Matt Dumba Deserves a Suspension

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty ImagesLast night’s game against the Wild was something else. If you missed it, at the end of the second period there was a large scrum. The lowlight of the event was Matt Dumba flipping Lucas Raymond and punching his head into the ice repeatedly while the refs were distracted breaking up the scrum. Raymond’s blood had to be cleaned off the ice between periods and the Red Wings unfortunately went on to lose the game in a shootout. You could have tuned in at nearly any moment and seen a pretty exciting hockey game between a heavy, physical Minnesota team and a fast, creative Red Wings team. It was a matchup between two different but entertaining playstyles on Star Wars night, where Detroit’s social media team had a fun time making puns on Twitter out of the theme. But the innocence and fun of the game was lost based on Dumba’s actions.

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