Dallas Stars forward Ryan Garbutt (cool name by the way) has a in-person hearing with the NHL's Department of Player Safety for this hit on Ducks forward Dustin Penner. I don't know, it's a grey area hit.
My first impression when I saw the hit, I thought this is charging, Garbutt came from a cross the ice to hit Penner. The video isn't very good though. It seems like there has been one of these questionable hits every night, in the last week.
There has been a bit of a stir about the hit on Twitter today as well.
AGAIN,1st priority is @Dustinpenner25 health,but dont punish @Garbs40 just because hit had HUGE impact,caused injury. No charge, arms down!
— Scott Norton (@NortonSports) October 21, 2013
.@Dustinpenner25 cracks back at detractors on Twitter after hit from Ryan Garbutt: http://t.co/9CVB7Xqdei (via @theScore)
— Ian Cameron McLaren (@iancmclaren) October 21, 2013
.@TommyFourPutt you're the poster child for birth control. Too bad you didn't heed your own warning.
— Dustin Penner (@Dustinpenner25) October 21, 2013
.@EricLevit last night was my second concussion. Thanks for letting everyone see my first #penster
— Dustin Penner (@Dustinpenner25) October 21, 2013
.@YotesCaptain ya because I'm notorious for being dirty. God. Do you straight line stupid iv fluid?
— Dustin Penner (@Dustinpenner25) October 21, 2013
