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This week:
- Ben Betker's NHL Refereeing Debut
- McAvoy's flying stick gets two minutes
- High sticking fines for Luostarinen and Strome
- Flyers' Michkov fined for diving
- Learning what is - and is not - goaltender interference at Bruins vs. Canes, after a goal is allowed after contact in the crease and Bussi drops to sell an elbow
- Mammoth's Weegar gets bailed out by the Utah video coach
- Calgary's Zary clearly has a 'distinct kicking motion' but the NHL allows this goal to stand
- Sharks' Askarov flips his net... but the goal still counts
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