New York Rangers enforcer Brandon Prust tallied the type of hat trick no one wants named after them when he belted New Jersey Devils defenseman Anton Volchenkov on Saturday afternoon.
The hit, occurring in the third minute of the second period of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals, was dealt to the head from a blindside with an elbow.
Although this was nowhere near the same level of ghastliness as the concussive first-round hit by Phoenix’s Raffi Torres on Chicago’s Marian Hossa, Prust likewise escaped a variety of citations from the on-ice officials. He ought not to expect the same lack of consequences once league disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan is finished reviewing the incident.
The NHL’s official play-by-play account of the game has Prust’s hit occurring three seconds and one play after his snap shot was repelled by Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur.
Volchenkov beat Prust to the fugitive puck as it skipped to the far corner in New Jersey territory. All the while, Prust had his adversary lined up for what could have easily been an unobjectionable, shoulder-on-shoulder hit.
But Volchenkov spoo ...
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