Update: Mikhail Sergachev suspended two games for hit on Mitch Marner

UPDATE: The sentence is in; Sergachev will be suspended two games.

Tampa Bay’s Mikhail Sergachev has been suspended for two games for an Illegal Check to the Head on Toronto’s Mitchell Marner. https://t.co/iwkm4hVfQW

— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) November 5, 2021

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Tampa Bay’s Mikhail Sergachev will have a hearing today for an Illegal Check to the Head on Toronto’s Mitchell Marner.

— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) November 5, 2021

In Thursday’s game against the Lightning, Mitch Marner got a breakaway, was illegally impeded by Victor Hedman, who was going to get a penalty, or maybe even provoke a call for a penalty shot, when Mikhail Sergachev came in with the finishing blow:

Sergachev catches Marner in the head

Bad hit pic.twitter.com/lfcTUBVHts

— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) November 4, 2021

Sergachev was assessed two minutes for an illegal hit to the head.  At the time, Jon Cooper complained that Marner stayed on the ice for the power play after a head hit, which is frankly a valid question.

Marner on the Sergachev hit: "It's obviously something you don't want happening in games; Hopefully it gets out of the game but it's a fast-paced game out there. Stuff happens quickly."

— David Alter (@dalter) November 5, 2021

Tavares on the Sergachev hit on Marner: "I didn't like it at all. I thought Mitchy was pretty exposed and no way to really protect himself. I just didn't like it at all, he hit him right in the head."

— David Alter (@dalter) November 5, 2021

We’ll likely hear back on this quickly, as Player Safety has been doing phone hearings the same day.