Music: {allcanada} No hearings for hits on Alfredsson, Fisher

Sunday, October 30, 2011

{allcanada} No hearings for hits on Alfredsson, Fisher

Ottawa Senators right wing Daniel Alfredsson missed Sunday's game and Nashville Predators center Mike Fisher is listed as day-to-day after suffering illegal checks to the head Saturday.

Alfredsson was injured on a hit by New York Rangers forward Wojtek Wolski and Fisher was knocked out of a game by a hit by Anaheim Ducks defenseman Francois Beauchemin. Fisher isn't with the team in Chicago and isn't likely to join it Monday.

Both players were penalized on the play, but neither will face a disciplinary hearing with NHL senior vice president Brendan Shanahan.

The league's view was that Beauchemin's hit was a full body check with incidental head contact.

The league view on the Wolski hit was that Wolski was bracing for impact when Alfredsson skated into him. There have been other incidents like this season that have also not resulted in suspension.

Shanahan has one case on his docket Monday. Edmonton Oilers defenseman Andy Sutton already missed Sunday's game because of a suspension for a hit on Colorado Avalanche rookie Gabriel Landeskog. Shanahan will render a final verdict on the number of games after the hearing.

Shanahan suspended Chicago Blackhawks forward Daniel Carcillo for two games on Saturday for a hit from behind on Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Joni Pitkanen.