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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Concussions can happen without a blow to the head.
Thankfully I haven't heard anything about Sillinger suffering a concussion.
But the hit was designed to injure the player. You don't hit someone THAT hard if that's not what you are trying to do. I don't think that should be what checking is for.
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I think it's important to distinguish 'injure' and 'hurt'. It was the flow of the play that designed the hit. I'm not sure it was possible to hit him any less hard without not hitting him at all.
Empty nets lead to some unusual circumstances. I'm not sure it's played the same way by either Sillinger or Bennett if there is a goalie present.