NHL Department of Player Safety Makes a Ruling on Ridly Greig After Dirty Cross-Check on John Tavares
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Following a controversial cross-check by Ridly Greig on John Tavares, the NHL Department of Player Safety has decided that he will not be suspended.
It appears that Ottawa Senators forward Ridly Greig will not face any supplemental discipline after delivering a high cross-check to John Tavares of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
This questionable incident occurred during Game 1 of the Battle of Ontario, which started off slow, but really ended off with fire.
The game produced 52 minutes in penalties, but despite all that, did not include any infractions that the NHL's Department of Player Safety believed were severe enough to reach the level of a fine or suspension.
Greig was initially given a five-minute cross-checking major penalty after getting his stick up and hitting Tavares in the neck and head area.
However, following a video review, the referees reduced Greig's penalty to only a two-minute cross-checking minor.
The Leafs ended up scoring on the ensuing power play, which was one of three man-advantage goals they produced during a blowout 6-2 win.
Craig Berube wanted it to be a 5 minute major
Toronto coach Craig Berube held up five fingers on the bench during the penalty review, as it appeared he wanted Greig's cross-checking infraction to be a five-minute penalty.
In his post-game interview, he said, «Call the league!» to reporters as he walked out of the press conference after being asked about the questionable play.
"That's not my call," Berube said multiple times.
"The referees and the league will look at things and make the calls they make. We're not going to focus on that. We've got to focus on what we need to do the next game.
It's the same as like, I thought they made some attempts at our goalie and sliding into him and things like that, but that's not for us to worry about.
We've got to focus on playing. We've got to focus on ourselves and what we need to do. The league will look into that stuff."
"The referees and the league will look at things and make the calls they make. We're not going to focus on that. We've got to focus on what we need to do the next game.
It's the same as like, I thought they made some attempts at our goalie and sliding into him and things like that, but that's not for us to worry about.
We've got to focus on playing. We've got to focus on ourselves and what we need to do. The league will look into that stuff."
Game 2 gets underway on Tuesday at 7:30 PM ET, and the Senators will need to have sharper goaltending if they hope to return to Ottawa with the series all knotted up.
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