Former NHLer Andreas Borgman delivers brutal knee-on-knee in SHL (video)

There's a very good chance a suspension is coming. For now, we know former Toronto Maple Leaf and Tampa Bay Lightning member Andreas Borgman was given a five minute major for kneeing and booted from the SHL game between Frolunda and Linkoping Saturday. It's hard to see the hit as anything other than intentional. Perhaps the outcome was worse than he thought it would be, but that doesn't really change things. Borgman's hit on Linkoping's Broc Little will likely have Little sitting on the sideline for quite sometime. Here's video of the hit. It shows the immediate pain on Little's face following the contact.

Little had to be helped back to the dressing room. His teammates are furious at Borgman.

"Not the most respectful hit in the world. It's unacceptable," said Jonas Junland.

"It really looks like it's a knee-to-knee and it doesn't look good. I have a hard time seeing him (Little) playing for a while. It doesn't really belong to hockey. It's unfortunate, on one of our best players as well," Junland added.

Borgman played the vast majority of his 55 games in the NHL with the Leafs, participating in just seven with Tampa Bay. He also spent time with the Toronto Marlies, San Antonio Rampage, Syracuse Crunch and Texas Stars of the AHL.

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