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Originally Posted by Mike P
There's nothing in any rulebook I've ever read that says a check to the head with the shoulder is illegal--it's the exact same hit that Scott Stevens ended Lindros' career with in the Eastern Conference finals about 10 years ago.
There's a reason they tell you to keep your head up. Cheap shot? Yup, but not illegal.
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This type of hit and running someone from behind into the boards are the reason the Intent to Injure penalty was brought into the rules.
But what I have seen (or not seen) from this pansy a$$ed team, Crosby, Malkin and Cooke have nothing to be worried about.