Stars' Mason Marchment hits ref with stick during playoff win vs Jets

Dallas Stars winger Mason Marchment raised eyebrows connected Sunday with a determination toward an NHL referee during the team’s Stanley Cup playoffs triumph implicit the Winnipeg Jets.

Marchment was connected the receiving extremity of a stiff deed adjacent the bluish enactment from Jets halfway Mark Scheifele successful the 2nd play and received nary call. He got up from the ice, said thing to referee Graham Skilliter and past deed him successful the shins with his stick. 

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Dallas Stars' Mason Marchment, #27, makes a walk nether unit from Winnipeg Jets halfway Adam Lowry, #17, successful the archetypal play of Game 3 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff bid successful Dallas connected Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

No punishment was called connected Marchment, and helium whitethorn not get 1 astatine all. Sportsnet reported that Marchment is improbable to person immoderate discipline. The study besides said that immoderate determination to telephone an maltreatment of officials usurpation had to beryllium made connected the ice.

The Stars won the game, 5-2, implicit the Jets successful Game 3 and took a 2-1 bid lead. Mikko Rantanen had a extremity and 2 assists successful the win.

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The Dallas Stars seat celebrates with Wyatt Johnston, #53, aft his extremity successful the 3rd play of Game 3 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff bid against the Winnipeg Jets successful Dallas connected Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Marchment had 22 goals during the regular season. He has not scored since Game 5 successful the archetypal circular against the Colorado Avalanche.

Alexander Petrovic’s extremity was the astir controversial. He scored the go-ahead extremity aboriginal successful the 3rd play to springiness Dallas the pb implicit Winnipeg. However, a lengthy reappraisal was needed to spot whether Petrovic kicked the puck into the net.

The officials ruled that Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck propelled the puck into his ain net.

Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, #37, reaches for the puck arsenic the Dallas Stars observe a extremity scored by Wyatt Johnston successful the 3rd play of Game 3 of a second-round NHL hockey playoff bid successful Dallas connected Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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"I don’t deliberation (the game) got distant from us. We were close determination successful the game," Jets prima Kyle Connor said. "One deciding extremity that whitethorn oregon whitethorn not beryllium a extremity and we are close determination successful the game."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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