Carlo Face Discipline For ‘Blindside Hit’ That Injured Hall

Defenseman Brandon Carlo of the Boston Bruins looked to have gotten away with it when he hit former teammate and current Chicago Blackhawks winger Taylor Hall blindside without getting penalized.

Twenty-five seconds into the third period of the Boston Bruins’ 3-1 season-opening victory over the Chicago Blackhawks, the team was leading 2-1. Carlo crossed the ice and hit his former teammate in the neutral zone with a blindside hit.
Although there didn’t seem to be any malicious intent, it’s easy to argue that the play should have been interfered with.

With an undisclosed injury, Hall is currently listed as week-to-week. Luke Richardson of the Blackhawks was not pleased with Hall’s performance after the game.

With only an upper-body injury, Richardson told reporters that he would likely be sidelined for a short while.
But it was unfortunate, in my opinion. We simply need to keep going. He was playing for us pretty good.
That hit was unintentional.
Definitely a guy coming across the ice there.
That’s what the game aims to eliminate.
Because I used to do it frequently, I am certain of what it is.
Now, though, it’s absent from the game.
Therefore, all we can hope for is that the number of those that we observe is low, as they are detrimental to everyone.
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One thing needs to be made very clear: Carlo is among the NHL’s cleanest players.
He’s too clean and doesn’t use his size to take advantage of the body enough, according to some Boston Bruins supporters.

Nick Foligno, the winger for the Blackhawks and a former Bruins player, acknowledged and acknowledged that, but he also questioned the hit.

It’s difficult to judge a former teammate, but it seemed like he was missing the puck.
And a very difficult position for him to be in,” Foligno remarked.
“I didn’t really enjoy the hit, but hopefully he will recover well.
Not had a real conversation with him. “.

Carlo may be subject to additional discipline; a text message was sent to an NHL Department of Player Safety source on Thursday morning, but as of 11:30 a.m., the message had not been answered.
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Remember that the Nevada Golden Knights center Brett Howden was suspended by the Nevada Division of Professional Sports (NDPS) for the first time this early in the 2023–24 regular season for illegally checking Seattle’s Brandon Tanev in the team’s Tuesday night opener.

With permission, this article was syndicated after it originally aired on Boston Hockey Now.