Maple Leafs’ Morgan Rielly suspended 5 games for cross-checking Senators player in face after empty-net goal

The NHL suspended Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly for five games Saturday night for a mean cross-check by Ottawa Senators forward Ridley Greig after an empty-goal goal. I made it. The Senators smelled victory when Greig slipped into an empty net with just seconds left in the game and 5.1 seconds left. Greig hit […]
Maple Leafs’ Morgan Rielly suspended five games for cross-check

The NHL has suspended Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly for five games for a “deliberate and forceful attack” on the head of Senators forward Ridley Greig over the weekend. The announcement followed an in-person hearing for Rielly in New York on Tuesday. On Saturday night, the blueliner went out of his way to attack Greig […]
Maple Leafs’ Morgan Rielly cross checks Ridly Greig in face after empty net slap shot

Morgan Rielly didn’t like the slapshot, but it looks like he’ll get extra punishment for the first time in his 11-year NHL career. The Maple Leafs defenseman ended his fifth minute on Saturday night with a cross-check to the head of Ottawa’s Ridley Greig along the sideboards after the center slapped a slapper into Toronto’s […]