Sorry Edmonton Oilers fans, but Connor McDavid got the suspension he deserved.
A pair of players are facing supplemental discipline for separate incidents in Saturday’s Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks game. News came down that Oilers star forward Connor McDavid and Canucks blueliner Tyler Myers have been suspended.
The Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers are now facing hearings with the NHL Department of Player Safety. The Oilers Connor McDavid and the Canucks Tyler Myers are both facing suspensions for illegal cross-checking.
The incident occurred after McDavid and Garland became entangled in the high slot for about 15 seconds. Frustration boiled over as McDavid wrestled free and delivered a "brutal cross-check," as described by one of the Sportsnet game announcers, that struck Garland in the head, sending him to the ice.
After Wednesday's nationally televised game between the Los Angeles Kings and Florida Panthers, the cast of NHL on TNT discussed Edmonton Oilers Captain Connor McDavid and the three-game suspension he was handed on January 20,
The Edmonton Oilers will play the next three games without superstar captain Connor McDavid after the NHL suspended him for cross-checking Vancouver Canucks winger Conor Garland on Saturday.
McDavid was speaking to the media for the first time since he struck Garland in the head in the dying seconds of Saturday’s 3-2 loss.
No, the face of the Edmonton franchise should ... s elbow to the face of Minnesota’s Marcus Johansson that wasn’t called for anything. What infuriates Oilers fans is McDavid has a history ...
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Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid believes the NHL might have been a bit excessive in issuing him a three-game suspension for cross-checking
Connor McDavid took the stand Wednesday, admitted his wrongdoing when he cross-checked Connor Garland on the side of the head in the dying seconds in Vancouver last Saturday, knowing a suspension was likely coming.
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