Revenge campaign after blow?: That’s behind Winnik’s accusations against Swiss referees

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Did head referee Daniel Stricker beat Servette player Daniel Winnik in September 2019? This serious accusation became public on Monday evening.

What happened? On Monday, the ruling by Reto Annen, the National League’s sole judge, caused a stir. However, the reason for the excitement was not the actual conviction verdict for Servette attacker Daniel Winnik for “insulting public officials”, but rather Winnik’s statement about this incident last Sunday in Zug, published in the verdict. Winnik was given a match-long penalty after he symbolically raised the white flag in protest against the annulment of a Servette goal in extra time: he had grabbed a white towel from the players’ bench, wrapped it around his stick and then held his stick as it rotated a flag.

In his statement about this incident, Winnik seriously accused referee Daniel Stricker (48): he was “hit” by him on the team bench in an incident in 2019 (this was the Servette vs. Biel match on September 14, 2019). . Since then, referee Stricker has had him on his radar and he is usually targeted. As clear evidence of this, Winnik cites various sentences that have been handed down against him in recent years. Winnik had sharply criticized the Swiss referees several times in the past.

Contemporary witnesses comment on the incident

In the judgment of the single judge, Daniel Winnik was not explicitly mentioned as the author of the statement, but at the same time the Genève-Servette Hockey Club was also mentioned. Sports director Marc Gautschi explains: “To a certain extent we leave it up to our players whether and how they want to comment on incidents on the ice. This statement was written and signed by Daniel Winnik, the club has not explicitly responded to it.”

Contemporary witnesses, who do not want or cannot be named due to the ongoing proceedings or for personal reasons, unanimously comment on the incident on September 14, 2019: Stricker and Winnik collided in the vicinity of Servette’s team bench, the The player gestured for Stricker and Stricker eventually pushed Winnik’s arm away. According to consistent statements, they subsequently spoke out and recorded the incident.

Nothing was known about an incident between Stricker and Winnik during or after this match. At the time, no photographs, no moving images and no sensational reports were published. Winnik said on Tuesday that he did not wish to comment further on the incident. The club has decided not to appeal the ruling. The smoke has cleared and referee Stricker has been acquitted.

Source : Blick