VIDEO: Avalanche's Landeskog shoves referee after unsportsmanlike conduct penalty

Chris Humphreys / USA TODAY Sports

Late in the third period of Saturday night's Game 5 between the Colorado Avalanche and the Minnesota Wild, Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog gave Wild netminder Darcy Kuemper the old snow shower. He was assessed a two minute penalty on the play for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Granted, two minutes for a play that is pretty routine in the annals of playoff hockey is a bit much, but Landeskog didn't really contain his anger at the call. The Avalanche captain gave the on-ice official a gentle shove while vocally expressing his disappointment: 

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