Dean Evason on Spurgeon: “We were frustrated last night. We took some bad penalties. That’s a bad penalty. He knows it. When Jared Spurgeon does something like that, it means your group is off kilter a little bit. So they’ll rein it back in and he’ll be the guy to do it.”
— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) May 3, 2022- For that cross-check, Spurgeon ended up avoiding any suspension time and was fined $5,000. [Hockey Wilderness]
- What was one big and large reason why the Wild lost Game 1? Just a bunch of “empty-calorie” shots that didn’t have much of a chance to end up as a goal anyway.