A chicken nugget caused some chaos during a minor league hockey game on Wednesday morning, leading to a player getting a 10-minute misconduct penalty.
The odd incident occurred during an ECHL game between the Toledo Walleye and the Kalamazoo Wings during a morning kids’ game at Huntington Center in Toldeo.
The crowd consisted of high school, junior high and elementary school-aged students, and one of them reportedly flung a chicken nugget onto the ice.
Right before a faceoff with 8:43 left in the second period, Walleye forward Kirill Tyutyayev decided to clear off the ice himself instead of waiting for someone else to clean up the arrant nugget.
However, the officials didn’t take too kindly to the initiative and assessed Tyutyayev a 10-minute misconduct.
“One of the kids had tossed it on to the ice. Toots decided to take care of it himself,” Toledo Blade sports writer Mark Monroe posted on X.
The nugget was thrown onto the ice before a second-period faceoff. Justin A. Cohn/X
Kirill Tyutyayev shot the nugget off the playing surface. Justin A. Cohn/XAccording to Scouting the Refs, Tyutyayev was issued the misconduct under Rule 39.4, which states that “a misconduct penalty (or game misconduct penalty at the discretion of the Referee) shall be imposed on any player who deliberately throws any equipment out of the playing area.”
Other than generating a bit of a chuckle, the odd moment had little impact on the game as no power-play was awarded for the chicken shot.
Kalamazoo wound up rallying from a 2-0 hole to defeat Toledo, 6-2.
Kirill Tyutyayev was given a 10-minute misconduct for the shot. Justin A. Cohn/X
Kirill Tyutyayev has seven points this season. KHLTyutyayev, a seventh-round pick by the Detroit Red Wings in 2019, finished the game a minus-1 in the loss.
In 17 games this season for the Walleye, the 23-year-old Russian has one goal and seven points.
Last season, he split time between Toledo in the ECHL and Grand Rapids in the AHL.
