![]() ![]() According to Lightning players and coaches, Stewart threatened Gratton with ejection in the first period. The argument between Gratton and Stewart was their second exchange of the game. Gratton was given a two-minute penalty for roughing, a two-minute penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct, a 10-minute misconduct penalty and a game misconduct. Gratton then stepped into the bench area and down the hallway into the locker room. Stewart then appeared to yell at Gratton as he followed Gratton across the ice to the Lightning bench. The incident took place near the Lightning net. ![]() That's what Chris said and I believe him." "He was wearing a mouth guard and sometimes that makes it difficult to talk, but he absolutely did not spit on him. The only thing that could have possibly happened, he said, was that as he was yelling that it's possible saliva (sprayed) out as he was talking," Demers said. According to Demers, Gratton was "pushed by Stewart, and then there was a verbal exchange. Gratton attempted to intervene but was held back by Stewart. The incident supposedly occurred with 6.2 seconds remaining when a fight broke out between Tampa Bay's Darcy Tucker and Buffalo's Vaclav Varada. According to the NHL rule book, no appeal of this particular rule can be made unless the suspension is longer than three games. Gratton, 23, could have been suspended for more than three games, but the league decided to give him the minimum punishment. Stewart ruled that Gratton's alleged spitting fell under the rule of "physically (demeaning) an Official." Any player who uses physical force against an official, without intent to injure, is suspended for at least 10 games. Should a player attempt to injure an official, he is suspended for at least 20 games. Category III of the rule states, in part, "Any player who, by his actions, physically demeans an Official shall be suspended for not less than three (3) games." Nevertheless, Stewart's word is all that's needed to suspend Gratton under Rule 76 of the NHL rule book. Nobody saw it _ the linesman, other players, nobody. Chris denies it, but the referee said it happened. In the holoprogram set during Earth's World War II, initiated by the Hirogen aboard USS Voyager, a holographic French citizen spat at Brigitte, a woman perceived to be collaborating with the Nazi occupiers."There's nothing we can do about it," Lightning general manager and coach Jacques Demers said. Soon after, Gul Dukat spat out a sample of his own cooking while preparing breakfast for himself and Benjamin Sisko. In 2374, Sirella spat on the ground after Jadzia Dax refused to perform the Bre'Nan ritual. In 2373, Ortikan spat on the IKS Rotarran's deck at the mention of Cardassians. Later that year, Chakotay spat out some leola root moments after sampling it. In 2371, Grilka spat on her husband Quark as part of the Klingon divorce ceremony. Later that year in the mirror universe, Telok spat in the face of a Terran marauder who had collided with him. In 2370, T'Kar spat on a Deep Space 9 airlock floor in contempt for the "doddering fools and frightened old women" whom he believed governed the Klingon Empire. In 2365, Danilo Odell spat into his hand before shaking hands with Wilson Granger. In 2364 on Minos, Jean-Luc Picard spat out a piece of root he had sampled, declaring it to be very bitter. In February 2154, Hoshi Sato spat in Dolim's face after he goaded her on her unwitting role in helping to destroy Earth. In 2153, while imprisoned on Narendra III, Archer spat out a piece of underdone targ. Later that year, Tucker spat out a mouthful of " tarrat-aash" that Zho'Kaan had given him. In February 2152, Trip Tucker spat out a mouthful of water Jonathan Archer had boiled with a phase-pistol on stun. Klingons frequently spat as an expression of contempt. ![]() Spitting was the act of ejecting saliva or other substances from the mouth. Hologram of French woman spitting at a woman perceived to be collaborating with the Nazi occupiers. ![]()
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