spears an opponent and does not make contact. A major and game misconduct is to be assessed on a player who spears an opponent (makes contact). When I attended my first NHL training camp for officials as a 20-year-old aspiring referee in 1972 we went through every rule in the book during daily classroom sessions. The rule book wasnt all that thick back then and the referee had the option of assessing a minor or major penalty for spearing based on the degree of contact. Wanting to understand the difference between the two applications I approached veteran referee Lloyd Gilmour for advice. I asked Gilmour what constituted the difference between a minor or major penalty for spearing. Without so much as a wink, Lloyd said, "Kid, if you see the spear go in its two minutes; if the stick comes out the players back call it five!" Perhaps the veteran advice was a little tongue-in- cheek but in reality not all that far off from the application we might be seeing now. Lyne, it is my opinion that there should be a fine imposed for every instance of spearing and butt-ending; regardless of the degree of contact or whether a penalty was imposed by the referee. Both are dangerous and cheap acts. Further to this, the referees must be directed to call the action of spearing and butt-ending for what they are and not place their personal value on the degree of contact made with the point or end of a players stick. It is the referees that are putting themselves in a "difficult position" by either ignoring the infraction or calling it by any other terminology than what it is. 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Mariota threw a pair of touchdown passes and ran for two more as the fifth- ranked Ducks routed Stanford 45-16 on Saturday night. The Ducks were 10-0 before suffering a 17-14 overtime home loss to the Cardinal in 2012 and ripped off eight straight wins to open the 2013 campaign prior to a 26-20 defeat at Stanford. The Cardinal went on to win the Pac-12 title in both of those seasons. This years matchup was never in doubt. Kevin Hogan and Mariota traded interceptions to start the third and Stanford turned Mariotas second pick of the year into a 25-yard Jordan Williamson field goal, trimming the deficit to 24-16. Oregon, though, put up three straight touchdowns against the nations second- ranked scoring defense to put the game out of reach. The Heisman trophy candidate Mariota, who had never beaten Stanford in his career, was 19-of-30 for 258 yards and added 85 rushing yards on nine carries for the Ducks (8-1, 5-1 Pac-12), who have won four straight since their lone loss to Arizona in Eugene on Oct. 2. Oregon could be in line for one of the top four spots in the College Football Playoff rankings Tuesday following No. 4 Mississippis home loss to third- ranked Auburn. Thomas Tyner carried the ball 10 times for 63 yards and two touchdowns, while Royce Freeman added 98 yards on the ground on 19 totes in the triumph. Oregon ran for 267 yards overall. Hogan completed 21-of-29 passes for 237 yards and ran for 42 yards on 11 carries for Stanford (5-4, 3-3), which was coming off a 38-14 victory over Oregon State. Devon Cajuste caught five passes for 116 yards in defeat. After Williamsons 25-yard boot, Tyner shot through a huge hole up the middle and spun away from Cardinal safety Jordan Richards at the 6 prior to crossing the goal line for a 21-yard TD run in the closing moments of the third. Ducks defensive back Erick Dargan striipped Hogan on Stanfords ensuing touch and linebacker Tony Washington scooped up the ball and returned it 21 yards to the Cardinal 30. Cheap Shoes Wholesale. Mariota ran in from seven yards out shortly thereafter. Following a Stanford three-and-out, Mariotas 25-yard TD pass to Darren Carrington made it 45-16 with 9:20 left. Mariota led three consecutive 75-yard TD drives to open the game and the Ducks sandwiched their first two scores around a Williamson 47-yard field goal to create immediate separation. Mariota broke out of an arm tackle from defensive tackle Henry Anderson and scampered for 19 yards on a 4th-and-5 from the Stanford 40 and then capped the drive when he rolled right and hit Charles Nelson in the flat for a 6-yard score. Facing a 3rd-and-7 from the Stanford 44 on their next drive, Mariota stepped up in the pocket, threw on the run and found Devon Allen, who found a soft spot in the Stanford zone for a gain of 22 yards. Mariota then darted for a 22-yard score on a zone-read keeper a play later to make it 14-3. Williamson split the uprights from 43 yards away on Stanfords following touch and Tyner capped Oregons ensuing 13-play trek with a 1-yard TD plunge for a 21-6 advantage early in the second. Cajuste hauled in a 42-yard pass on a post corner to put the ball at the Oregon 44 on the Cardinals next march. 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