Toronto team forward Brittany Howard was suspended for one match and fined after inflicting a violent double-check on Montreal team defender Catherine Daoust, the Professional League announced. women’s hockey Thursday.
The incident occurred near the end of the second period of the game which ended 3-0 in favor of the Toronto team, when Howard delivered a double-check behind the head of Daoust during a scrum which burst in front of the net.
Daoust got up on her own, visibly in pain. Howard was not punished during the sequence, but the coach of the Montreal team, Kori Cheverie, declared in a post-match press conference that the referees admitted not having seen the gesture.
Howard, along with his Toronto teammate Rebecca Leslie, was also relieved of $250 for grabbing an opposing player’s gate.
It all happened during a scrum midway through the second period, resulting in six minor penalties — three on each side.
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