Transferred to Dallas from the Hurricanes in March, Mikko Rantanen is proving to be a boon for the Stars. The Swede has been a blessing for coach Pete DoBoer with 17 points in the last 6 games. And yet, ahead of Game 3 against the Jets tonight, the coach was eager to see Rantanen’s colleagues stepping up. “Some other guys have to find a way to take a little bit of that load off of him,” DeBoer said. And that’s exactly what Mason Marchment tried to do. But at what cost?
In Game 3 of the Western Conference Second Round at American Airlines Center tonight, the Dallas Stars ran away with a massive 5-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets. While that is indeed a hefty margin, some would argue that DeBoer’s boys had it in them to score even more goals. But they were denied the chance, and Mason Marchment wasn’t on board with the Jets’ tactics on several occasions. But his way of expressing his frustration almost got the 29-year-old Canadian into soup.
During the second period of the Stars vs. Jets game today, Mason took a blow from the visitors’ Mark Scheifele. However, the match officials did not call a penalty on the hit, and Marchment was evidently livid about that. The forward’s emotions got the best of him, and as he got back to his feet, Marchment could be seen using his stick to tap the shin pad of referee Graham Skilliter. That’s certainly something that would have invited stern action from the NHL. Thankfully, though, as Elliott Friedman noted on X, the Stars’ star came out of the woods unscathed.
In an X post from May 11, Friedman noted that the match officials didn’t consider Mason Marchment’s action as a violation of the NHL rules. “It is on-ice officials’ call to decide if that qualifies as an Abuse of Officials violation. The answer was no…so no further action,” the social media update states. Maybe what got the Dallas forward relief was the fact that he went to the refs to apologize for lashing out before the start of the third period.
Also from Winnipeg/Dallas:
League has discussed incident at end of second period between Mason Marchment and referee Graham Skilliter.
It is on-ice officials’ call to decide if that qualifies as an Abuse of Officials violation. The answer was no…so no further action
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) May 12, 2025
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