UPDATE: Kronwall suspended for tomorrow’s Game 7

April 28, 2015April 28, 2015 MiHockey Staff

UPDATE (6:40 p.m.) – The NHL has announced that Niklas Kronwall will face a one-game suspension for his hit in Game 6.

The Red Wings defenseman will miss tomorrow’s Game 7 in Tampa Bay, after his hit on Nikita Kucherov was deemed to be charging and a suspension-worthy offense.

The video:

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By @MichaelCaples –

The NHL’s department of player safety announced this morning that Detroit Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall will have a hearing with the league later today.

The topic? His eligibility for tomorrow’s Game 7.

Kronwall administered one of his famous “Kronwalled” hits yesterday on Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov just before the end of the second period.

Detroit’s Niklas Kronwall will have a hearing this afternoon for charging/illegal check to the head on Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov.

— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) April 28, 2015

What Lightning coach Jon Cooper said about the hit last night:

“To be honest, I didn’t see it. It was on that part of the ice that I didn’t see. The refs didn’t call a penalty, so it must have been OK.”

Here is the video of the hit:

With the series heading back to Tampa Bay for a winner-take-all Game 7, losing Kronwall would be a huge blow to the Red Wings.