BREAKING: NHL Hands Out Suspension After Vicious Cross Check to The Face
In a tense game between the Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins last night, Buffalo Sabres forward Jeff Skinner's truly harmful play-rather than the outcome or any player's performance-was the key moment.
Check out how Penguins winger Jake Guentzel's gave some�additional taps on Sabres goaltender Craig Anderson, which�sparked a reaction in Jeff Skinner to earn him a five-minute misconduct penalty and a ban from the NHL Player Safety Committee below:
Jeff Skinner of Buffalo has been given a three-game suspension for cross-checking Jake Guentzel of Pittsburgh.
Each stick infraction, like the one with Jeff Skinner, seems 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 NHL player safety continues to spin the wheel, or flip a coin, when deciding punishments.
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DECEMBRE 10 | 88 ANSWERS BREAKING: NHL Hands Out Suspension After Vicious Cross Check to The Face Is this a fair suspension for this Sabres forward? |
Yes | 60 | 68.2 % |
No | 28 | 31.8 % |
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