Zadorov crosschecks Maroon face first into the end boards.

Midway through the first period of tonight’s game between the St. Louis Blues and Colorado Avalanche, Avs blue liner Nikita Zadorov received a two minute minor for a extremely dangerous cross check on Blues forward Pat Maroon.

While tracking a puck deep in the Avs zone, Maroon turned his back to the 6 foot, 5 inches, 230 pound Zadorov who absolutely buries Maroon into the end boards.

Check it out:

That’s UGLY.

Fortunately Maroon, a big boy himself at 6 foot, 3 inches, 225 pounds, seems no worse for wear. Still… that’s a dangerous play from Zadorov that you can bet NHL Player Safety will be reviewing.