In Sunday’s game between the Sarnia Sting and Oshawa Generals, Nikolay Goldobin took a match penalty for slew-footing after taking the feet out from under rookie defenceman Mitchell Vande Sompel with less than five minutes to play. The league handed Goldobin a one game suspension because of the incident.
From the OHL Rulebook:
Rule 52.1 – Slew-footing
Slew-footing is the act of a player using his leg or foot
to knock or kick an opponent’s feet from under him, or pushes an opponent’s upper body backward with an arm or elbow, and at the same time with a forward motion of his leg, knocks or kicks the opponent’s feet from under him, causing his opponent to trip or fall.
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