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Alexander Burmistrov given a warning over illegal check to the head

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:

But we also learned this morning from Joe Haggerty of CSN New England that:


Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Sun got this reaction from Alexander Burmistrov this morning:

What do you think? Should he have received supplemental discipline or was the two minute penalty sufficient?

David Minuk

Working hard on a daily basis to provide the latest Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose news for our readers and listeners. I also appear on the Illegal Curve Hockey Show every Saturday on our YouTube channel as well as the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show after every single Jets game. And I occasionally jump in the play-by-play booth at Canada Life to provide colour analysis during Manitoba Moose games.

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