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When is it appropriate to apologize for a cup check?

It’s a good thing that Victor Hedman is up for the Norris and not the Lady Byng.

Looking back at our game recap for Game 3 of the Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New Jersey Devils first-round series, Raw Charge made exactly zero mentions of Victor Hedman’s controversial and uncalled cup-check to Nico Hischier. Reading back through the recap, the more important penalty was on Mikhail Sergachev, a call for elbowing Blake Coleman in the head, even though no concussion spotter pulled Coleman out of the game to tend to his supposed injury, and he was back on the ice minutes later.