Update: The NHL will hold a hearing with John Moore on Wednesday, so we won’t wait long to find out if there will be supplemental discipline. It’s unclear if it’s a telephone or in-person hearing.
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Significant that Player Safety is calling Moore hit "Ilegal check to the head." Means head was
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) May 28, 2014
"main point of contact."
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Game 5 between the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers has had just about everything. Unfortunately, that includes a questionable hit, as Rangers defenseman John Moore received a match penalty for elbowing Canadiens forward Dale Weise.
Here’s video of the hit:
The reflexive comparison is to look at Moore’s hit on Weise vs. Brandon Prust’s jaw-breaking check on Derek Stepan. Here are a few bits of conversation on that subject:
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:Like Prust, Moore might have made contact with body before head, which makes a big difference.
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) May 28, 2014
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Moore, 23, hasn’t been suspended in his NHL career.