DevilDom said:
I've had a reply from Andy French - make of it as you see but seems like a little poetic licence has been applied to me:
Hi Dominic
Sorry for the delay, I have been in a meeting all day and just on my way back.
Thank you for your email.
On previous occasions penalties that have been given to the players on the night by the referee have been a Match penalty, the Elite League tariffs set down by the league state that if a player receives a match penalty on the night this penalty is not able to be appealed. With regards to previous penalties Sawyer who received a Match penalty for Sucker punch was suspended for 3 games.
With regards to Mr Michel, on the night he received a 5 minute fighting, a 2+10 for instigator and a 2 minute roughing penalty.
At the end of the game a request for supplementary discipline was requested by Belfast Giants. This request was carried out and the consequences were that he was assessed the following:
his 5 minute fighting penalty was up graded to a 5+game misconduct for Roughing and he was also awarded a Match penalty for a sucker punch.
The minimum tariff for this penalty is a 5 game suspension which again are rules set by the league (all teams) but this is appealable.
I hope this explains everything
Regards
Andy French
Elite League
I just had this email reply from him aswell, ring any bells!!
Dear Carl
Sorry for the delay in replying to your email, I have been on the road in various meetings
On previous penalties that have been given the players have received a match penalty awarded on the night by the referee, the Elite League tariffs set down by the league state that if a player receives a match penalty on the night this penalty is not able to be appealed. With regards to previous penalties Sawyer who received a Match penalty for Sucker punch was suspended for 3 games.
With regards to Mr Michel, on the night he received a 5 minute fighting, a 2+10 for instigator and a 2 minute roughing penalty.
At the end of the game a request for supplementary discipline was requested by Belfast Giants. This request was carried out and the consequences were that he was assessed the following:
his 5 minute fighting penalty was up graded to a 5+game misconduct for Roughing and he was also awarded a Match penalty for a sucker punch.
The minimum tariff for this penalty is a 5 game suspension which again are rules set by the league (all teams) but this is appealable.
I hope this explains everything
Regards
Andy French
Elite League