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Jordin Tootoo gets peculiar penalty after flipping over boards (Video)

In the New Jersey Devils’ overtime win over the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night, Jordin Tootoo had Detroit defenseman Mike Green in his sights for a hit along the benches. Green calmly sidestepped it, and the Devils forward went skates-over-Tootoo into the area between the benches, where MSG Network’s John MacLean was doing commentary.

MacLean opened the door and tried to help Tootoo back on the ice, but Tyler Kennedy thrust his stick across the doorway and said “YOU SHALL NOT PAAAAAAASSSSS!!!”

But it was too late. In a rarity – either in the Devils’ sloppiness at the bench or in the officials calling it – Jersey was whistled for having five skaters on the ice and one between the benches after having flipped over the boards.

Joseph Blandisi, making his NHL debut, served the too many men on the ice penalty, which the Devils killed off.

So Tootoo was a victim of some weird circumstances. But it wasn’t all bad: He was given the Devils’ “hard hat” after assisting on both goals in their third-period rally, breaking a 10-game point drought.

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Greg Wyshynski is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Contact him at puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com or find him on Twitter. His book, TAKE YOUR EYE OFF THE PUCK, is available on Amazon and wherever books are sold.

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