Last night in the 1st period of the Jets game against the Bruins Alexander Burmistrov was assessed a two minute minor penalty for an illegal check to the head which he delivered to the Bruins Patrice Bergeron, who has a history of concussions.
In case you missed the play here it is:
While there was some speculation that Burmistrov could be hearing from the Department of Player Safety over the hit Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports tweeted:
No hearing / suspension for #jets Alexander Burmistrov after elbowing #bruins Patrice Bergeron last night. #tvasports — Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) October 9, 2015
But we also learned this morning from Joe Haggerty of CSN New England that:
Per source, Alex Burmistrov was given warning by @NHLPlayerSafety, but illegal hit on PB37 didn’t rise to level of supplemental discipline
— Joe Haggerty (@HackswithHaggs) October 9, 2015
Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Sun got this reaction from Alexander Burmistrov this morning:
#NHLJets F Alex Burmistrov said he was sorry for his high check on Patrice Bergeron when he spoke with the media today. “That was my bad.”
— Ken Wiebe (@WiebeSunSports) October 9, 2015
#NHLJets Burmistrov: “I’m not that kind of player. I hit him in the head, it’s a good thing nothing happened with him (in terms of injury).”
— Ken Wiebe (@WiebeSunSports) October 9, 2015
#NHLJets Burmistrov (3/3): “I was going to hit him in the shoulder and it looked like he tried to get out of the way. I’m sorry.”
— Ken Wiebe (@WiebeSunSports) October 9, 2015
What do you think? Should he have received supplemental discipline or was the two minute penalty sufficient?
