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Stars' Jamie Benn $5K for squirting Mackenzie Entwistle in the face with water bottle
The NHL fined Dallas Stars forward Jamie Benn on Saturday for displaying "unsportsmanlike conduct" during Friday's game against the Chicago Blackhawks.
But he wasn't fined for anything he did on the ice — it was what he did while sitting on the bench that warranted the fine.
Dallas’ Jamie Benn has been fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for Unsportsmanlike Conduct during last night’s game with the Chicago Blackhawks.
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) February 19, 2022
The incident in question took place after Benn's teammate Michael Raffl checked Chicago's Mackenzie Entwistle hard into the glass near Dallas' bench.
As Entwistle skated away past the bench full of opposing players, Benn squirted him in the face with his water bottle.
MacKenzie Entwistle goes awkwardly into the boards. Jamie Benn adds insult to injury pic.twitter.com/aiafw4wdvW
— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) February 19, 2022
Regardless of how much money professional athletes make, it's fair to say that's a steep price for anyone to pay for some school playground-like antics.
That's an expensive water-bottle squirt. https://t.co/JfGUZCFDnM
— Mark Lazerus (@MarkLazerus) February 19, 2022
The Stars won that game 1-0 in a shootout behind netminder Jake Oettinger's second-career shutout.
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