All 10 skaters on the ice got a game misconduct in the Senators-Panthers game on Monday night in Ottawa.
Hockey is one of the most physical sports, and referees try to keep it in line by assessing penalties when a push or a trip goes too far. But on Monday night in Ottawa, the officials had enough.
After a fight broke out in the third period of a roughly played game between the Florida Panthers and the Ottawa Senators, the officials threw up their hands and kicked every skater on the ice out of the game.
Florida was leading by 4-0 when Brady Tkachuk, the Senators captain, came off the bench and got a quick breakaway. His shot was saved, he tried to score on the rebound, and then Dmitry Kulikov of the Panthers drove him into the boards with his stick. Both teams then rushed in, and fights broke out everywhere.
The officials at first seemed to get the situation under control, but a punch heated things up again.
When the ice had finally settled, Tkachuk got a two-minute penalty for goalie interference and two more minutes for roughing. Kulikov got two minutes for roughing. And then the referee Garrett Rank made an unusual additional announcement: “Every player on the ice has a 10-minute misconduct.”
There were seven minutes left to play, so the 10-minute penalties were essentially ejections. The miscreants skated to the locker rooms, their games over.
