BREAKING: Penguin Gets Checked in The Head - NHL Hands out a Suspension!
Last night's game between the Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins was tense, but Jeff Skinner of the Buffalo Sabres' incredibly bad play-rather than the outcome or any player's performance- was the worst highlight of the game.
The below is what happened when Penguins winger Jake Guentzel gave Sabres goalkeeper Craig Anderson a few extra taps, setting off a spark in Jeff Skinner that led to a 5-minute penalty and a ban from the NHL player safety committee:
For cross-checking Pittsburgh's Jake Guentzel, Buffalo's Jeff Skinner has been given a three-game suspension.
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Each stick infraction, like the one involving Jeff Skinner, appears to result in a different length of suspension or even a fine, like Kirill Kaprizov received just over a month ago for viciously high sticking LA Kings Drew Doughty. It appears that the NHL player safety continues to spin the wheel or flip a coin when deciding punishments.
| POLL | ||
10 DECEMBRE | 11 ANSWERS BREAKING: Penguin Gets Checked in The Head - NHL Hands out a Suspension! Is a 3-game suspension fair for this dirty cross check? | ||
| Yes | 8 | 72.7 % |
| No | 3 | 27.3 % |
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