NCHC suspends Will Borgen

Sports – Dakota Student
This weekend, the UND Fighting Hawks will be hosting the St. Cloud Huskies in the first round of the NCHC tournament, but the Huskies will be a man short.
During the Huskies’ last regular season series, defenseman Will Borgen, argued a slashing penalty called against him which led him to shove the referee. The shove resulted in a game misconduct and now a two game suspension.
“Unfortunate evening,” SCSU head coach Bob Motzko said. “I think it’s one of those things in life where you’d like that moment back. What’s fortunate, for us, is we’ve got a guy who can go right in and fill a lot of those minutes with a lot of experience.”
Borgen has tallied only two goals this season but has notched 10 assists to sit 10th in points for the Huskies.
“He’s been great for us all year… He’s an awesome teammate and awesome guy off the ice, Everyone makes mistakes and (Borgen) feels horrible about it. We’re just going to have to deal with the adversity.”— Jimmy Shuldt, St. Cloud State Huskies Captain
The hit in question was deemed through the conference’s supplemental discipline review process, it was found Borgen violated Rule 40 (Abuse of Officials) and Rule 41 (Physical Abuse of Officials) of the NCAA Rules and Interpretations.
In addition, the actions were found contrary to the NCHC Student-Athlete Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct explicitly states  student-athletes are to be respectful of officials at all times and should not demonstrably question the decisions of game officials.
Several suspensions have been issued by the NCHC this season, but none have gone over two games. It might seem ridiculous compared to the ten game suspension Anaheim Ducks’ Antoine Vermette received for slashing the referee but there are a few things kept in mind.
Despite how light the slash ...


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