Toronto Maple Leafs forward Kyle Clifford will have a hearing in front of the NHL Department of Player Safety today.
Clifford scored a big penalty in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference First Round Series against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
He received a boarding penalty and a game misconduct for hitting Ross Colton by the Lightning seven minutes into the game on Monday night.
Colton had fallen off the railing earlier, but he had not sustained major damage to the streak.
Meanwhile, Lightning forward Corey Perry was fined US $ 2,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct, while teammate Pat Maroon and Maple Leafs forward Wayne Simmonds were fined $ 2,250 each for both charges. .
The Maple Leafs ran out of a five-minute penalty and started the best-of-seven series with a 5-0 win against two-time defending Stanley Cup champions.
The Maple Leafs-Lightning duel wasn’t the only one where anger flared up.
The NHL Department of Player Safety has announced that Jared Spurgeon of the Minnesota Wild will be deducted $ 5,000 for cross-checking St. Louis. Louis Blues forward Pavel Buchnevich.
Source: Radio-Canada
