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The Penguins, hockey and more, by the PG's Seth Rorabaugh. |
Penguins defenseman Kris Letang will have a disciplinary hearing today for a boarding penalty he committed against Jets forward Alexander Burmistrov at the 13:08 mark in the third period of last night's 2-1 loss to the Jets.
EN Says: We can't find a video of the hit to post, but as we recall, it seemed like Burmistrov turned into the hit as Letang commited to it. NHL discipline czar Brendan Shanahan has seemed to make that a pretty big sticking point when doling out discipline for boarding.
Update: Video of the hit can be viewed here.

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Definitely a dangerous hit, though I'd be hard pressed to call it 'dirty'. Hard to say what'll come of it. Burmistrov did turn into it a bit and had possession, so I'm not sure what Letang was supposed to do there because he can't just let Burmistrov go -- maybe the better choice is to take a holding/hooking penalty, but things are so fast and physical I doubt there are many players that would make that choice. IMO boarding was the right call and I think the call and no suspension/fine should stand.