Trevor Gillies of the Islanders will meet with the NHL’s iron fist of discipline today at an in-person hearing in Toronto. It’s expected that he’ll receive a pretty hefty suspension for his hit on Cal Clutterbuck.
Trevor Gillies To Face NHL Discipline During In-Person Toronto Hearing
As we know, the NHL doesn’t typically legislate on intent. It’s all about the outcome of the thing, and Clutterbuck, while dazed initially, did stay in the game. In fact, he was ejected himself for a hit later in the game.
The kicker, of course, is that Gillies was in his first game back following a nine-game suspension for a similar hit on Eric Tangradi. Tangradi was injured pretty severely on that play and he’s yet to return to the lineup.
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