Breaking: NHL suspends Oilers’ Khaira for headshot

This will NOT make Oilers fans happy!

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Published 5 years ago
 Breaking: NHL suspends Oilers’ Khaira for headshot
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In case you missed it, Edmonton Oilers forward Jujhar Khaira and St. Louis Blues defenseman Vince Dunn were involved in a bit of an altercation during the team’s matchup last night and it’s an altercation that will cost the pair thousands of dollars and perhaps some playing time.

First, here’s the sequence of events. While coming out of the corner, Khaira tries to cut between Dunn and the Blues goal, to which Dunn takes exception to and throws a high cross check on Khaira. Khaira then comes back HARD with a vicious cross check on Dunn, taking him down to the ice:

Check it out:



Well… it didn’t take long, but NHL Player Safety has come down with a ruling. The 22 year old Dunn has been handed a $1,942.20 fine, the maximum allowable for his cross check on Khaira.



As for Khaira, Player Safety came down even harder on him, issuing him a two game suspension: