TORONTO (AP) — The NHL’s competition committee recommended that the league’s referees will be given the power to hand out major penalties for hits to the head next season.
The 10-man group on Friday agreed on the new penalty during a meeting at the NHL’s Toronto office on Friday and passed it along to the league’s board of governors.
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