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Hearing set after Sidney Crosby takes cross-check to neck from Brandon Dubinsky

The NHL's department of player safety will hold a hearing Saturday after Columbus' Brandon Dubinsky cross-checked Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby in the back of the neck late in the Blue Jackets' 2-1 overtime win Friday night.

Crosby was slow getting to his skates and went to the locker room with 1:20 left in the second period. He returned for the third period and played the rest of the game.

Dubinsky was assessed a minor penalty.

"I don't try to do anything dirty,'' Dubinsky said. "I felt my stick rode up his back a little bit.