Niklas Kronwall laid one of the biggest hits in NHL playoff history on Martin Havlat. A perfectly clean hit and one that the referee thought was legit until Havlat laid motionless on the ice.
In the hometown call of hometown calls, Kronwall was given a game misconduct which later proved to be costly to the wings in OT.
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Almost all of the talk about the Red Wings and Blackhawks the last couple of days has surrounded the massive hit on Martin Havlat dished out by Niklas Kronwall of the Wings. Hearing the Blackhawks and Red Wings react to the check, you’d think they watched two different plays. The Wings say clean hit with [...]
This was a scary hit from the Blackhawks victory Friday night over the Red Wings. Niklas Kronwall is the tattooer, Martin Havlat is the receiver. YouTube user crazieman76 summed up the legality of the hit and penalty ruling nicely:
Rule 56 - Interference - The last player to touch the puck, other than the goalkeeper, shall [...]
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Brian Campbell is none too pleased with Niklas Kronwall.
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