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Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue
NHL Rules.
Rule 41(g) "A misconduct penalty shall be imposed on any player who persists in any course of conduct (including threatening or abusive language or gestures or similar actions) designed to incite an opponent into incurring a penalty."
I think that rule could cover what Avery was up to with the whole stick and glove to the face. Then again, that rule is very broadly worded. There's probably a dozen things a shift Avery (and others) "persists" on doing "to incite an opponent into incurring a penalty".
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So Avery's intention wasn't to screen Brodeur, but to incite him into taking a penalty? Sorry but no.