Jan. 20th: The NHL Department of Player Safety has issued their punishments to McDavid and Myers. Both players have been issued three-game suspensions for cross-checking.
Jan.19th: Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid will have a hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety for cross-checking Vancouver Canucks forward Conor Garland on Saturday. Garland grappled with McDavid in the final seconds of Vancouver’s 3-2 win, and McDavid responded by hitting Garland in the face. In the ensuing scrum, Canucks defenseman Tyler Myers also cross-checked Oilers defender Evan Bouchard in the face. Myers will also have a hearing with Player Safety. Both McDavid and Myers received match penalties for their infractions. The date and time of either hearing are yet to be determined – as is whether the hearings will be virtual or in-person, which will change the length of suspension both players will be eligible for.
This news brings a peak to McDavid’s recent violent streak. He gained notoriety after, seemingly, inadvertently elbowing Minnesota Wild forward Marcus Johansson in the teams’ January 15th matchup. Johansson was placed on injured reserve with a concussion the next day. McDavid also earned scour with a high-stick against Canucks defenseman Filip Hronek in Saturday’s game, catching the defender up high after breaking into the zone. McDavid’s match penalty for cross-checking Garland was his first in-game penalty for any of these infractions – and, coupled with a game ejection, earned him a career-high 15 penalty minutes in one game.
It will be hard to determine how long either McDavid or Myers could miss with their looming hearing. Both players committed similar infractions, at the tail-end of an already-won game. But nine other players also received penalties for the late-game scrum, which could lead the league to react lighter to two big pieces of a larger scrum. Alternatively, this will be an opportunity for NHL Player Safety to send a message on stick infractions and headshots across the league, by coming down hard on the face of the NHL.
id give each player 2 games
If both players do not get suspended. The league really needs to offer Parros an in person hearing
Should suspend McDavid from the Four Nations thing given his poor sportsmanship and ahole attitude.
not reasonable
Just put him at center ice and force him to drop the gloves instead of hiding behind 4th line goons.
McPunkazz…
Better yet start crosschecking his head. See how much limp wrist enjoys it.
Guess don’t follow the sport much do ya. did his job none of this would’ve happen. Good on MacDavid for doing what he did. Bad look on NHL not protecting there stars. NFL has no problem doing it.
I do watch hockey Einstein. If ya gonna act a fool, you deserve a beating. McChuk can pound sand.
McDavid should have been suspended last week, Clearly the league has different rules for pretty boys!
Except he is ugly as a f@*k.
Don’t forget a blatant high-stick in each of his last two games against the Kings, a blatant elbow to the head of Mikey Anderson, and intentionally injuring Laferriere on an illegal hit to the head. None of which were penalized in any way, during or after the game. So why would he stop!? Maybe this will finally clean some of that up. If I was the NHLPA, I wouldn’t be very happy with the lack of discipline for a player taking games away from other players, no matter his status within the league.
That’s right, I saw the Kings game, And the game against Minne, McDavid should have received a major on the egregious hit on Alex Laferriere. And a major against Johansson, Instead, No penalties, Not even a player safety pow wow.
The NHL will not suspended the league poster child (McJesus)! If anything he’ll need to sign a promissory note saying he’ll be nice!
sad but true.
but for real, he MUST be suspended, at least for 2-3 games,
Garland should have been sent off for interference, the non-call led to both cross checks.
Lol hillarious
That’s another story, The officiating in the league is very arbitrary, The danger in that, Is the fact that on ice officials have the power to manipulate the outcome of a game, Which is never good, Especially with legal gambling.
Rule 97c: a cross check to the head is legal if a player wearing jersey #97 doesn’t like a non-call.
Great line, Funny, And true to a certain level. LOL.
It will be interesting to see if the punishments will be equal
We shall see how uncle Gary will dance around this one, He’s about as trustworthy as a seasoned politician.
If a guy named Conner McJohnson did what #97 has done recently, he’d be on the repeat offenders list.
Mcdavid pulled some dirty stuff, weaponizing his stick in the playoffs last year too. No penalties given there either.
Sadly, I’d put money on him getting the lighter punishment in this situation too.
Even more sadly, it’ll be players who ultimately handle the situation. Some goon will target him and hurt him because the league failed to enforce their own rules.
McDavid 1 Myers 2 i would say let’s see.
Everyone’s asking the NHL to police McDavid when it’s another player that needs to be the one to step up and clock that dude. Like, for real he needs to take a beating for stuff like this. Take a 3rd man in, cause a bench clearance, whatever, who cares, just handle that guy.
Keep this in mind too; The Oilers are COOKING right now, and Connor is doing this stuff… it’s not like start of last season when they were plummeting to the bottom of the standings. They’re winning and he’s out there taking liberties because he feels exalted from the rest of the entire NHL talent pool like they’re beneath him. It’s pretty gross.
He’s garbage. (talented or not)
Hardly any fighting in league now. Then got refs that can’t do there job properly. If they did. NHL wouldn’t be dealing with what happen. Less fights more stick work.
bad take; better reffing cures all
You should’ve watched the Wild/Preds game last night. ;)
Interesting that a rookie from the Preds gets a beatdown for a dirty play but a star player doesn’t have to answer for equal behavior.
You are right, McDavid will get his, If he keeps running around. Pacioretty has been doing that alot this season as well.
That’s what happens when NHL doesn’t protect there star players. They get frustrated and you get what you get. Referee in the NHL has become a laughing joke. Can’t have referees like last night game standing watching doing nothing about. Players will retaliate. Thats not good look for the NHL
Crosschecking a guy in the chops for ‘holding’ you is a bit extreme in any league.. How were the refs to intervene on that type of infraction with 15 seconds left?
Connor has to be a man and either throw Garland off his back or take it and be held out of the play. I mean, isn’t Garland one of the SMALLEST guys in the league? How lame is Connor for being manhandled by a dude who’s 5’10” ON skates?
Everyone tryna make excuses for McDavid when there isn’t any on this play.
Surprising were not hearing the usual “ThE lEaGuEs GoNe SoFt” from all these clowns that are out there, Hope there are equal suspensions handed out to both McDavid and Myers and not those soft $5K fines which is pocket change compared to their annual salaries
Somebody needs to draw some dipping sauce from Mcnuggets head.
That is stiff but needed I didn’t see the upcoming schedule but the arenas must be already sold out where McDavid is playing.
They start a 6 game home stand tomorrow. He’ll miss Caps, Canucks, and the Sabres
Well I’ll be darned. The league actually acted impartially! :0
Sometimes the headline just tells you that you have to go to the comments to check out the local rabble yelling, screaming, and tossing tantrums about the involved players, arguing with each other, coming up with imaginary conspiracies about the commissioner and league office, and being anonymous internet tough guys. This is one of those headlines and the boys did not disappoint and, as is commonplace, Wilf did a bit of it all while continuing his mission to lead the league in posts. Well done everyone!
Shocked They both get same Three games. I thought it would just be a game. I think Mcdavid got it partly for elbow on Johansson.
Nah. The elbow certainly looked intentional, but as far as elbows go it was pretty minor. Plus the league already had a chance to do aomething about it. It seems more likely that they wanted to give Myers 3 and couldn’t justify giving McD any less.