The handshake line after a playoff series has long been used in hockey as a sign of respect between two teams.
However, Edmonton Oilers superstar Leon Draisatl appeared to use the post-series handshake line to express his feelings towards Vegas Golden Knights star defenseman, Alex Pietrangelo.
By Faith Harris 4 months ago
The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced on Thursday that Vegas Golden Knights defender Alex Pietrangelo has been suspended one playoff game for slashing Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl. Pietrangelo will miss his team’s pivotal Game Five that will determine the new leader in the second-round series.
Pietrangelo viciously whacked Draisaitl across the arm late in Vegas’ 4-1 loss on Wednesday. Draisaitl was able to get up from the blow and does not appear to be injured despite its severity.
During the game, Pietrangelo was ejected and issued a five-minute major penalty for the slash.
By Chris Cerullo 5 months ago
The Vegas Golden Knights and Edmonton Oilers have been trading blowouts in their second-round playoff series and on Wednesday night it was the Oilers that took it to the Golden Knights. Edmonton put four unanswered goals past Vegas and held on for an eventual 4-1 win to even up the series at two wins apiece.
Late in the game, it was clear Vegas was becoming more and more frustrated with their lack of offensive success and defenseman Alex Pietrangelo decided to take out some of that frustration on star Oilers center Leon Draisaitl.
Pietrangelo reared back and viciously two-hand chopped Draisaitl’s arm.
By Chris Cerullo 5 months ago
Anze Kopitar celebrates a goal last year against the Blackhawks. (Photo credit: Harry How)
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As part of ESPN.com’s NHL family, I was invited to participate in their fantasy hockey draft this past Tuesday. Just me and guys like Craig Custance, John Buccigross, and Scott Cullen.
No pressure.
Victoria Matiash has already given a bird’s eye view of the draft, but I thought I would run through my thought process on various picks and give you some ideas for your fantasy draft. Plus, you can see how I do for the season because we are making the results public.
Here were the ground rules for the draft:
Participants included, in original order, Craig Custance, Tristan Cockcroft, Tim Kavanagh, John Buccigross, Pierre Becquey, Michael Hume, Victoria Matiash, Neil Greenberg, Sean Allen and Scott Cullen. Categories include goals, assists, power-play points, plus/minus, penalty minutes, shots on goal and average time on ice for skaters and wins, save percentage and goals-against average for goaltenders. Slots to fill include nine forwards, five defensemen, one “utility” skater, two goaltenders and a five-man bench.
My philosophy was simple: grab young, healthy, talented players with upside. Let others worry if Patrick Kane would be healthy or if Sergei Kostitsyn can once again score 20 goals on less than 100 shots.
I had the eight pick. With my editor Mike Hume drafting before me (he knows which players I fancy) and Cullen having back-to-back picks behind me I knew I had to make strategic decisions.
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