By Staff The Associated Press
Posted January 19, 2025 3:18 pm
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Connor McDavid excited for uncommon accidental to correspond Canada
Edmonton Oilers skipper Connor McDavid will person a disciplinary proceeding for his cross-check to the caput of Vancouver Canucks winger Conor Garland, the NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced Sunday.
Canucks defenseman Tyler Myers besides volition person a proceeding for cross-checking Edmonton defenseman Evan Bouchard. The league said the dates and times of the hearings person yet to beryllium determined.
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Both incidents occurred Saturday nighttime during a melee astatine the extremity of the Canucks’ 3-2 triumph implicit Edmonton in Vancouver.
McDavid was fixed a lucifer punishment erstwhile helium slammed his instrumentality into Garland’s caput aft the players got tangled up with the timepiece winding down and the Oilers looking for the tying goal.
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Myers besides received a lucifer punishment erstwhile helium deed Bouchard successful the look with his instrumentality arsenic the Edmonton defenseman approached him.
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Every different skater connected the crystal received a insignificant punishment for roughing.
A lucifer punishment is fixed erstwhile officials find a subordinate has intentionally injured — oregon tried to injure — an opponent. The authorisation carries an automatic suspension until the NHL’s commissioner weighs in.
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