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Sam Lafferty Fined For Cross-Checking

April 23, 2023 at 10:34 am CDT | by Ethan Hetu 3 Comments

While the Toronto Maple Leafs may have escaped their first game in Tampa Bay this series with a stunning overtime victory, not all of their players will leave last night’s game entirely unscathed.

Bottom-sixer Sam Lafferty, a trade acquisition this season from the Chicago Blackhawks, has been fined just over $3,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety.

Lafferty follows Michael Bunting (who earned a three-game suspension for a dangerous high hit on Lightning blueliner Erik Cernak) as the second Toronto player to receive supplemental discipline these playoffs.

Lafferty’s fine is for cross-checking Tampa Bay forward Ross Colton during last night’s game. Late in the second period, with the Lightning up three-to-two, a frozen puck from Ilya Samsonov prompted a relatively regular net-front scrum between Colton and Lafferty. They gave each other a shove as they jostled for position before Colton turned around and Lafferty delivered a cross-check to his head area.

The 28-year-old Maple Leaf received a minor penalty last night in addition to today’s fine. Under contract through next season, Lafferty has scored seven points in 22 total games for Toronto and served as an important defense-first role player. He’ll look to put this fine behind him and help Toronto take a commanding 3-1 series lead on Monday.

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  1. urban schocker

    2 years ago

    Dirty hit, fair punishment. Lucky he did not get a 1 game suspension

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    • hersch

      2 years ago

      You’re kidding right. That play happens about 50 times a game.

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    • NSco1996

      2 years ago

      no injury happened, high cross checks have happened a number of times already, Should MacKinnon be lucky he didn’t get a 1 game for his minor penalty on Schwartz??? unless its a double minor or a 5 minute major its not worth a suspension, they review just about any hit near the head

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