Nic Deslauriers called for an extremely dangerous hit

During Sunday night's game between the Minnesota Wild and Nashville Predators, Nic Deslauriers threw a dangerous hit from behind.

In the third period, the Predators Matt Benning went to retrieve the puck from his own zone on a dump-in. Deslauriers followed Benning in and then hit him right in the numbers into the boards. It was a dangerous hit that could have turned out very bad.

Benning fortunately got up right away. Deslauriers was only given a 2-minute minor for roughing. Without an injury on the play I doubt we will see any other discipline.

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25 AVRIL \| 99 ANSWERS Nic Deslauriers called for an extremely dangerous hit Should this hit have been a major penalty?
Yes it's clearly from behind	45	45.5 %
No, Benning put himself in a bad spot	54	54.5 %
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