NHL Warns Two Teams as Player's Celebration Violates Unwritten Rules
Over the weekend, in a game between the Vancouver Canucks and the Detroit Red Wings, a player made a controversial celebration after scoring on a penalty shot in overtime.
Jake Walman Scores Overtime Goal on a Penalty Shot and Celebrates with the Controversial Griddy
Walman gave his team the win and celebrated wildly after the goal by doing the "griddy", a controversial dance from Fortnite.
Here's what happened:
Both teams are set to play against each other again on Thursday, and the NHL will likely issue warnings to make sure things don't get out of control.
NHL to Warn Red Wings and Canucks After the Morgan Rielly/Ridley Greig Incident?
The acclaimed insider Elliotte Friedman, revealed that the NHL could warn the teams to not engage in old-school retaliation.
With Morgan Rielly's recent incidident, where he hit an opponent who scored an empty-netter with a slap-shot, it's possible to think the NHL would like to stay away from that kind of incident for a while.
Warning teams that they could face repercussion is a great way to make sure that nothing senseless happens.
Updates will follow.
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