Very clearly incidental. If you want to show some missed penalties in that game you could show the 4 they didn’t call on the leafs
DBCrapper
By definition of the rule it’s interference
HumanSun1
Foreshadowing another first round exit
kadran2262
Should it have been called, probably . But I could see how it could be considered incidental contact, and usually, these types of things aren’t called
newfi1
Yes. If the “incidental” hit that took away a goal against the leafs in the playoffs was called so should have this
mustangkid89
Absolutely a penalty interference all the way that’s not to even mention how dangers this could have been
autopainter45
I would say interference. Looks like he tried to make it look accidental
tidder44444
Clearly intentional. Slo mo video. He takes his left hand off his stick and hits dude in the head.
Rowdy_Roddy96
The thing that upsets me about this is say this was a playoff series and the roles were reversed and a player like Engvall or Holl did this to someone else they would call it a 5Min Major and a Game Misconduct plus the league would hand out a 1GM suspension to the player as well. It’s BS
jonnycanuck67
It is an obvious pick play… there was nothing unintentional about this at all… he is skating the wrong direction on the play…
1984isnowpleb
I’ll get negged but this is incidental collision
moose_king88
In real time and based off of my memory it looks pretty similar to the hit that got Perry ejected from the Winter Classic back in 2020
BuffaloSpartan
Yes no question.
Kidgreens
Nope
Ill-Fan-857
Doesn’t look intentional to me, Kampf took a stride to his right at the last second, and Niederreiter tensed up up at the last second like he wasn’t expecting the hit to come.
It would have been on Nieterreiter to avoid Kampf at that point, so it was definitely a missed minor for interference. However, there was no intentional attempt to make head contact or even make a hit, so nothing beyond that.
peppy871
Looks incidental to me.
zakl2014
Kampf cut over pretty sharp to make a play at the last second.
I think he caught the other player off guard a bit for sure. Maybe it could have been an interference penalty live, but nothing more.
IdyllicOleander
100% interference
GOTDOGE69
Accidental or not, contact with no puck is interference. The refs have been so inconsistent lately, and always making excuses for non-calls, it’s starting to get out of hand.
PersonalityLiving300
Move on, nothing to see here but interference.
shanster925
Fucking yes.
Playful-Role-3669
Absolutely!
MysteriousPunter
Interference
Character_Bad4854
The nhl itself doesn’t even have an answer to this…. Like are they hard calling everything that fits the mould or not? This by definition interference but doesn’t look intentional.
BeanBagChairBob
Yea? Looks like he hit him in the head to me or am I just blind?
maIIyx
Nope
Ill_Winner_6971
Always should be interference. I wish they called picks more frequently.
Valuable-Baked
I was gonna say no but saw that elbow up at the end and him trying to sell it like a defensive back holding the wr’s # he ripped off the jersey
bigjohns79
Yes it’s interference
zachofalltrades47
only seeing THIS video… incidental, but COULD be called interference.
justaguy826
Yes, obviously. Whether he meant to do it is up for debate, but it’s clearly interference whether there was intent or not.
godlovesbacon26
He knows where the puck is. It’s not like a surprise, absolutely interference.
sirTh0mas0666
Yup
Woodrovski
Umm yes. But of course it wasn’t called
CMDRShepardN7
It’s on a Leafs players, so 50/50.
GrizzlyIsland22
It’s incidental contact. Kampf changed direction at the last second. Otherwise, they would have skated right past each other. He was also skating backward, not looking where he was going
AvsFan2000
Compared to what Makar gets called for for interference, this should be a double minor.
RexStardust
TIL skating the wrong way on a play is “incidental contact.”
Hutch25
You can definitely argue both parties here.
Kampf did move over last second, and Neiderreiter did get his up but since he didn’t drop his shoulder I think he’s just protecting himself trying not to go down. Hell, me as a player bound for beer league had the mind to get my arm up for a collision instead of just getting hit. I don’t blame him one bit.
Neither is it a dive or interference in my mind as a ref, but I definitely could see the argument for a first time viewer or the ref on the ice if that was the call.
tlcextreme
Interference all the way. He knew what he was doing setting that screen.
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Very clearly incidental. If you want to show some missed penalties in that game you could show the 4 they didn’t call on the leafs
By definition of the rule it’s interference
Foreshadowing another first round exit
Should it have been called, probably . But I could see how it could be considered incidental contact, and usually, these types of things aren’t called
Yes. If the “incidental” hit that took away a goal against the leafs in the playoffs was called so should have this
Absolutely a penalty interference all the way that’s not to even mention how dangers this could have been
I would say interference. Looks like he tried to make it look accidental
Clearly intentional. Slo mo video. He takes his left hand off his stick and hits dude in the head.
The thing that upsets me about this is say this was a playoff series and the roles were reversed and a player like Engvall or Holl did this to someone else they would call it a 5Min Major and a Game Misconduct plus the league would hand out a 1GM suspension to the player as well. It’s BS
It is an obvious pick play… there was nothing unintentional about this at all… he is skating the wrong direction on the play…
I’ll get negged but this is incidental collision
In real time and based off of my memory it looks pretty similar to the hit that got Perry ejected from the Winter Classic back in 2020
Yes no question.
Nope
Doesn’t look intentional to me, Kampf took a stride to his right at the last second, and Niederreiter tensed up up at the last second like he wasn’t expecting the hit to come.
It would have been on Nieterreiter to avoid Kampf at that point, so it was definitely a missed minor for interference. However, there was no intentional attempt to make head contact or even make a hit, so nothing beyond that.
Looks incidental to me.
Kampf cut over pretty sharp to make a play at the last second.
I think he caught the other player off guard a bit for sure. Maybe it could have been an interference penalty live, but nothing more.
100% interference
Accidental or not, contact with no puck is interference. The refs have been so inconsistent lately, and always making excuses for non-calls, it’s starting to get out of hand.
Move on, nothing to see here but interference.
Fucking yes.
Absolutely!
Interference
The nhl itself doesn’t even have an answer to this…. Like are they hard calling everything that fits the mould or not? This by definition interference but doesn’t look intentional.
Yea? Looks like he hit him in the head to me or am I just blind?
Nope
Always should be interference. I wish they called picks more frequently.
I was gonna say no but saw that elbow up at the end and him trying to sell it like a defensive back holding the wr’s # he ripped off the jersey
Yes it’s interference
only seeing THIS video… incidental, but COULD be called interference.
Yes, obviously. Whether he meant to do it is up for debate, but it’s clearly interference whether there was intent or not.
He knows where the puck is. It’s not like a surprise, absolutely interference.
Yup
Umm yes. But of course it wasn’t called
It’s on a Leafs players, so 50/50.
It’s incidental contact. Kampf changed direction at the last second. Otherwise, they would have skated right past each other. He was also skating backward, not looking where he was going
Compared to what Makar gets called for for interference, this should be a double minor.
TIL skating the wrong way on a play is “incidental contact.”
You can definitely argue both parties here.
Kampf did move over last second, and Neiderreiter did get his up but since he didn’t drop his shoulder I think he’s just protecting himself trying not to go down. Hell, me as a player bound for beer league had the mind to get my arm up for a collision instead of just getting hit. I don’t blame him one bit.
Neither is it a dive or interference in my mind as a ref, but I definitely could see the argument for a first time viewer or the ref on the ice if that was the call.
Interference all the way. He knew what he was doing setting that screen.