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This in, Edmonton’s Darnell Nurse has been suspended for one game for cross-checking against Los Angeles’ Quinton Byfield.
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Player safety said, “After the play has ended, Nurse pulls back his stick and shoves downward onto Byfield, striking him in the head. This is cross-checking. It is important to note that Nurse is in control throughout the entirety of this sequence and makes a decision to deliver an intentional cross-check that makes head contact on an opponent lying on the ice and is delivered with requisite force for supplemental discipline. And while we agree with the assertion that this cross-check is not delivered with exceptional force, it is only because of that fact that this incident is not met with much more harsh discipline.”
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