The Department of Player Safety will be busy to start 2020, as Kurtis MacDermid will have a hearing on Friday following his illegal check to the head last night. The Los Angeles Kings’ defenseman hit Ivan Provorov of the Philadelphia Flyers with a crushing check at center ice but was not penalized.
MacDermid, 25, was signed by the Kings as an undrafted free agent out of the OHL and has now played in 71 games for them over the last three seasons. In his 26 contests this year he has four points and 29 penalty minutes, lending his huge 6’5″ 233-lbs frame to the fray on a regular basis.
Given that the big defenseman only plays around 13 minutes a night for the Kings, replacing him for a few games due to suspension wouldn’t be too difficult. Given that Provorov did not sustain an injury, the punishment likely won’t be too severe.
always the hard hits on us, but never any penalties
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