In the hockey league NHL, another situation was seen in a short time, where a player shared the right of his own hand. Erik Gudbranson beat Erik Cousins, who was on the ground, with his fists.
In the NHL hockey league, the match between Columbus and Florida was boiling over, when Florida won first Nick Cousins violently tackled Columbus on the back Erik Gudbranson and after that Gudbranson avenged the situation violently.
The NHL champion of more than 700 games was left lying on the ice for a while after Cousins’ wing tackle. However, the Canadian defender got out of the situation quickly and pushed Cousins towards the wing.
Initially, Cousins was whistled for a five-minute suspension for the wing tackle, but after a review, the suspension was changed to two minutes.
The duo’s face-to-face continued in the ice gym and later also in the rink. Gudbranson’s revenge continued. The Columbus player beat Cousins, who was down on the ice, with his fists.
After Gudbranson’s actions, Columbus was underpowered for seven minutes. of Florida Alexander Barkov was able to decide the match during the period of superiority and giving Florida a 3–1 lead.
The final score was 5–2. Eetu Luostarinen hit the last shot of the match into an empty net.
Severe punishment threatens, Columbus accepted revenge
NHL Player Safety Department said after the matchthat Gudbranson will be heard on Monday about the incident with Cousins.
The hearing makes it possible for Gudbranson to be suspended for more than five games. Hearing, however, does not directly mean that the punishment is that severe.
Gudbranson’s case is the second in a short period of time where a player splits the right of his own hand.
On the weekend in Detroit David Perron beat Ottawa Artyom Zubia with a cross stick to the head. Perron became Detroit’s star player by Dylan Larkin about doing. Larkin was left lying unconscious on the surface of the ice when Ottawan Mathieu Joseph had executed him.
Columbus head coach Pascal Vincent understood Gudbranson’s actions after the match.
– He was vulnerable on the wing. We think Cousins should have been given a five minute penalty. If it had come, the next thing wouldn’t have happened either, Vincent saysi According to The Athletic.
– Gudbranson could have been seriously injured. He’s an emotional guy. He knows it was a dangerous tackle. You saw the rest.
The players too Sean Kuraly and Cole Sillinger was also on an understanding line.
– We didn’t like the way Gudbranson was tackled. The situation got to the point where he wanted to defend himself and he himself had the first chance. That’s how the situation went, Kuraly described.
– That kind of thing doesn’t cause any problems in our team, Sillinger acknowledged Gudbranson’s violence.
Columbus–Florida 2–5 (1–2, 0–0, 1–3)
Columbus: Patrik Laine 0+1
Florida: Aleksander Barkov 1+2, Eetu Luostarinen 1+0, Niko Mikkola 0+1.
Edmonton–New Jersey 4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1)
Chicago-Washington 2–4 (0–0, 1–3, 1–1)
Montreal–Nashville 1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)
Nashville: Juuse Saros 36/37 saves
NY Rangers–Los Angeles 4–1 (0–0, 2–0, 2–1)
Anaheim–Winnipeg 2–4 (0–0, 1–0, 1–4)
Seattle–Minnesota 3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0)
Las Vegas–San Jose 5–4 vl. (0–1, 2–0, 2–3, 1–0)
San Jose: Mikael Granlund 0+2, Kaapo Kähkönen 0+1 and 18/21 saves