The incident occured during the 3rd period of tonight's game in Colorado when Kadri was going to retreive the puck in the Sharks end. That's when Sharks' forward, Tomas Hertl cross checked Kadri directly into the back of Timo Meier.
Kadri got up on his own and skated to Avalanche bench, but he was visibly upset and in some discomfort. With the playoffs around the corner the Avalanche don't want to have any injuries, Kadri is having a career year with the Avalanche scoring 26 goals and 57 assists in 65 games this season.
It's easy to understand why Kadri was upset, especially knowing that if he'd committed a similar act he'd have been punished harshly for it.
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1 AVRIL | 442 ANSWERS Nazem Kadri was furious with officials after he's cross checked Should Hertl have received a penalty for this? | ||
Yes a minor | 151 | 34.2 % |
Yes a major | 166 | 37.6 % |
No penalty was needed | 125 | 28.3 % |
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