Match: NHL Icehockey
Stadium: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date Match: Tuesday, 26/04/2011
Game Play Time: 7:30 PM ET
Buffalo wanted Richards suspended by the NHL for plowing center Tim Connolly head first into the boards. Connolly, who has a scary history of head injuries, left the game and will not play Game 7 on Tuesday night in Philadelphia.
Richards was penalized for boarding. He was also whistled for a 5-minute major for elbowing Patrick Kaleta late in the second period of Game 4. That's two vicious hits too many for Buffalo. Just ask goalie Ryan Miller, who called Richards "reckless."
"The guy who was complaining the most about how we were getting away with murder has delivered two of the dirtiest hits in the series," Miller said. "A blatant elbow to the face, that is something that the league said they were going to try and take away, and driving Tim Connolly head first into the boards.
"It wasn't just a hit it was a push. It was blatant."
Richards, of course, isn't disputing it was a hard hit. He's just glad he has the opportunity to play, and help the defending Eastern Conference champions advance to Round 2.
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