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Tomas Hertl Earns Player Safety Hearing for High-Sticking Flames' Lindholm


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Jon
December 19, 2022  (12:12)
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San Jose Sharks center Tomas Hertl has been summoned by the NHL's Department of Player Safety for high-sticking Calgary's Elias Lindholm.

After receiving a couple of light cross-checks from Lindholm, Hertl was merely fed up and gave Lindholm a tap to the chops. Regardless of the severity of the blow, we know that George Parros and Player Safety don't have much patience for plays like this:
Simply, you can't use your stick like that, regardless of circumstance. Arizona forward Nick Ritchie received a one-game suspension for something similar, so expect something similar for Hertl, but perhaps his absence of priors will lighten the sentence.

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