TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay defenseman Victor Hedman isn’t interested in talking about the bite he believes he received from Chicago right wing Andrew Shaw in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
Shaw also refused to speak directly about the first-period altercation, and both players seemed determined to forget about it before Game 2 on Saturday night.
“I mean, it’s a hockey game,” Shaw said Friday when asked if he bit Hedman. “He’s a highly skilled, big, strong defenseman with a lot of speed and he went after one of our better players.