The National Hockey League, as advised by VP of Player Safety Brendan Shanahan, will be conducting a disciplinary hearing with New York Rangers forward Brandon Prust this morning. That hearing will be in response to Prust's elbow to the back of the head of New Jersey Devils defenseman Anton Volchenkov, which went unnoticed by the officials early in the second period of Saturday's Game 3 at the Prudential Center.
The general consensus here is that Prust will be handed a suspension for his reckless decision, otherwise Shanahan's basis of holding a hearing would be nonexistent in the first place. The question becomes just how long will the Rangers be without their bottom six grinder and how will the League compare and contrast this incident to others that have occurred throughout these Stanley Cup Playoffs?
Two things work in Prust's favor: there was no malice intent on his part and he is not a repeat offender by any circumstance.
On the contrary, two things als...
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May 21, 2012
