<p>Zach Hyman called out Alex Edler during the second intermission of the Edmonton Oilers&#8217; game with the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night.</p>
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<p>Early in the second period, Connor McDavid was trying to break the puck into the Kings&#8217; zone and Edler stepped up from the blueline and hit McDavid while leading with his knee&#8230;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">alex edler knees connor mcdavid and darnell nurse takes exception. <a href="https://t.co/WAQUATtcE5">pic.twitter.com/WAQUATtcE5</a></p>
<p>&mdash; zach (@zjlaing) <a href="https://twitter.com/zjlaing/status/1593096842182623233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>McDavid fell to the ice and Darnell Nurse stepped in and dropped the gloves with Edler. The refs called Edler for a two-minute kneeing minor but it was offset by Nurse being given two roughing minors.</p>
<p>McDavid himself took exception to the hit, as he cross-checked Edler in Los Angeles&#8217; zone later in the period. The refs called McDavid for a two-minute minor on the play.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">connor mcdavid to the box for cross-checking alex edler. <a href="https://t.co/BOADmoI81E">pic.twitter.com/BOADmoI81E</a></p>
<p>&mdash; zach (@zjlaing) <a href="https://twitter.com/zjlaing/status/1593100884548149248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>During the second intermission, Sportsnet&#8217;s Gene Principe asked Zach Hyman about the team&#8217;s reaction to McDavid taking a knee from Edler. Hyman criticized Edler for making &#8220;an extremely dangerous play&#8221; and mentioned how Edler made the same hit on him two years ago&#8230;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">zach hyman speaks with gene principe during the intermission and is none too pleased with alex edler&#39;s hit on mcdavid. makes note of how edler laid the same hit on him and he missed two months. <a href="https://t.co/RWVeOR5nrM">pic.twitter.com/RWVeOR5nrM</a></p>
<p>&mdash; zach (@zjlaing) <a href="https://twitter.com/zjlaing/status/1593107569232732163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The play that Hyman is referencing in this interview came in April of 2021 when he was with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Edler was with the Vancouver Canucks. Hyman was skating the puck into Vancouver&#8217;s zone and Edler pinched in and drilled him with a knee-on-knee hit.</p>
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<p>Hyman left the game with an injury and didn&#8217;t return to Toronto&#8217;s lineup until Game 1 of their first-round series with the Montreal Canadiens over a month later. Edler wound up getting a two-game suspension.</p>
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Zach Hyman called out Alex Edler during the second intermission of the Edmonton Oilers' game with the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night.



Early in the second period, Connor McDavid was trying to break the puck into the Kings' zone and Edler stepped up from the blueline and hit McDavid while leading with his knee...

https://twitter.com/zjlaing/status/1593096842182623233?s=20&amp;t=4_jZYVA7DcE1pLEMUm73Jg

McDavid fell to the ice and Darnell Nurse stepped in and dropped the gloves with Edler. The refs called Edler for a two-minute kneeing minor but it was offset by Nurse being given two roughing minors.

McDavid himself took exception to the hit, as he cross-checked Edler in Los Angeles' zone later in the period. The refs called McDavid for a two-minute minor on the play.

https://twitter.com/zjlaing/status/1593100884548149248?s=20&amp;t=4_jZYVA7DcE1pLEMUm73Jg

During the second intermission, Sportsnet's Gene Principe asked Zach Hyman about the team's reaction to McDavid taking a knee from Edler. Hyman criticized Edler for making "an extremely dangerous play" and mentioned how Edler made the same hit on him two years ago...

https://twitter.com/zjlaing/status/1593107569232732163?s=20&amp;t=4_jZYVA7DcE1pLEMUm73Jg

The play that Hyman is referencing in this interview came in April of 2021 when he was with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Edler was with the Vancouver Canucks. Hyman was skating the puck into Vancouver's zone and Edler pinched in and drilled him with a knee-on-knee hit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNAK0Gr7egw

Hyman left the game with an injury and didn't return to Toronto's lineup until Game 1 of their first-round series with the Montreal Canadiens over a month later. Edler wound up getting a two-game suspension.

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