The Edmonton Oilers might be without Warren Foegele for a few Stanley Cup Final games after this nasty hit.
On Monday, the Oilers took on the Florida Panthers in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, with Edmonton looking to tie the series up before it heads back to Canada. Things were sloppy and uneven in the first period, but chaos broke out at about the midway point of the frame after Foegele landed a big hit on Panthers’ forward Eetu Luostarinen.
With the Panthers just having crossed into Oilers territory, Foegele collided with Luostarinen in the middle of the ice, causing an instant scrum. Luostarinen was down on the ice for awhile but was thankfully able to get off with some help, with Foegele delivering a clearly dangerous knee-on-knee hit.
Really ugly leg-on-leg contact between Warren Foegele and Eetu Luostarinen#LetsGoOilers | #TimeToHunt pic.twitter.com/46pc9GxlS1
— Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights & News (@HockeyDaily365) June 11, 2024
Warren Foegele received a major penalty and a game misconduct for kneeing Luostarinen pic.twitter.com/if2eB5gSvv
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) June 11, 2024
Foegele received a five-minute major and a game misconduct for the ugly hit, earning him an ejection from the game as well. A deserved punishment, but one has to wonder if NHL Player Safety will step in to deliver a suspension on top, as knee-on-knee hits are incredibly dangerous in hockey.
NHL fans, at the very least, are clamoring for Foegele to get suspended after this really bad hit on Luostarinen.
NHL fans were calling for a suspension after Warren Foegele’s knee-on-knee hit against Eetu Luostarinen
Bad hit by Foegele. Earned the 5 and a game. Don't like the way Luostarinen's knee buckled.
— Scott McLaughlin (@smclaughlin9) June 11, 2024
What an awful knee-on-knee from Warren Foegele. Hope Eetu Luostarinen is ok.
— Wally Mazurek (@WallMaz35) June 11, 2024
My God was that a dirty Knee.
Guessing Loustarinen gone for series. Foegele knew what he was doing.
May just cost his team the Cup on that major.
So silly and Cooke-like.
— Marc Moser TV (@RadioMoser) June 11, 2024
Foegele should be get a call from player safety for that one.
— Russell Morgan (@NHLRussell) June 11, 2024
Dirty Oilers play right there
Just awful by a guy named Warren Foegele
He's ejected and deservedly so
— Joe Schad (@schadjoe) June 11, 2024
