John Moore handed 5-game suspension for hit on Erik Haula (Video)
John Moore of the New York Rangers accepted the NHL Department of Player Safety’s invitation to plead his case in person for his hit on Minnesota Wild forward Erik Haula Monday night. Stephane Quintal and his crew listened, and the verdict is that he’ll be sitting for five games.
Take it away, Patrick Burke:
Moore will lose $51,859.75 in salary for the five-game suspension. You’ll also note the five-game ban is juuuuuuust enough of a punishment so that Moore and the NHLPA can’t appeal.
Haula sat out Tuesday’s win in Boston as a precautionary measure. The Wild said he hadn’t been diagnosed with a concussion, but wanted to be careful with how they handled him.
You hear Burke pointing that Moore is a repeat offender. He was given a two-game ban 12 games ago for a hit on Dale Weise of the Montreal Canadiens during the Eastern Conference Final -- an eerily similar hit.
Like the hit on Weise, the angle and elevation of Moore's hit on Haula is what had the DoPS calling yet again.
Will the message get through now?
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