New Jersey Devils defenseman Anton Volchenkov has taken quite a beating of late. In Game 5 against the Philadelphia Flyers last round he was crunched by Zac Rinaldo, getting the wind knocked out of him.
This afternoon in Game 3 against the New York Rangers, Volchenkov was on the receiving end of a Brandon Prust elbow to the back of the head:
Prust was not penalized on the play and Volchenkov remained in the game.
It was an unnecessary elbow. Prust didn't need to get his arm up that high on Volchenkov to finish his check. Volchenkov, for the moment, didn't suffer any apparent injury. Raffi Torres was fined for his own unnecessary elbow to the head of Jan Hejda earlier this season.
Do those two factor help make it fall from suspendable to just a fine?
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