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Right from the NHL:
Boston's Brad Marchand has been fined $5,000 for roughing Colorado's Gabriel Landeskog.
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) November 13, 2015
The video from the NHL cites a number of reasons for the suspension, including:
- Head is the principal point of contact
- Body contact was OK, but the target was not
- The hit was blindside, which makes avoiding the head the sole responsibility of the hitter
- Marchand didn't change the position of his head
- No launching or elbowing by Landeskog, but the "brunt of the impact" was made with Marchand's head
To refresh your memory, here's the $5,000 punch by Brad:
Thoughts? That's an expensive punch by Brad.