
VANCOUVER, CANADA - JANUARY 19: Jannik Hansen #36 of the Vancouver Canucks skates with the puck during NHL action against the Anaheim Ducks on January 19, 2013 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images)Jannik Hansen. (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images)
(CBS) As the NHL’s Department of Player Safety mulls whether or not to suspend Jannik Hansen for the forearm he delivered to the back of Marian Hossa’s head on Tuesday night, Blackhawks TV color commentator Eddie Olczyk said he thinks the league will suspend the Canucks forward.
“I would be surprised if he wasn’t,” Olczyk told The McNeil and Spiegel Show.
Hansen received only a two-minute minor penalty for his actions, but Hossa was forced out of the game with a head injury. The referees deemed Hansen’s hit wasn’t intentional – that he was only going for the puck.