In the final minute of the first period of the Bruins’ season opening 6-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets Thursday, Jets forward Alexander Burmistrov caught Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron with a hit to the head. The elbow/forearm to Bergeron’s head was exactly the type of hit the NHL claims to be doing their best to rid the game of as they showed when they hammered Sharks forward Raffi Torres — a repeat offender with such hits — with a 41-game suspension for a similar shot to the head of Ducks forward Jakob Silfverberg. Thankfully, neither Bergeron nor Silfverberg were injured but Burmistrov surprisingly was only given a warning by the NHL Department Of Player Safety.
Murphy’s Hockey Law: Still No Consistency With Hits To The Head
