Not Only No Suspension For Orr

The Rangers are asking the league to recind the game misconduct:

The Rangers are formally requesting NHL Director of Officiating Stephen
Walkom to rescind the game misconduct assessed to Colton Orr in Wednesday's
victory over the Hurricanes.

Orr received a game misconduct in addition to a five-minute major for
interference for the second period collision that sent Matt Cullen
face-first to the ice. Cullen, who was cutting from right to left with the
puck and his head down, briefly lost consciousness and sustained a broken
nose upon impact with the ice.

There was no immediate signal for a penalty. When Cullen's injury became
obvious-and only after Orr was jumped by Mike Commodore, who escaped without
an instigator penalty referees Dean Warren and Marc Joannette and linesmen
Brian Murphy and Anthony Sericolo convened at the boards. The discussion
yielded the verdict.

"We were both coming pretty hard. We were both just coming to the middle,"
said Orr, who did not finish the check so much as find himself unable to
avoid it, and who suffered several cuts around the right eye when he was hit
with Cullen's helmet. "I was just defending myself."

"I don't want to see anyone get hurt, but I need to protect myself, as
well."

IommiRULES wrote:
>
> Orr received a game misconduct in addition to a five-minute major for
> interference for the second period collision that sent Matt Cullen
> face-first to the ice.

Ha! That's crazy. Why would he get penalized for hitting a fellow Ranger?