The National Hockey League has announced that Senators forward Ridly Grieg will have a phone interview to determine potential discipline for his sucker punch of Hurricanes defenseman Sean Walker, during the second period of Saturday's Game 4. Walker was being held by Grieg's teammate Warren Foegele, when Grieg stepped in an threw an uppercut:
There was no penalty called on the ice, likely unseen amid all the scrums. Because it's a phone hearing, the maximum penalty is a five-game suspension.
My take: That is a willful intent to injure a person. The NHL is gutless, completely unwilling to throw the book at a guy who intentionally throws an uppercut to a defenseless player while he's being held by another player. There's also a code, and he broke it.
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Grieg has NHL hearing
The National Hockey League has announced that Senators forward Ridly Grieg will have a phone interview to determine potential discipline for his sucker punch of Hurricanes defenseman Sean Walker, during the second period of Saturday's Game 4. Walker was being held by Grieg's teammate Warren Foegele, when Grieg stepped in an threw an uppercut:
There was no penalty called on the ice, likely unseen amid all the scrums. Because it's a phone hearing, the maximum penalty is a five-game suspension.
My take: That is a willful intent to injure a person. The NHL is gutless, completely unwilling to throw the book at a guy who intentionally throws an uppercut to a defenseless player while he's being held by another player. There's also a code, and he broke it.
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