Following today’s announcement of a hearing for Flyers forward Dale Weise for his hit on Anaheim Ducks defenseman Korbinian Holzer in Thursday night’s 3-2 loss, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced on Friday afternoon that Weise has been suspended three games for the hit.
You can see the video of said announcement below:
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Patrick Burke, Director of the DoPS and narrator of this video, notes that Weise “unnecessarily extends up and into the head of Holzer,” and that Holzer could have been hit legally (in a way that did not make illegal head contact) but was not.