No Suspension For Kunitz
Mike Adams | Pittsburgh Penguins
May 5, 03:51 PM | Hype this story!
According to Dan Rosen at NHL.com, Chris Kunitz will not be suspended for his cross check on Simeon Varlamov in Game 2.
From the article:
“Alex Ovechkin was hoping for more, but Pittsburgh Penguins wing Chris Kunitz will not be suspended by the NHL for his late-game hit to the neck area of Capitals goalie Simeon Varlamov seconds before Sidney Crosby scored his third goal of Game 2 with 30.4 seconds left in the third period.
League officials confirmed that the tape has been reviewed.”
Comments
DaBich
May 5, 08:57 PM
Oh please, why even review it! Some of the hits delivered by Washington in regulation were far worse than that!
Albert
May 5, 10:30 PM
Yeah, that’s weak that Coach Buddha was calling for a suspension on THAT. C’mon!
Stu
May 5, 11:45 PM
The NHL gave him the maximum fine possible, indicating they thought it was an intentional act. But they didn’t give a suspension. If they said they didn’t think it was intentional that would make more sense. But I don’t really get how they could say it’s an intentional cross-check to the goalie in the final minute and also say it’s not worth a suspension when they are also claiming that they want to crack down on running goalies. Maybe they don’t think intentional hits are considered ‘running’ anymore. Or they just need this to go more than 4 games.
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