Here we bring you an update from the Sharks’ win over the Wild in their most recent game on Thursday:
As a result of Wild F Mason Shaw kneeing Sharks F Evgeny Svechnikov in Thursday’s game in San Jose, the NHL Department of Player Safety held a hearing for the incident and has suspended Shaw for two games. The kneeing incident was a dirty, dangerous play that hurt Svechnikov pretty badly. Shaw was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct for the kneeing incident on Thursday. Luckily Svechnikov recovered from this and returned to the game, but it could’ve ended a lot worse than it did.
In addition, I feel the two-game suspension for Mason Shaw is justified. It would be outrageous if Shaw received any less than two games, especially since Tomas Hertl, who had no prior disciplinary history before earlier this week, received two games for a high-sticking incident that was much less dangerous in comparison. If it was up to me, I would’ve thrown the book at Shaw for kneeing Svechnikov and handed him a harsher suspension and possibly a fine as well. Overall, despite its inconsistency with handling discipline in recent years, I’m happy the NHLDPS handled this specific incident the way it did.
Source: NHL.com
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