Winnipeg Jets Coach Accuses Matthew Tkachuk of Intentionally Injuring Mark Scheifele With Skate Blade
Winnipeg Jets star Mark Scheifele was injured within the first 5 minutes of the opening game of the playoffs. Scheifele did not return to action after the skate blade of Calgary Flames star Matthew Tkachuk sliced into the back of his leg. Winnipeg Jets Head Coach Paul Maurice believes this was done on purpose.
Coach Maurice did not hold back on his comments about Tkachuk and his on-ice actions. This play reminds us of the Matt Cooke - Erik Karlsson event, where Karlsson's achilles heel was sliced by Cooke's skate blade. Tkachuk insists this play was not intentional and he feels bad about what happened. He apologized to Scheifele as he was being carried off the ice, but Jets captain Blake Wheeler took exception and dropped the gloves with Tkachuk.
Here is the play.
Here are the post game comments from Matt Tkachuk and Paul Maurice
Former NHL'ers Mike Rupp and Mike Johnson do not believe this happened on purpose.
Here is the resulting fight between Matthew Tkachuk and Blake Wheeler
Here is the play.
Mark Scheifele has been cut by the skate of Matt #Tkachuk #NHLPlayoffs #NHLJets #GoFlamesGo 😳 😱 pic.twitter.com/BNk3fnCROR— Hockey Talk (@HockeyTalkNews) August 2, 2020
Here are the post game comments from Matt Tkachuk and Paul Maurice
Matthew Tkachuk vs. Paul Maurice post-game on the Mark Scheifele injury. Quite the contradiction pic.twitter.com/AGrHdqypEq— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) August 2, 2020
Former NHL'ers Mike Rupp and Mike Johnson do not believe this happened on purpose.
Mark Scheifele is one of my favorite players to watch in the game... with that said, to suggest that Matthew Tkachuk had “intention” in that hit is absolutely ridiculous! Terrible result, but that’s a careless accusation to make. #NHLJets #NHLFlames @NHLNetwork— Mike Rupp (@Rupper17) August 2, 2020
I know there are some that don’t like Tkachuk’s style of play, but players just do NOT skate around thinking about trying to cut someone with their skates. Not Matt Cooke on Karlsson and not Tkachuk tonight, they just don’t.— Mike Johnson (@mike_p_johnson) August 2, 2020
Here is the resulting fight between Matthew Tkachuk and Blake Wheeler
Photographer: Brett Holmes/Icon Sportswire#tkachuk #Wheeler #NHLPlayoffs #NHLJets #GoFlamesGo Wheeler definitely didn’t win, but much respect for standing up for his teammate 👌💪 pic.twitter.com/A762n2hWau— Hockey Talk (@HockeyTalkNews) August 2, 2020
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