Pittsburgh's Evan Rodrigues fined by the league's Department of Player Safety
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evan Rodrigues found himself in some hot water with the NHL's Department of Player Safety on Sunday after committing what the DPS called a "dangerous trip" on Ottawa's Zach Sanford on Saturday night.
The play in question occurred during the third period of Ottawa's 6-3 drubbing off the Pens in Ottawa during a post-whistle scrum when Rodrigues came up behind Sanford and took his legs out from underneath him, causing pandemonium in front of the Pittsburgh net. You can see the play below.
Good on Josh Norris and Brady Tkachuk for sticking up for their teammate, but unfortunately, they had the wrong guy, as Jason Zucker was the Pens player they went after.
Rodrigues was issued a $2,500 fine for the reckless and dangerous play, the maximum allowable under the current CBA.
Plays like that, in my opinion, have no place within the sport. Sanford could have been seriously injured on the play, had he fallen back on his leg. Thankfully for Sanford, he was alright.
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