Mouthguard ick

This tale from a hockey mom.
A West London player loses his mouthguard amid the usual midget vigorous play near the opposing goalie.
The goalie sees it and uses his stick to shoot it near a linesman during a stoppage in play.
The linesmen kicks at it one, two, three times to get it closer to a West London player to pick up near the bench.
As the mom says, "Don't you think the linesmen could have picked it up and hand it to the player?"
Kinda beats dragging it across the rink.