NHL suspends Blackhawks’ Carcillo for six games for cross-checking Perreault
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The NHL has taken a dim view of the cross-check that caused injury to Winnipeg Jets left-winger Mathieu Perreault.
The league’s department of player safety announced this afternoon that Chicago Blackhawks forward Daniel Carcillo will be suspended for the ninth time in his career, this time for six games for blasting Perreault after a whistle Friday night in Chicago.
Perreault has already missed one game due to an injury to his left arm or back. The Jets have indicated he isn’t likely to play Wednesday, either.
The league’s decision today pointed out that Perreault was “unsuspecting” in this incident, because the whistle had been blown when he touched the puck in the corner, with just more than nine seconds left in the second period.
Perreault was being called for a slashing penalty, having knocked the stick out of Chicago defenceman Duncan Keith’s hands.
But Carcillo zoomed in on the Jets’ player and gave him a stern blow with his stick.
In the video released today explaining the league’s decision, it said:
“Though always illegal, cross-checking is a fairly common infraction that almost always is sufficiently punished by a penalty on the ice. However, in this case, several factors combine to cause this cross-check to merit supplemental discipline.
“First, this is not a hockey play in the sense that it has nothing to do with the puck and the blow was delivered after the whistle has blown the play dead.”
This is a sharp rebuke for Carcillo, who was quoted Saturday as saying he thought the check was a “hockey play.”
The video continued: “Second, because the whistle has blown, Perreault has no reason to expect to be hit in any way and therefore cannot protect himself. He visibly relaxes upon hearing the whistle.
“Third, coming up from behind the unaware Perreault, Carcillo is entirely in control of what happens. After hearing the whistle, Carcillo chooses to deliver a forceful cross-check that strikes Perreault in an unprotected spot on his arm, below the shoulder pad and above the elbow pad.
“Finally, and in heightened significance in this case, Carcillo has been suspended or fined 11 previous times during his nine-season NHL career.”
Carcillo sat out Sunday vs. Dallas and has five more games to miss. He will be eligible to play in Winnipeg on Feb. 6.
tim.campbell@freepress.mb.ca
