This is certainly not the start to the playoffs Kyle Clifford would have wanted.
During Monday’s Game 1 of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning, Clifford was given a game misconduct and was ejected for an absolutely brutal hit on Ross Colton. Less than 10 minutes into the game, Clifford plastered Colton on the boards from behind with an elbow that immediately drew the referees’ attention.
It didn’t take long for the referees to tag Clifford with a boarding call and a game misconduct, ejecting him from the game and putting the Lightning on a five minute major.
