NHL Player Safety announced earlier today that Habs defenseman Chris Wideman was suspended a game for headbutting Erik Haula in the middle of a scrum during the third period of last night’s game:
Chris Wideman headbutts Erik Haula in a scrum.
Erik Haula, as expected, is less than thrilled.
pic.twitter.com/3jQgBiQZZt— Conor Ryan (@ConorRyan_93) January 13, 2022Their explanation, as circuitously done by what can only be described as someone imitating a text to speech device’s cadence, is as follows:
From the video:
Wideman cocks his head, and drives his helmet directly and intentionally into the head of Haula.