Chris Neil and Adam McQuaid are two tough customers, so it was no surprise that the two exchanged plenty of words, pushes and shoves during the game between Ottawa and Boston. Things boiled over and Neil may have crossed a line by potentially eye gouging McQuaid.
Here’s the video:
https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/682030364760604672
It looks like an eye gouge, but it’s difficult to know for sure.
However, this photo makes a damning case against both players as far as eye activity goes.
As seen on Reddit:
That looks pretty bad. The video makes it look like Neil started things and McQuaid responded by trying to shove his face away, but the photo above shows McQuaid may have responded with a gouge of his own.
How will the NHL handle this one? It’s not like there’s a very deep history of eye gouging in hockey and there really shouldn’t be. The NHL needs to be firm with this one and reiterate that there’s no place for this in professional sports.
