The Dallas Stars lost not only their game against the Oilers on Thursday night, but also forward Jamie Benn after he was ejected late in the third period for a cross-checking incident with Edmonton's Ryan Jones.
The Dallas Stars lost not only their game against the Oilers on Thursday night, but also forward Jamie Benn after he was ejected late in the third period for an incident with Edmonton's Ryan Jones.
Benn cross-checked Jones from behind with just four minutes to play in the
Stars' 5-1 loss, leaving the Oilers forward sprawled out on the ice, taking him a while to get back on his feet as he was in visible pain.
A little while earlier, Jones had gotten tangled up with Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen in the netminder's crease. Benn left the bench and delivered the blindside cross-check not long after.
He received a major penalty and a game misconduct for the infraction.
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Alex Goligoski, left, of the Dallas Stars skates the puck against Ryan Jones of the Edmonton Oilers at American Airlines Center on Thursday in Dallas, Texas. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Rod Perry
Rod grew up in the west end of Toronto and did his undergraduate degree at Wilfrid Laurier University, majoring in English and minoring in Psychology. He's always had an infatuation with anything sports-related and took his passion to Centennial College's sports journalism program for a post-graduate education. He's also still miffed about the Kelly Gruber botched triple play call in the 1992 World Series.
