New York Rangers fans were understandably upset on Tuesday when a violent cross-check by Winnipeg Jets defenseman Dustin Byfuglien went uncalled.
Watch Dustin Byfuglien cross-check a Rangers’ players neck
Somehow, it went unpenalized.
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And when we say violent, we might be understating it. The incident occurred in the late stages of the second period in Winnipeg. New York fired a shot in that caused forward J.T. Miller to jump and fall down. For some reason, Byfuglien decided Miller was still a threat to score and cross-checked him in the back of the head.
The put-down just looked unnecessarily brutal. Here’s another look:
Miller was uninjured, but the real shocker here is that no penalty was called on the play. Byfuglien got away with one of the most violent cross-checks of the season.
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