Kings defenseman Kurtis MacDermid has been suspended two games for an illegal check to the head, the NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced Friday. MacDermid‘s punishment stems from an incident in the team’s 5-3 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday. During the second period that night, MacDermid tried to check Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov in the neutral zone, but his hit caught Provorov in the head. “The play was set up for that type of hit, with the way Provorov was directed into that ice,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said Thursday. The Flyers player appeared to crouch as MacDermid delivered contact, which knocked Provorov to the ice and sent MacDermid flying into the bench.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 03, 2020 22:30 UTC