BREAKING: Department of Player Safety announces meeting after two-hand slash to the face (video)
Last night the San Jose Sharks were hosting the Calgary Flames, in what finished as a 5-2 win for Calgary.
When the third period began, things got a little hairy right off the faceoff. Elias Lindholm of the Flames cross checked Sharks Thomas Hertl a few times, which really upset him and he decided to two-hand slash Lindholm. This slash caught Lindholm right in the face, which resulted in only a two-minute penalty.
Lindholm crosschecks Hertl twice. Hertl gets mad and high sticks Lindholm. Calgary power play. #Flames 3, #SJSharks 1 pic.twitter.com/iq7TCWgxkO� TEAL TOWN USA - A San Jose Sharks Podcast (@TEALTOWNUSA) December 19, 2022
Today the Department of Player Safety announced that Thomas Hertl will have a hearing for his slash:
San Jose's Tomas Hertl will have a hearing today for High-sticking Calgary's Elias Lindholm.� NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) December 19, 2022
It will benefit Hertl that Lindholm was not injured, but Evgeny Kuznetsov received a suspension earlier this season for a blatant slash, so Hertl could be facing one as well.
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